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The video thumbnail images includes a split image of a lion and an orange cat are shown against a vintage map.

cat: Scottish Fold

cat: American Shorthair

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Videos

The video thumbnail images includes a split image of a lion and an orange cat are shown against a vintage map.

How cats became pets

We've feared them, revered them, and recorded them.

Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.

Images

cat: Scottish Fold

cat: Scottish Fold

Scottish Fold, brown mackerel tabby.

© Chanan Photography

cat: American Shorthair

cat: American Shorthair

Cats can have long or short hair. A common coat pattern is the striped tabby.

© Chanan Photography

Manx cat

Manx cat

Manx, red mackerel tabby and white.

© Marc Henrie

tabby cat

tabby cat

Red tabby cat.

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