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Is a cat an invertebrate or a vertebrate?

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vertebrate (Vertebrates, members of the subphylum Vertebrata, chordates with backbones and spinal columns)
Is a cat, also known as the domestic cat or house cat to distinguish it from other felines, a small carnivorous species of nocturnal mammal that is often valued by humans for its companionship and its ability to hunt vermin an instance of the class invertebrate, an animal without a vertebral column or the class vertebrate (Vertebrates, members of the subphylum Vertebrata, chordates with backbones and spinal columns)?
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Vertebrates. Basic rule of thumb: Spine/backbone = vertebrate. Cats are very supple and can bend their backs but they do have bones!
A cat is a mammal. All mammals are vertebrates. If you feel along the cats back, you can almost always feel their spine. Spine = Vertebrate.
The word invertebrate comes from the word vertebrate, with the prefix in-attached to it. Thus, the word indicates that which lacks vertebrae. Taxonomic significance
not vertebrate; without a backbone. b. of or pertaining to creatures without a ... their keen vision and deadly-accurate pounce, jumping spiders are the cats of the invertebrate ...
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