Felinology

Felinology

Felinology

Study of cats

Felinology[lower-alpha 1] is the study of cats.[1] The term is of Latin-Greek origin and comes from the Latin word felinus (of cats, feline) and the Greek -logos (science). Felinology is concerned with studying the anatomy, genetics, physiology, and breeding of domestic and wild cats.

A bicolor cat

Notes

  1. also occasionally known as felidology

References

  1. [1]
    As noted in the University of Belgrade's Faculty of Veterinary Medicine Curriculum Archived 2014-05-13 at the Wayback Machine


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