Cyprus cat

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Cyprus cat (plural Cyprus cats)

  1. A large domestic cat breed from Cyprus
    • 2001 , Donald W. Engels, Classical Cats: The Rise and Fall of the Sacred Cat, paperback edition, Routledge, →ISBN, page 49:
      It is of course also possible that the Cyprus cat was killed for its meat, but this is unlikely.
    • 2014, The Cat Encyclopedia: The Definitive Visual Guide, Dorling Kindersley, →ISBN, page 15:
      The Cyprus cat is similar to the domestic cat's ancestor, the African wildcat, Felis silvestris lybica.
    • 2019, Nuesret Kaymak, All Cat Breeds of This World: All Approved Cat Breeds, →ISBN, page 46:
      With high probability, however, both the Aphrodite cat and the modern Cyprus cat or St Helena cat - do not descend directly from these Stone Age cats - but were introduced to the island much later.