A toy from the past

This rubber cat has always followed me. I do not even know how old it is, nor its history either, but it has always been in my childhood home as long as I can remember. Past about 30 years it has been in the box, but when I moved to a new apartment last summer, I took it in use to stand as a door guard. Now I have to try to clarify its history as this thing started to bother me...