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March 22, 2026
| Id | http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D002415
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| Preferred Name | Cats |
| Definitions |
The domestic cat, Felis catus, of the carnivore family FELIDAE, comprising over 30 different breeds. The domestic cat is descended primarily from the wild cat of Africa and extreme southwestern Asia. Though probably present in towns in Palestine as long ago as 7000 years, actual domestication occurred in Egypt about 4000 years ago. (From Walker's Mammals of the World, 6th ed, p801)
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| Synonyms |
Felis catus
Felis domestica
Cats, Domestic
Cat, Domestic
Cat
Domestic Cat
Domestic Cats
Felis domesticus
Felis sylvestris catus
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| Type | http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#Class |
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| definition | The domestic cat, Felis catus, of the carnivore family FELIDAE, comprising over 30 different breeds. The domestic cat is descended primarily from the wild cat of Africa and extreme southwestern Asia. Though probably present in towns in Palestine as long ago as 7000 years, actual domestication occurred in Egypt about 4000 years ago. (From Walker's Mammals of the World, 6th ed, p801) |
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| altLabel |
Felis catus
Felis domestica
Cats, Domestic
Cat, Domestic
Cat
Domestic Cat
Domestic Cats
Felis domesticus
Felis sylvestris catus
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| prefLabel | Cats
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| CX | consider also terms at FELINE
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| type | |
| tui | T015
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| TERMUI |
T547586
T007014
T007012
T007013
T547585
T547584
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| TH |
NLM (1966)
NLM (2005)
NLM (1998)
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| MMR | 20200813
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| notation | D002415
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| Semantic type UMLS property | |
| Inverse of AQ |
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| DX | 19660101
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| cui | C0007450
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| DC | 1
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| MN | B01.050.150.900.649.313.750.377.750.250.125
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| AN | check tag: no qualifiers; restrict to domestic cat
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| AQL | AB AH BL CF CL EM GD GE IM IN ME MI PH PS PX SU UR VI
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| Inverse of RB | txid9685
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| MDA | 19990101
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