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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- Cat
- Image
- Blackcat-Lilith.jpg
- Has use
- superstition
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- Commons category
- Black cats
- Unicode character
- 🐈⬛
- color
- black
- facet of
- cat coat genetics
- has characteristic
- melanism
- different from
- black panther
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Encyclopedic overview
A black cat resting on a fence
A black cat is a domestic cat with black fur. They may be a specific breed, or a common domestic cat of no particular breed. Most black cats have golden irises due to their high melanin pigment content. Black cats are the subject of mythology, legend, and superstition. They are often associated with witches and good or bad luck in European folklore.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “black cat” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.