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Hello Kitty， produced by the Japanese company Sanrio， is one of the most famous cartoon characters. This year， shes turning 40！ But did you know that Hello Kitty is not actually a cat？

“Hello Kitty is not a cat. Shes a little girl called Kitty White. Shes never depicted on all fours. She walks and sits like a two-legged creature. She does have a pet cat of her own， and its called Charmmy Kitty.”

In August 2014， Christine Yano， who has spent years studying the phenomenon of Hello Kitty， said that actually Sanrio Company described Kitty as a girl from outside London. This generated heated discussion.

Hello Kitty is a cat. She has whiskers and a cat nose. Girls dont look like that. Stop this nonsense.

—Famous American singer Josh Groban tweeted.

Mickey Mouse is not a mouse. If you look very closely at him， you can see that he wears gloves.

—Said The New Yorker.

I knew Hello Kitty wasnt a cat because Im allergic to cats but I have wholly embraced Hello Kitty.

—Tim Allen， a British netizen tweeted.

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