Were-Cat



A werecat (also written in a hyphenated form as were-cat) is a therianthropic creature of folklore, horror, and occultism, described as being a shape-shifter similar to a werewolf.

Depending on the story in question, the species involved can be a domestic cat, a tiger, a lion, a leopard, a lynx, or any other type, including some that are purely fantastical felines. Typically, an individual werecat can only transform to one unique feline, not to a number of different species, and each individual type of werecat may be known by a more species-specific term such as "werelion".[citation needed] The word "werecat" was not coined until the late 19th century, so it was not directly used in legends from earlier eras, only by later folklorists' commentary