"Kao K’o-Kung" is the full name of the Siamese cat who is almost always referred to as Koko. He is named after a 13th-century Chinese artist of the same name, also known as Gao Kegong, and was formerly owned by "Fluxion" art critic George Bonifield Mountclemens III, who was highly fond of cats. Mountclemens claimed that the cat "...himself has the dignity and grace of Chinese art." He fed Koko a gourmet diet of lobster, chicken and many other high-class meals. Koko will not accept normal cat food, leaving Qwilleran to provide for his expensive diet.