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Template:Short description The following list of cat breeds includes only domestic cat breeds and domestic and wild hybrids. The list includes established breeds recognized by various cat registries, new and experimental breeds, landraces being established as standardized breeds, distinct domestic populations not being actively developed and lapsed (extinct) breeds.

As of 2019, The International Cat Association (TICA) recognizes 73 standardized breeds,[1] the Cat Fanciers' Association (CFA) recognizes 45,[2] and the Fédération Internationale Féline (FIFe) recognizes 48.[3]

Inconsistency in a breed classification and naming among registries means that an individual animal may be considered different breeds by different registries (though not necessarily eligible for registry in them all, depending on its exact ancestry). For example, TICA's Himalayan is considered a colorpoint variety of the Persian by the CFA, while the Javanese (or Colorpoint Longhair) is a color variation of the Balinese in both the TICA and the CFA; both breeds are merged (along with the Colorpoint Shorthair) into a single "mega-breed", the Colourpoint, by the World Cat Federation (WCF), who have repurposed the name "Javanese" for the Oriental Longhair. Also, "Colo[u]rpoint Longhair" refers to different breeds in other registries. There are many examples of nomenclatural overlap and differences of this sort. Furthermore, many geographical and cultural names for cat breeds are fanciful selections made by Western breeders to be exotic sounding and bear no relationship to the actual origin of the breeds;[4] the Balinese, Javanese, and Himalayan are all examples of this trend.

The domestic short-haired and domestic long-haired cat types are not breeds, but terms used (with various spellings) in the cat fancy to describe "mongrel" cats by coat length, ones that do not belong to a particular breed. Some registries permit them to be pedigreed and they have been used as foundation stock in the establishment of some breeds.[citation needed] They should not be confused with standardized breeds with similar names, such as the British Shorthair and Oriental Longhair.

Breeds[]

Breed Location of origin Type Body type Coat type and length Coat pattern Image
Abyssinian[5] Unspecified, but somewhere in Afro-Asia, likely Ethiopia[6] Natural Semi-foreign Short Ticked tabby Abyssinian
Aegean Greece Natural Moderate Semi-long Multi-color File:Aegean cat.jpg
American Bobtail[7] United States[8] Mutation Cobby Semi-long All File:American bobtail 2.jpg
American Curl[9] United States[8] Mutation Semi-foreign Semi-long All American Curl
American Ringtail United States[8] Mutation Foreign Semi-long All File:Chunky Monkey American Ringtail Cat 3rd Generation.jpg
American Shorthair United States[8] Natural Cobby Short All American Shorthair
American Wirehair United States[8] Mutation Normal Rex All File:American Wirehair - CFF cat show Heinola 2008-05-04 IMG 8721.JPG
Aphrodite Giant Cyprus Natural Lean and muscular All All File:Aphrodite's Giant.jpg
Arabian Mau the Arabian Peninsula Natural Moderate and muscular Short All File:3yoArabianMau.jpeg
Asian Developed in United Kingdom;
foundation stock from Asia
Natural Moderate Short Evenly solid Asian
Asian Semi-longhair United Kingdom Crossbreed between the Burmese and long-haired cats Cobby Semi-long Evenly solid File:Tiffanie at cat show.jpg
Australian Mist Australia Crossbreed between the Abyssinian and Burmese Moderate Short Spotted or marbled Australian Mist
Balinese Developed in United States;[8]
foundation stock from Thailand
Mutation of the Siamese Semi-foreign Long Colorpoint Balinese
Bambino United States Crossbreed between the Munchkin and Sphynx Dwarf Rex
Bengal Developed in United States,
but created in Asia
Hybrid of the Abyssinian and Egyptian Mau × leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis) Large Short Spotted, marbled, or rosetted File:Bengal Cat (Fia).jpg
Birman Developed in France;
foundation stock from Burma (Myanmar)[8]
The original Birman was crossed with the Siamese and the Persian to create the Birman of today. Cobby Semi-long Mitted colorpoint Birman
Bombay United States and Burma (Myanmar) Crossbreed between the Black American Shorthair and Sable Burmese Cobby Short Solid black File:Bombay femelle.JPG
Brazilian Shorthair Brazil Natural Normal Short All Brazilian Shorthair
British Longhair United Kingdom (England)[8] Natural Cobby Semi-long All British Semi-longhair
British Shorthair United Kingdom (England)[8] Natural Cobby Short All British Shorthair
Burmese Burma (Myanmar)[8] Natural Semi-foreign or semi-cobby Short Solid or Tortoiseshell File:Male Chocolate Burmese Cat.jpg
Burmilla United Kingdom (England)[8] Crossbreed between the Brown Tortie Burmese and the Chinchilla Persian Semi-cobby Short Solid with Shaded Silver and Silver Tipped patterns Burmilla
California Spangled United States[8] Crossbreed between the Abyssinian, American Shorthair and British Shorthair Moderate Short Spotted tabby California Spangled
Chantilly-Tiffany United States Natural Cobby Long Solid, classic tabby, spotted tabby and ticked tabby File:Tiffany3.jpg
Chartreux France[8] Natural Muscular; cobby Short Comes in varying shades of blue Chartreux
Chausie United States Hybrid of the Abyssinian × jungle cat (Felis chaus) Normal Short Solid black, black grizzled tabby and black ticked tabby Chausie
Colorpoint Shorthair England, United Kingdom Crossbreed between the Abyssinian, Siamese and short-haired cats Foreign Short Colorpoint Colorpoint Shorthair
Cornish Rex Cornwall, England,

