Species profile—Felis catus (cat)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Mammalia (mammals) → Felidae (cats) → Felis catus (cat)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Mammalia (mammals)
- Family
- Felidae (cats)
- Scientific name
- Felis catus Linnaeus, 1758
- Common name
- cat
- Type reference
- Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiae : Laurentii Salvii Tom. 1 824 pp.
- WildNet taxon ID
- 1056
- Alternate name(s)
- feral cat
- Biosecurity Act 2014 (BIO) status
- Restricted Matter
- Conservation significant
- No
- Endemicity
- Introduced
- Pest status
- Feral Animal
- Species environment
- Terrestrial
Other resources
Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums (OZCAM) Atlas of Living AustraliaData source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=1056
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
