A domestic cat has 4 claws per paw, so it has 16 claws in total.Another Answer:Actually, cats have 18 claws. Each front foot has five toes, with one claw per toe. This includes the dew claw that...
16 do the math :)
cats have four claws on their back paws and five claws on their front paws..
Eighteen Five on each front paw, and four on each back paw.
5 per foot unless its declawed or has a mutation which gives it extra toes.
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