Pet cat - kaineko

Japanese: 飼いネコ - かいねこ
Pet cat - kaineko

...Generally, it refers to domestic cats, i.e. house cats, but in a broad sense it is used as a general term for mammals of the Felidae family of the carnivora order.
[Domestication of house cats]
The history of domestication of the domestic cat ( Felis catus ) is second only to that of the dog, and is believed to be the domestication of the African wild cat, which is found from Africa to India. The domestication of cats began when humans took advantage of the opportunity to prey on rodents living near human settlements and to scavenge for carrion, and humans played a passive, rather than active, role in the emergence of the domestic cat.

*Here are some explanations of terms that refer to "pet cats".

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…一般には,家畜のネコ,すなわちイエネコを指すが,広義には食肉目ネコ科の哺乳類の総称として用いる。
【イエネコの家畜化】
 イエネコ(飼いネコ)Felis catusの家畜化の歴史はイヌに次いで古く,アフリカからインドにかけて分布するリビアネコを家畜化したものとされる。ネコの家畜化は人類の居住地近くに生息する齧歯(げつし)類の捕食や腐肉をあさることができる機会を利用することから始まるもので,イエネコの出現に人類が果たした役割は能動的ではなく,むしろ受動的であった。…

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