# Ucing

| Ucing |
| --- |
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| Rupa-rupa ragam ucing doméstik |
| Status konservasi |
| **Status konservasi: Doméstik** |
| Klasifikasi ilmiah  |
| Karajaan: | Animalia |
| Filum: | Chordata |
| Kelas: | Mammalia |
| Ordo: | Carnivora |
| Subordo: | Feliformia |
| Kulawarga: | Felidae |
| Subfamili: | Felinae |
| Génus: | *Felis* |
| Spésiés: | F. catus |
| Ngaran binomial  |
| Felis catus Linnaeus, 1758 |
| Sinonim |
| *Felis lybica* invalid junior synonym |

**Ucing** (Basa Indonésia:*Kucing*) nyaéta mamalia karnivora leutik. Ucing ilaharna jadi sato ingu pikeun manusa, boh minangka sato cocoeun atawa pikeun nyingsieunan beurit. Ieu sato geus dalit jeung manusa sahenteuna salila + 9.500 taun.

Minangka prédator, ucing moroan leuwih ti saréwu spésiés sasatoan pikeun kadaharanana. Ucing mah calakan tur bisa dilatih pikeun nurutan paréntah anu gampil.

## Anatomi jeung morpologi

Gambaran anatomi ucing sacara umum
Gumantung kana spésiésna, awak ucing beuratna 2,5 – 7 kg. Tapi, sababaraha spésiés budidaya, misalna *Maine Coon*, bisa nepi ka 11,3 kg. Mangkaning mun parabna keleuwihan mah beuratna bisa nepi ka 23 kg. Sabalikna, aya ogé ucing pangleutikna nu kungsi kalaporkeun beuratna kurang ti 1,8 kg.

Sakumaha mamalia lianna, ucing miboga tujuh cervical vertebrae, tilu welas thoracic vertebrae (manusa boga salosin), tujuh lumbar vertebrae (manusa boga lima), tilu sacral vertebrae (manusa boga lima sabab bipedal), sarta 22/23 caudal vertebrae (manusa boga 3-5, ngahiji jadi coccyx).

## Ras Ucing

Dumasarkeun kana kaayaan buluna ras ucing kabagi 5 bagian nyaéta  :

1. Bulu pondok
2. Bulu sedeng
3. Bulu campuran (pondok jeung panjang)
4. Bulu panjang
5. Bulu campuran

**Bulu pendék Exotik mangrupa variasi tina ras bulu pondok.
* Chartreux, Russian Blue** jeung **Korat. Tilu ras ieu miboga warna bulu anu sarua nyaéta biru atawa hauk. katilu ras ieu mangrupa ras asli, tapi béda asal daérahna, saperti Chartreux anu aslna ti Prancis, Russian Blue asalna ti Rusia, jeung Korat ti Thailand.
* Manx** jeung **Japanese Bobtail. Manx mangrupa ras anu teu boga buntut, sedengkeun Japanese bobtail miboga rupa buntut anu ahéng.
* Egyptian Mau, Ocicat, California Spangled, Bengal Siamese** jeung **Burmese.Kadua ras ieu téh asalna ti Thailand
* British shorthair, Européan Shorthair,** jeung **American Shorthair Abyssinian'' dipercaya yén ras ieu ras pangkolotna mangrupa ras katurunan Mesir Kuna.

## Ucing dina kabudayaan Sunda

Dina kabudayaan Sunda, aya babasan jeung paribasa nu ngandung kecap ucing saperti *ngabudi ucing*, *kawas ucing gering*, *kawas ucing jeung anjing*, *heunceut ucingeun*.

Dina carita Sunda ogé aya carita ngeunaan ucing saperti "candramawat", nyaéta ucingna Nini Anteh anu aya di bulan.

## Rujukan

## Tumbu kaluar

### Isu kawarasan

* Cornell Feline Health Center
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* Monthly Turkish Free Magazine For Teaching Cat Care, kedimveben.com Archived 2019-10-06 di Wayback Machine
* National Geographic: Cats

### Unak-anik

* Cat Genome Project di The National Cancer Institute AS
* New Potential Smallest Cat Archived 2007-02-24 di Wayback Machine
* BBC.CO.UK Description of the Cat
* The Origins and Domestication of the Cat Archived 2007-09-22 di Wayback Machine
* *Cationary: Meaningful Portraits of Cats* by Sharon Montrose, ISBN 0-670-03059-7