List of fictional cats in literature

This list of fictional cats in literature is subsidiary to the list of fictional cats. It is restricted solely to notable feline characters from notable literary works of fiction. For characters that appear in several separate works, only the earliest work will be recorded here.

Character	Earliest Appearence	Notes
Alonzo	Book of Practical Cats	a black and white tom, and is often considered the 'second-hand-man' to Munkustrap. He saves Demeter from Macavity, and is the first to attack him after he defeats Munkustrammuchuchp.
Bombalurina	Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats
Bustopher Jones	Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats
Carbonel	Carbonel	King of the Cats, presumed missing by his subjects ever since the witch Mrs. Cantrip abducted him. Unfortunately he can't return to his throne until the enslavement spell Mrs. Cantrip cast on him is undone.
Cat Morgan	Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats
The Cat in the Hat	The Cat in the Hat
Cheshire Cat	Alice's Adventures in Wonderland	sometimes raises philosophical points that annoy or baffle Alice. It does, however, appear to cheer her up when it turns up suddenly at the Queen of Hearts' croquet field, and when sentenced to death baffles everyone by having made its head appear without its body, sparking a massive argument between the executioner and the King and Queen of Hearts about whether something that does not have a body can indeed be beheaded.
Coricopat	Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats
Crookshanks	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban	the pet cat of Hermione Granger. He is described as having a "squashed face," which was inspired by a real cat Rowling once saw, which she said looked like it had run face first into a brick wall, most likely a Persian. Hermione buys Crookshanks from a shop in Diagon Alley out of sympathy, as nobody wants him because of his behaviour and his squashed looking-face. Rowling has confirmed that Crookshanks is half Kneazle, an intelligent, cat-like creature who can detect when they are around untrustworthy people, explaining his higher than normal cat intelligence and stature.
Demeter	Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats
Electra	Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats	one of the youngest female kittens in the tribe of Jellicle cats. Like many of the other young feline characters, she is in awe of the Rum Tum Tugger, a flirtatious rogueish male main character.
Firestar	Warriors (novel series)	The main character for the first arc of Warriors books (the "Original Series") as well as a major supporting character for the subsequent arcs.
Great Rumpus Cat	Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats
Greebo	Discworld	a foul-tempered one-eyed grey tomcat whose owner, Nanny Ogg, insists against all the evidence that he is a sweet, harmless kitten. In the course of the books, he has killed two vampires, eating at least one of them in the novel Witches Abroad: "The bat squirmed under his claw. It seemed to Greebo's small cat brain that it was trying to change its shape, and he wasn't having any of that from a mouse with wings on."
Griddlebone	Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats
Growltiger	Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats
Jellylorum	Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats
Jennyanydots	Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats
Macavity	Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats
Mickey Miggs	The Kitten Who Thought He Was A Mouse	An abandoned kitten raised by the Miggs mouse family, who was not aware that he was a cat until he was befriended by and the children Peggy and Paul and the household cat Hazel.
Midnight Louie	Crystal Days	20 pound (9 kg) tomcat companion to (and fellow investigator with) amateur sleuth, Temple Barr, featured in a series of romantic mystery novels by Carole Nelson Douglas; occasionally assisted by his sire 3 O'Clock Louie, his Ma Barker and her 24th Street gang, and his kit Midnight Louise.
Mr. Mistoffelees	Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats
Mungojerrie	Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats
Munkustrap	Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats
Old Deuteronomy	Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats
Orlando	A Camping Holiday	the eponymous hero of a series of 19 illustrated children's books written by Kathleen Hale between 1938 and 1972 by various publishers including Country Life.
Petronius (Pete)	'Quo Vadis	the preferred courtier of Nero, using his wit to adulate and mock him at the same time. He is horrified at Nero's burning of Rome, and eventually commits suicide to escape both Nero's antics and his anticipated execution.
Ralph	Rotten Ralph	a mischievous red cat who enjoys playing mean, practical jokes on his family.
Rum Tum Tugger	Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats
Rumpelteazer	Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats
Skimbleshanks	Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats
Malinki	Slinky Malinki	the stalking and lurking adventurous cat who is a common cat during the day but becomes a thief as night falls.
Squire Gingivere	Mossflower	Squire Julian Gingivere was a descendent of the original Gingivere. Living in a barn some distance from Redwall, Julian was odd among cats in the fact that he was a vegetarian. He lived with the owl Captain Snow, but the owl's appetite for meat, his bad table manners and their conflicting personalities led to a disagreement and then separation.
Tom Kitten	The Tale of Tom Kitten	a curious but disobedient young cat in the children's stories "The Tale of Tom Kitten" and "The Roly Poly Pudding" by Beatrix Potter
Tobermory	Tobermory (In the Chronicles of Clovis)	In a short story by Saki, a cat who is taught to talk, but knows too many personal facts about people and is all too willing to talk about them.
Tumblebrutus	Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats
Ungatt Trunn	Redwall	A Wild Cat (possibly European subspecies) who was the only Redwall villain who could conquer Salamandastron due to military strength and tactical supremacy.