United Kingdom

Mutation Foreign Rex All Cornish Rex
Cymric, Manx Longhair or Long-haired ManxTemplate:Efn the Isle of Man, United States, and Canada Template:Efn[8] Mutation of the Manx Semi-cobby Long All Cymric
Cyprus Cyprus Natural Lean and muscular All All File:CyprusShorthair.jpg
Devon Rex Buckfastleigh, Devon, England, United Kingdom Mutation Semi-foreign Rex All Devon Rex
Donskoy or
Don Sphynx
Russia Mutation Semi-foreign Hairless Solid Donskoy or Don Sphynx
Dragon Li or
Chinese Li Hua
China Natural Normal Short Ticked tabby Dragon Li or Chinese Li Hua
Dwelf United States Crossbreed between the American Curl, Munchkin and Sphynx Dwarf Hairless All
Egyptian Mau Egypt[8] Natural Moderate and muscular Short Spotted tabby Egyptian Mau
European Shorthair Continental Europe[8] Natural Moderate Short All European Shorthair
Exotic Shorthair United States Crossbreed between the American Shorthair and Persian Cobby Short All Exotic Shorthair
Foldex[10] Canada Crossbreed between the Exotic Shorthair and Scottish Fold Cobby Short All File:Cachorro de Gato FoldEx ("Belisario del Laberinto").JPG
German Rex Germany[8] Mutation Semi-foreign Rex All File:German Rex Emi.jpg
Havana Brown United Kingdom (England);
foundation stock from Thailand
Crossbreed between the Siamese and black short-haired cats Semi-foreign Short Solid brown Havana Brown
Highlander United States Crossbreed between the Desert Lynx and Jungle Curl Moderate Short/long All File:Highlander-7.jpg
Himalayan or
Colorpoint PersianTemplate:Efn
United States and United Kingdom[8] Crossbreed between the Persian and Siamese Cobby Long Colorpoint Himalayan or Colorpoint Persian
Japanese Bobtail JapanTemplate:Efn[8] Mutation Moderate Short/long All Japanese Bobtail
Javanese or
Colorpoint LonghairTemplate:Efn
Developed in United States[8] and Canada;
foundation stock from Southeast Asia
Crossbreed between the Balinese (with some Colorpoint Shorthair), Oriental Longhair and Siamese Oriental Long Colorpoint Javanese or Colorpoint Longhair
Kanaani Germany Hybrid of short-haired cats ×  African wildcat (Felis lybica) Semi-foreign Short Solid black, chocolate spotted tabby or cinnamon spotted tabby
Khao Manee Thailand Natural Moderate Short Solid white File:Khao Manee "ChaWee".jpg
Kinkalow United States Crossbreed between the Munchkin and American Curl Dwarf Short All File:Tinkerbella.jpg
Korat Thailand[8] Natural Semi-foreign or semi-cobby and muscular Short Solid blue File:Veda,chat-adulte-mâle-race-korat.JPG
Korean Bobtail Korea Natural, mutation Moderate Short/long Colorpoint File:Japanese Bobtail walking.JPG
Korn Ja Thailand Natural Small Short Solid black
Kurilian Bobtail or
Kuril Islands Bobtail
eastern Russia and Japan Natural, mutation Semi-cobby Short/long All Kurilian Bobtail or Kuril Islands Bobtail
Lambkin United States[8] Crossbreed between the Munchkin and Selkirk Rex Dwarf Rex All
LaPerm United States[8] Mutation Moderate Rex All LaPerm
Lykoi United States Mutation Moderate Hairless Solid black roan File:8-month-old male Lykoi.jpg
Maine Coon United States[8] Natural, crossbreed Large Semi-long to long All Maine Coon
Manx the Isle of Man[8] Mutation Moderate Short/long All File:Japanese Bobtail looking like Manx.jpg
Mekong Bobtail Russia Mutation Moderate Short Colorpoint File:Mekong bobtail female, Cofein Pride cattery.jpg
Minskin United States Crossbreed between the Munchkin and Sphynx Dwarf Hairless All File:Minskin Kitten Female blue tabby color-pattern.jpg
Minuet United States Crossbreed between the Persian and Munchkin Dwarf Short/Long All File:White Gray Minuet Cat.png
Munchkin United States[8] Mutation Dwarf Short/long All Munchkin
Nebelung United States Natural, mutation Foreign Semi-long Solid blue Nebelung
Norwegian Forest Cat Norway[8] Natural Cobby Long All but colorpoint Norwegian Forest Cat
Ocicat United States[8] Crossbreed between the Abyssinian, American Shorthair and Siamese Large Short Spotted tabby Ocicat
Ojos Azules United States[8] Crossbreed Moderate Short All File:Lazuli01.jpg
Oregon Rex
(extinct)
United States Mutation Rex
Oriental Bicolor Developed in United States and United Kingdom, later in Continental Europe;
foundation stock ultimately from Thailand
Color variety of the Oriental Shorthair Oriental Short Bicolor Oriental Bicolor
Oriental LonghairTemplate:Efn Developed in United States and United Kingdom;
foundation stock ultimately from Thailand[8]
Crossbreed between the Oriental Shorthair and long-haired cats Oriental Semi-long All; if colorpoint is considered to be a separate breed, it is called the Javanese File:OLH-GIP Divan Cesar.jpg
