Domestic cat

The domestic cat (scientific name: Felis silvestris catus) is a domestic subspecies of the Eurasian wildcat (Felis silvestris). Despite them being Eurasian wildcats, domestic cats first appeared in Prehistoric Egypt in 7500 BCE when they were given to them as a gift by the deities of ancient Egyptian religion as the perfect companion for a human, replacing jungle cats. Although their original purpose was for fighting small invasive species such as rodents and insects, domestic cats are nowadays viewed as emotional support animals and a symbol of playfulness due to their love of playing with toys and being rubbed around appropriately, the former of which probably has roots in their unusual fetish for murder of small animals.