Cat Wikipedia

This line of partially domesticated cats leaves no hint in the home cat populations of today. Results of phylogenetic research exhibits that the wild members of this genus evolved by way of sympatric or parapatric speciation, whereas the home cat advanced through Pets news artificial selection. The domestic cat and its closest wild ancestor are diploid and each possess 38 chromosomes and roughly 20,000 genes. Nile goose, a favorite family pet of the traditional Egyptians, might have served such a purpose.