IT’S been barely a week since a picture of a cat taking a selfie took the Internet by storm.

    But it seems there’s a new contender for most famous feline in town, as a video of a cat dressed as a monkey has notched up an impressive 6.7 million views in just two days.

    The video, entitled “Cat + Monkey 2016,” was uploaded to YouTube on New Year’s Eve, then reposted on Facebook the following day where it has been viewed millions of times and liked almost 100,000 times.

    The bizarre clip shows a ginger cat dressed in a monkey costume with only its face showing, as its owner brandishes a banana in front of its face.

    The cat later appears on a table surrounded by fruit and goes as far as to lick the banana, a fruit that isn’t toxic to cats.

    But the 14-second clip proved extremely divisive, with people seemingly unable to agree on whether it was “hilarious” or “cruel,” with some going as far as branding it “animal abuse.” More than 50,000 people offered their opinions on the video.

    Michael Gpearson wrote on the Cats Facebook page: “It’s clearly not enjoying it and restricted from getting out of the monkey suit. Abusive situations, even animals become accustomed to it and stop struggling, whether it takes a day or years of forced dress-ps.

    “In no way is it for the cats entertainment. There are many different forms of abuse!”

    Cheryl Anderson Carter wrote: “Let’s dress you up as a big ape, throw you bananas and film you, now THAT would be funny !!!!”

    However, not all of the feedback was negative, with many calling the video hilarious.

    Sarah Haley wrote: “If the cat didn’t want to have this done, it wouldn’t have. Usually these costumes only go over the head so that the cat can push them off themselves.

    “I’m also pretty sure that it wouldn’t have sat on that table whilst the owner surrounded it by fruit and showed it a banana if it didn’t want to.

    The video was produced by Japanese YouTuber 10 Cats. On their YouTube page — which has 39,000 subscribers — they say: “I live with 10 cats at home in Japan.”(SD-Agencies)