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Felis catus

2,121Records since 2000
JanuaryPeak month
63Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan257
Feb239
Mar184
Apr173
May162
Jun144
Jul147
Aug180
Sep143
Oct153
Nov163
Dec166

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland288
2Medway England126
3Aberdeenshire Scotland86
4Angus Scotland78
5Kent England60
6Cornwall England52
7Cambridgeshire England41
8Surrey England30
9Gloucestershire England19
10Dudley England17
11Herefordshire, County of England16
12Moray Scotland14
13Oxfordshire England12
14Nottinghamshire England12
15Bristol, City of England12
1,570 England544 Scotland6 Wales1 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 63 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,121
Peak month
January
Counties with records
63
Scientific name
Felis catus
Group
Mammals
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,850
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Mammalia
Order
Carnivora
Family
Felidae
Genus
Felis
Name with authority
Felis catus Linnaeus, 1758
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
10

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q20980826 · GBIF 2435035