Thubanian

Thubanians, also known as Space Cats, are a sapient quadrupedal feline species from the planet Thuban IX. Their appearance is identical to that of the Earth domestic cat.

History
When their homeworld became tidally-locked around its sun, the Thubanians experienced disaster as one hemisphere was caught in perpetual scorching sunlight and the other froze. A group of Thubanians departed to Earth and landed on Egypt in 3,500 BC, where they were viewed as gods by the natives. They instructed the Egyptians to build the Great Pyramid of Giza as a structure that would harness the Earth's rotational energy and transfer it to Thuban IX. However, their plan was delayed for millennia since the Egyptians pampered them so much that the Thubanians actually settled down and became common house pets.

Appearances

 * Futurama, s06e08, "That Darn Katz!" (2010)