Kakade ngonyaka we-1798 baqala ukukhuluma ngawo ikati ezifuywayo, ngaleso sikhathi zazibiziwe UFelis catus. Lowo owaqamba lelo gama kwakunguCarolus Linnaeus emsebenzini uSystema Naturae.
Ihlelo langaphambilini lalifakwe nguJohann Christian Daniel noSchreber ngonyaka we-1775, lelo hlelo lalikhona UFelis Silvestris.
Yini esungulwe yi- Ikhodi Yomhlaba Wonke Yesibongo Samagama Zoological ukuqamba lezi zinhlobo ngokuthi F. Catus. Ngaphandle kwalokhu, ososayensi bezinto eziphilayo kanye nabasebenza emkhakheni basebenzisa uF. Silvestris ngezinhlobo zasendle noF. Catus esimweni se- especie ezifuywayo.
Ku-Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature yonyaka ka-2003, i-International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature yemukela igama likaF. F. Catus usabhekwa njengohlobo oluhlukile.
UFelis domesticus kukhulunywa ngaye encwadini ethi Anfangsgründe der Naturlehre and Systema regni animalis.
Khumbula ukuthi awekho kulawa magama angathathwa njengamagama esayensi avumelekile ngaphansi kwemibandela ye-International Code of Zoological Nomenclature.
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