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The Cat

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 September 2009

F. E. Zeuner
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Among the domestic pets kept in the towns of England, the cat probably tops the list so far as numbers go. But unlike other domesticated animals its association with man has been relatively short and, in spite of the mouse-catching propensities of some breeds, domestication was in this case only in part guided by economic considerations.

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Research Article
Information
Oryx , Volume 1 , Issue 2 , March 1951 , pp. 65 - 71
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Copyright © Fauna and Flora International 1951