It has been claimed that the domestic cat originated from 
the wild cat, but this theory has been rejected by most scientific 
investigators. Domestic cats sometimes revert to wild life, but 
no matter how many generations they continue wild, there are 
still certain distinctions between the wild domestic cat and the 
wild cat. Some naturalists claim' that our race of domestic cats 
originated from the Egyptian cat, which more nearly resembles 
the domestic cat than the wild cat, but, while this theory is highly 
probable, it has never been satisfactorily proven. 
The capture of the Xockamixon wild cat is likely to cause a 
stir in scientific circles, because of the rarity of the incident. It 
is believed that there are several more of his breed in the same 
territory. In fact the animal is now so little known that some 
recently published natural histories do not even mention it — 
Bucks County News, January 20, 1922. 
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