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Felix catus

Kiore Ngiāo

Cat

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Cat, House Cat; German Katzen

TRADITIONAL NAMES: Kiore Ngiāo (RR), Kiāo (MG), Ngiāo (AT MK MT AK), Cat (PL), Pikiahala / Mīao (TS), Pikiahara / Mīao (TW), Poti (PK); Other Polynesian - Mimi / Mino (TAH), Pōpoki (HAW, from 'poor pussy'), ‘oau / ‘owau (HAW, imitation of cat call)

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE n.Africa - Arabia; EXOTIC EXOTIC global

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Introduced - Recent, Naturalised; Land

SIGNIFICANCE LIST: Pest, Pet trade; Invasive - moderate, Pest - household Nuisance

Cook Islands Distribution

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Southern Group: Present Makatea:
RR	MG	AT	MK	MT	AK	PL	TK	MN
++++	++	+++	++?

Northern Group: Present
TN	MH	RK	PK	NS	SW
++			+++		-

Key to Symbols

blank	no data
-	absent	L	localised
X	extinct 'naturally'	W	widespread
XQi	quarantine intercepted	R	recent
XQe	eradicated	?	query preceding category
P	present	T?	taxonomic query
S	seasonal	nn	present, said to have no name
O	occasional	?1	present, name not investigated
++++	very common	?2	presence not verified, no name recorded
+++	common	N/A	absent, name not expected
++	uncommon
+	rare
Cook Islands islands: RR =Rarotonga, MG = Mangaia, AT =‘Ātiu, MK=Ma‘uke, MT=Miti‘āro, AK=Aitutaki, PL=Palmerston, PN=Penrhyn, MN=Manuae, TK=Takūtea, TN=Tongareva (TS=Tongaleva Spoken, TW=Tongareva Written, they say "el" but write "r"), MH=Manihiki, RK=Rakahanga, PK=Pukapuka, NS=Nassau, SW=Suwarrow. After a Polynesian name: ^=orthography query. Countries and other: FIJ=Fiji, WT=Wallis & Futuna, SAM=Samoa, TON=Tonga, NIU=Niue, CK=Cook Islands, CKM=Cook Islands Māori, FP=French Polynesia, AUS=Australs, SOC=Societies, TAH=Tahiti, TUA=Tuamotus, MQS=Marquesas, MNG=Mangareva, PIT=Pitcain group, EAS=Easter Island, HAW=Hawai‘i, NZ=New Zealand, NZM=New Zealand Māori

Pests & Hosts

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Relationship	Pests
Parasite - external	Ctenocephalides felis, Notoedres cati, Sarcoptes scabiei,
Parasite - internal	Ancylostoma and Uncinaria, Isospora spp., Toxocara cati,

Scientific Taxonomy

Felix catus Linnaeus, 1758
SYNONYMS: Felix catus

TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; CHORDATA; GNATHOSTOMATA (Jawed Vertebrates); TETRAPODA; MAMMALIA; THERIA; EUTHERIA; Carnivora; Fissipedia; FELIDAE

More Information

SIGNIFICANCE NOTES -. Comment: One of world's 100 invasive alien species [ISSG,2001].
POSITIVE SIGNIFICANCE: Pest, Pet trade
NEGATIVE SIGNIFICANCE: Invasive - moderate, Pest - household Nuisance

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Pukapuka: fieldspecimen, 2/2004, G.McCormack with ID as Felix catus.

References:
None recorded.

Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB02, zM04b

Web Resources

Citation Information

McCormack, Gerald (2007) Cook Islands Biodiversity Database, Version 2007.2. Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust, Rarotonga. Online at http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org.
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