Oriental ShorthairTemplate:Efn Developed in United States and United Kingdom;
foundation stock ultimately from Thailand[8]
Crossbreed between the European Shorthair and Siamese Oriental Short All File:Oriental Shorthair Blue Eyed White cat (juvenile).jpg
Persian (modern) Developed in United States and Europe;
foundation stock from Greater Iran[8]
Mutation of the Traditional Persian Cobby Long All but colorpoint Persian, modern
Persian (traditional) Greater Iran[8] Natural, but some crossbreeding with the Turkish Angora Cobby Long All but colorpoint File:SnowyandHazy.jpg
Peterbald Russia Crossbreed between the Donskoy, Oriental Shorthair and Siamese;
before this, it was between the Balinese and Javanese
Oriental Hairless, velour, brush, or straight coat All File:Tamila the lilac tabby Peterbald cat.jpg
Pixie-bob United States[8] Mutation (falsely claimed to be a bobcat hybrid early on) Medium Short Spotted tabby Pixie-bob
Ragamuffin or
Liebling (obsolete)
United States Crossbreed between the Ragdoll with limited out-crossing to the Himalayan, the Persian, and other long-haired cats Cobby Long All Ragamuffin
Ragdoll United States[8] Behavioral mutation in a crossbreed, presumed to be between the Persian or Turkish Angora and the Birman or Burmese Cobby Long Colorpoint, mitted, or bicolor Ragdoll
Raas Raas Island, Indonesia Natural Moderate Short Solid blue, solid cinnamon, or cinnamon colorpoint File:Kucing Busok Jantan.jpg
Russian Blue Russia[8] Natural Moderate, Oriental Short Solid blue Russian Blue
Russian White, Russian Black and Russian Tabby Developed in Australia;
foundation stock from Russia
Crossbreeds between the Russian Blue and short-haired cats from Siberia, Russia Moderate Short Solid white, solid black and tabby
Sam Sawet Thailand Color variety of the Thai Moderate Short Solid
Savannah United States Hybrid of the domestic catserval (Leptailurus serval)[1] Large Short Spotted Savannah
Scottish Fold United Kingdom (Scotland)[8] Mutation of the bones and cartilage of the ears Cobby Short/long All File:Lilac Scottish Fold.jpg
Selkirk Rex United States in 1988[8] Mutation/crossbreed between the American Shorthair, Persian, Himalayan, Exotic Shorthair and British Shorthair Large and cobby Short/long (longhair, sometimes in early generations, can appear to be semi-long) All Selkirk Rex
Serengeti United States Crossbreed/hybrid between the Bengal and Oriental Shorthair Oriental Short Spotted Serengeti
Serrade Petit France Natural Semi-cobby Short Solid tan, solid orange and solid white File:Serrade petit.jpg
Siamese (modern)
Template:Crossref
Developed in United States and Europe;
foundation stock from Thailand[8]
Mutation of the Thai Oriental Short Colorpoint Siamese
Siberian or
Siberian Forest Cat;
Neva Masquerade (colorpoint variety)
Russia, Ukraine[8] Natural Semi-cobby Semi-long All File:Siberiancat.jpg
Singapura Developed in United States;
foundation stock from Singapore[8]
Possibly a mutation of a crossbreed (excluding the Munchkin), solving why they’re so small Small Short Ticked tabby Singapura
Snowshoe United States[8] Crossbreed between the American Shorthair and Siamese Moderate Short Mitted colorpoint Snowshoe
Sokoke Kenya Natural Moderate Short Ticked tabby Sokoke
Somali United States, Canada Mutation Cobby Long Ticked tabby Somali
Sphynx Canada, Europe[8] Mutation Oriental Hairless All Sphynx
Suphalak Thailand Natural Moderate Short Solid reddish-brown File:Suphalak Female in Thailand named AumDaengManee.jpg
Thai or
Traditional, Classic, or Old-style Siamese;
Wichien MaatTemplate:Efn
Thailand[8] Natural Moderate Short Colorpoint File:Mimbi3.JPG
Thai Lilac, Thai Blue Point and Thai Lilac Point Thailand Color varieties of the Korat Moderate Short Solid lilac and colorpoint (blue point and lilac point only) Thai Lilac
Tonkinese Canada, United States[8] Crossbreed between the Burmese and Siamese Oriental Short Colorpoint, mink, or solid Tonkinese
Toybob Russia Mutation Dwarf Short all
Toyger United States Crossbreed/hybrid between the Bengal and short-haired cats Moderate Short Mackerel tabby Toyger
Turkish Angora Turkey[8] Natural Semi-cobby Semi-long All File:Turkse angora.jpg
Turkish Van Developed in United Kingdom (England);
foundation stock from Turkey
Natural Semi-cobby Semi-long Van pattern Turkish Van
Turkish Vankedisi Turkey Natural Svelte Long Solid white File:Van Cat 2 2015.JPG
Ukrainian Levkoy Ukraine Crossbreed between the Donskoy and Scottish Fold Moderate Hairless Solid gray Ukrainian Levkoy
York Chocolate New York, United States Natural Moderate Long Solid chocolate, solid lilac and solid taupe or any of these colors with white York Chocolate

