catgirl
thumb|alt=Illustration of Wikipe-tan as a catgirl. She is a young girl with blue hair, cat ears and a tail, wearing a maid dress, and is laying down on all fours with one hand forward posing as a cat.|A shōjo| illustration of Wikipe-tan as a catgirl maid, with cat ears and a tail.
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- Analysis
- See also
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- Further reading
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thumb|alt=Illustration of Wikipe-tan as a catgirl. She is a young girl with blue hair, cat ears and a tail, wearing a maid dress, and is laying down on all fours with one hand forward posing as a cat.|A shōjo| illustration of Wikipe-tan as a catgirl maid, with cat ears and a tail.
A or neko is a female character with feline traits, such as cat ears, a tail, or other feline characteristics on an otherwise human body. The equivalent male character is called a catboy. As a type of kemonomimi|, catgirls are associated with Japanese anime and manga but may appear in other genres.