The feline term - 'ailurus' or 'ailouros' was said to have been coined by the Greek historian, Herodotus. He first encountered cats on a visit to Egypt in the fifth century BC; it was then that he refered to them as 'ailuroi,' which means 'tail-wavers.'
 

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