See also[]

  • Animal show
  • Animals in sport
  • Felidae – the entire cat family
  • Felinae – the subfamily of all smaller cat species
  • Lists of domestic animal breeds
  • List of cat registries
  • List of individual cats
  • Selective breeding
  • Wildcat – the ancestor of the domestic cat

Notes[]

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References[]

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  1. Browse All Breeds (31 July 2018).
  2. CFA Breeds.
  3. Breed Standards.
  4. Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  5. Abyssinian at a Glance (13 April 2020).
  6. "Abyssinian Profile", Catz Inc., accessed 4 October 2009
  7. The American Bobtail Breed (13 April 2020).
  8. 8.00 8.01 8.02 8.03 8.04 8.05 8.06 8.07 8.08 8.09 8.10 8.11 8.12 8.13 8.14 8.15 8.16 8.17 8.18 8.19 8.20 8.21 8.22 8.23 8.24 8.25 8.26 8.27 8.28 8.29 8.30 8.31 8.32 8.33 8.34 8.35 8.36 8.37 8.38 8.39 8.40 8.41 8.42 8.43 8.44 8.45 8.46 "The Royal Canin Cat Encyclopedia", Aniwa Publishing: Paris, 2005.
  9. The American Curl Breed (28 January 2020).
  10. The Foldex. showcatsonline.com.

General references[]

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A cat must have a traceable lineage going back several generations to be registered as a pedigreed cat. The term "purebred" is not used by breeders or the cat fancy in general, but is a popular term among the general public.

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