[DOC] [TLE] The Domestication of the Cat - the messybeast [PAR] The ancestral species of the domestic cat has been the source of much .... Hybrid 
offspring of domestic cats (or African Wild cats) and European Wild cats take ... 
domestic cat, accounting for some traits not found in F s lybica, F s silvestris or F 
chaus. .... be the one to give rise to the familiar domestic cat and it may have 
been... [DOC] [TLE] Monday Pets: Where Did Cats Come From? - Scientific American ... [PAR] May 3, 2010 ... Why were cats domesticated in the first place? ... The Thoughtful Animal ... The 
other...well, I don't remember what the other one was called. ... brother had 
actually been my OLDER brother, he might have lobbied for the cats. ... DNA of 
979 domestic cats and their wild cat cousins: Felis silvestris silvestris... [DOC] [TLE] ADW: Felis silvestris: INFORMATION - Animal Diversity Web [PAR] African wild cats are found in appropriate habitat throughout Africa and the 
Arabian ... They are also known from coniferous forests, but these may be 
marginal habitats. ... Domestic cats have been selected by humans to display a 
wide array of body ... Breeding interval: European wildcats give birth to one litter 
each year. [DOC] [TLE] Cat - Wikipedia [PAR] The domestic cat (Latin: Felis catus) or the feral cat (Latin: Felis silvestris catus) is 
a small, ... Cats have been known to extirpate a bird species within specific 
regions and ... The domestic cat was first classified as Felis catus by Carl 
Linnaeus in the ... Felis silvestris bieti) as a subspecies of the wildcat, like the 
North African... [DOC] [TLE] Comparative analysis of the domestic cat genome reveals genetic ... [PAR] Dec 2, 2014 ... The domestic cat (Felis silvestris catus) is a popular pet species, with as many ... 
acting on cats may have been minimal subsequent to their domestication. ... the 
first high-quality annotation of the complete domestic cat genome and a .... A total 
of 12 genes was found within these regions, many of which are... [DOC] [TLE] The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Cat, Domestic, The - Wikisource [PAR] Apr 23, 2013 ... This source is the North-African gloved or Caffre cat (Felis libyca), which, ... 
Both these have interbred with the imported western cats in recent years. The 
Persian or Angora long-haired breeds may probably have come ..... A cat, of all 
the domestic animals, has retained the greatest part of its wild nature... [DOC] [TLE] Prevalence, Environmental Loading, and Molecular ... - NCBI [PAR] Fecal samples collected from domestic animals and wildlife along the central ... 
domestic cats (Felis silvestris catus), beef cattle (Bos taurus), wild canids (coyotes 
..... have been identified in a variety of marine species (34), this is the first report 
of a ... Although only one individual was found to be shedding Cryptosporidium or
... [DOC] [TLE] Monday Pets: Where Did Cats Come From?  The Thoughtful Animal [PAR] May 3, 2010 ... And I thought to myself: these people had cats. ... Why were cats domesticated in 
the first place? ... They found that each wild group constituted a sub-species of 
Felis ... All other animals that have been successfully domesticated show ... One 
might also hypothesize that dogs (and other species that can... [DOC] [TLE] Photo: Felis Sylvestris Libyca Article: All 37 Breeds of Cat Descend ... [PAR] Domestic Cat ... African Dating ..... These photos are all Crack O' Noon cats and 
kittens. ... About 12 million years ago the Manul was one of the first two modern 
cats to evolve ... and hunting, and has therefore been classified as Near 
Threatened by IUCN. ...... Scottish Wild Cat - Felis silvestris by AlexEamesWildlife
, via Flickr. [DOC] [TLE] African wild cat | Animals | Pinterest | Africanos, frica e Gatos [PAR] Felis Silvestris Cafra, Southern African wildcat ~ Sub-Saharan Africa ..... 
Savannah cat (African serval wild cat and domestic cat hybrid). Savannah cat (
African... [DOC] [TLE] African golden cat

Question: Found in Africa, the caffre, or Felis libyca, may have been the first wild one of these animals domesticated
Answer: (Wild) Cat