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This study aimed to preliminarily describe the oral bacterial communities of cats with OSCC and compare them with those of clinically healthy cats using DNA amplicon sequencing. Oral swabs were collected from cats with OSCC, including tumor surfaces, tumor cut surfaces, and clinically normal mucosa distant from the tumor (n = 20 total samples), and from the gingival margin of healthy cats (n = 12). DNA was extracted and full-length 16S rRNA gene sequencing was performed to assess microbial composition and diversity. Cats with OSCC exhibited significant alterations in oral microbiota compared with healthy controls, including reduced alpha diversity, distinct beta-diversity clustering, and consistent taxonomic shifts. Healthy cats displayed a relatively conserved core microbiome dominated by Porphyromonas spp., Bacteroides, Pasteurellaceae, Helcococcus, and Moraxella. In contrast, OSCC-associated samples showed increased relative abundances of anaerobic and disease-associated taxa, including Filifactor villosus, Bacteroides pyogenes, Odoribacter denticanis, Porphyromonas circumdentaria, and members of the Pasteurellaceae. 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