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
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://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.
