The first cat we meet is Professor McGongall in her animal form, she is an Animagus which means she can transform into an animal at will.
It is also mentioned that the Dursley's neighbour, and Harry's regular childminder, Mrs Figg owns several cats. In the second chapter she trips over one of them and breaks her leg preventing her from taking care of Harry on Dudley's birthday.
Argus Filch, the caretaker at Hogwarts, owns a cat called Mrs Norris who wanders around the school and helps catch rule breakers. All of the students hate her.
Harry Potter himself has no cat. His friend Hermione has a cat, which she calls Crookshanks.
Argus Filch's cat is called Mrs. Norris in the Harry Potter series.
Mr Tibbles is a cat that belongs to Arabella Figg.
Mrs. Norris is the name of the cat that is owned by Mr. Filch, the caretaker. In the second book, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Mrs. Norris was the first one to be petrified by the basilisk. Harry was blamed by Filch for petrifying his cat.
"Mr. Dursley was the director of a firm called Grunnings, which made drills. He was a big beefy man with hardly any neck, although he did have a very large mustache."-page 1, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
Tabby is Mrs Arabella Figgs' cat.
Harry Potter himself has no cat. His friend Hermione has a cat, which she calls Crookshanks.
There is no janitor in Harry Potter at any time.
Nobody from the Harry Potter cast died in a car crash.
A tabby cat
No, in the 7-book series, Harry never got drunk and talked to a cat.
Cats.....Wow where did you get the idea that cats were important in Harry Potter...only cat i know in the books in Proffesor Mcgonnagal..SHe's an animagus,Her animagus is a cat
Every cat owner will name his own cat according to what he feels the cat's personality is. For what it's worth, I have two cat, an exotic shorthair named B'Ellanah after the Star Trek character and a half-Siamese named Norbert after the dragon in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.
Argus Filch's cat is called Mrs. Norris in the Harry Potter series.
Hermione Granger from the Harry Potter series has a cat named Crookshanks.
Her cat's name is Crookshanks.
Mr Tibbles is a cat that belongs to Arabella Figg.