I’m one of the most popular choices for pets all over the world due to the fact I’m so friendly and loving towards humans. I’ve been domesticated for over 9,000 years but nobody knows how exactly. The most likely explanation is humans welcomed us due to the fact that we controlled rodents that destroyed their grain harvests and since then we’ve grown to enjoy the company of one another. There are actually 37 different species of cats with the domesticated cat being only one of them. Lions, Jaguars, Leopards and Tigers are all part of the cat family although these are classed as big cats. Smaller wild cats include the Bobcat, Caracal, African Wild Cat and the Canadian Lynx.