Medical Subject Headings

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Preferred Name

Cats

Synonyms

Felis catus

Felis domestica

Cats, Domestic

Cat, Domestic

Cat

Domestic Cat

Domestic Cats

Felis domesticus

Felis sylvestris catus

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)

ID

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D002415

altLabel

Felis catus

Felis domestica

Cats, Domestic

Cat, Domestic

Cat

Domestic Cat

Domestic Cats

Felis domesticus

Felis sylvestris catus

AN

check tag: no qualifiers; restrict to domestic cat

AQL

AB AH BL CF CL EM GD GE IM IN ME MI PH PS PX SU UR VI

cui

C0007450

CX

consider also terms at FELINE

DC

1

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)

DX

19660101

Inverse of AQ

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000097

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000276

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000134

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000378

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000469

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000002

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000033

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000821

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000254

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000196

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000145

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000293

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000382

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000502

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000235

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000601

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000652

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000523

Inverse of RB

txid9685

MDA

19990101

MMR

20200813

MN

B01.050.150.900.649.313.750.377.750.250.125

notation

D002415

prefLabel

Cats

TERMUI

T547586

T007014

T007012

T007013

T547585

T547584

TH

NLM (1966)

NLM (2005)

NLM (1998)

tui

T015

subClassOf

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D045991

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