Dogs are called wolves in death messages while cats are called cats

If a dog (aka tamed wolf) dies, the owner recieves a death message with the name "Wolf". However, if a cat (aka tamed ocelot) dies, the owner recieves a death message with the name "Cat".

This is inconsistent behaviour as I would expect that both tamed animals would be either considered another animal than the untamed one or the same animal as the untamed one since they both change their texture when being tamed.