Vallatton’s intimate image resonates with me in that it relates to the way two species can live together in harmony. I have lived with a number of cats from kittenhood to death. To celebrate the presence of these creatures amongst us, we asked five staff members to take their pick of the museum kindle.įull disclosure: One contribution was purportedly written by a cat walking across and laying down on the keyboard. They spend anywhere between a third and a half of their waking hours grooming themselves.Though they nap up to 15 hours a day, they almost never fall into REM sleep.Their hearing is acute: their ears have 32 muscles (humans have six) and are receptive to over twice the ultrasonic hearing capabilities of dogs.They walk by moving the front and back legs on one side together, then the other, similar to only giraffes and camels.The collective noun for a group of cats is a clowder or a glaring a litter of kittens is also known as a kindle.Cats share 95.6% of their DNA with tigers.The oldest known pet cat is from 9,500 years ago in Cyprus.For the purposes of this article, we’re focusing on the smallest member of the family Felidae, order Carnivora: Felis catus, the domestic or house cat.
There are many other big cats in our collection, such as lions, tigers, jaguars, and leopards, and they appear in many different media, including sculpture, painting, photography, and decorative arts.
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