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In the second paragraph of the article, these sentences occur:

"Out of the estimated 600 million domestic cats worldwide, 400 million reside in Asia, including 58 million in China. The United States leads in cat ownership with 73.8 million cats, followed by the United Kingdom with approximately 10.9 million cats."

This doesn't seem to make sense. If there are 58 million cats in China, then how can the United Kingdom be second in cat ownership after the U.S., with only 10.9 million?

Also, there do not appear to be any sources for these numbers. Humanoid-human-5 (talk) 05:47, 8 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

You're totally right. I just found this site with the population count, if you trust it. It's a site, at least. https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/cat-population-by-country ClownPierce number 1 fan (talk) 06:50, 15 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

In the paragraph for Evolution, it states "the domestic cat and it's closest wild ancestor are diploid". Well duh, aside one suspected case, ALL mammals are diploid..~2026-17599-94 (talk) 16:52, 20 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

You refer to J. Haploid C.? —Antonissimo (talk) 04:15, 21 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

It still should say it. If it didn't , then it would be missing a piece of information on evolution. ClownPierce number 1 fan (talk) 06:52, 15 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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Within the grooming section, change "The cat's tongue has backward-facing spines about 0.5 millimeter long, called lingual papillae, which contain keratin making them rigid" to "The cat's tongue has backward-facing spines about 0.5 millimeter long, called filiform papillae, which contain keratin making them rigid"

This will correct the mistake and aline with the given source provided as evidence for this fact. Thank you Irish Violet (talk) 01:27, 8 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

 Done – LuniZunie_(talk) 16:13, 10 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Shouldn't it also be "millimeters" and not "millimeter"? ClownPierce number 1 fan (talk) 07:00, 15 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

It is not more than one millimeter long. Tbhotch^™ (CC BY-SA 4.0) 07:39, 15 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, but 0<1, and it's still "0 millimeters". ClownPierce number 1 fan (talk) 07:44, 15 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]