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Massachusetts State Cat
Tabby Cat
(Felis catus)
Adopted in 1988
The Tabby Cat, Felis familiaris, was made the official state cat in 1988, in response to the wishes of the schoolchildren of Massachusetts.
Description of the Massachusetts
State Cat
The word TABBY, is thought to be derived from the word ATABI, which is a type of silk manufactured in the Attabiah region of Baghdad. They exported quantities of this fabric to England, where the striped pattern was compared to the striping on the ‘tiger' cat. This type of cat then became known as the TABBI, which was later modified to TABBY.
Tabby cats are often mistakenly thought of as being a particular breed of cat, but it is the coat pattern that is known as "tabby", and this pattern can occur in all breeds of domestic cat. All breeds of domestic cat carry the tabby gene.
Taxonomic Hierarchy of the Tabby Cat
| Kingdom |
Animalia -- animals |
| Phylum |
Chordata -- chordates |
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Vertebrata -- vertebrates |
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Mammalia |
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Carnivora |
| Family |
Felidae |
| Genus |
Felis |
| Species |
Felis catus |
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State Animals and Mammals
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Mammals are one group of animals. Bears, monkeys and dolphins are mammals. So are humans.
But what makes a mammal a mammal?
an·i·mal (ān'ə-məl)
n.
1. A multicellular organism of the kingdom Animalia, differing from plants in certain
typical characteristics such as capacity for locomotion, nonphotosynthetic metabolism,
pronounced response to stimuli, restricted growth, and fixed bodily structure.
2. An animal organism other than a human, especially a mammal.
mam·mal (mām'əl)
n.
Any of various warm-blooded vertebrate animals of the class Mammalia, including humans,
characterized by a covering of hair on the skin and, in the female, milk-producing mammary
glands for nourishing the young.
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