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List of Cat Breeds

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The following list of cat breeds includes domestic cat breeds and domestic/wild hybrids. The list includes established breeds recognized by various cat registries, new and experimental breeds, distinct domestic population not being actively developed and lapsed breeds.

Inconsistency in breed classification among registries means that an individual animal may be considered different breeds by different registries. For example, The International Cat Association's Himalayan is considered a colorpoint version of the Persian by the Cat Fanciers' Association while the CFA's Javanese is considered a color variation of the Balinese by TICA.

The domestic shorthair and domestic longhair are not breeds but terms used in cat fancy to describe cats that do not belong to a particular breed.

Breeds

Breed	Country	Origin	Body type	Coat	Pattern	Notes	Image
Abyssinian	Egypt	Natural	Oriental	Short	Ticked
Aegean cat	Greece	Natural
Australian Mist	Australia	Crossbreed	Moderate	Short	Spotted and Classic tabby
American Polydactyl
American Bobtail
American Curl	United States	Mutation		Short/Long	All
American Longhair				Long
American Shorthair				Short
American Wirehair	United States	Mutation		Rex	All but colorpoint
Asian Semi-longhair
Balinese	United States	Crossbreed	Oriental	Long	Colorpoint
Bengal	United States	Hybrid		Short	Spotted/Marbled
Birman	Burma	Natural		Long	Colorpoint
Bombay	United States	Crossbreed		Short	Solid
Brazilian Shorthair	Brazil	Natural		Short	All
British Shorthair	United Kingdom	Natural	Cobby	Short	All
British Longhair
Burmese	Burma	Natural		Short	Solid
Burmilla	United Kingdom	Crossbreed		Short/Long
California Spangled Cat	United States	Crossbreed		Short	Spotted
Chantilly/Tiffany
Chartreux	France	Natural	Cobby	Short	Solid
Chausie		Hybrid		Short	Ticked
Cheetoh	United States	Hybrid cross		Short	Spotted
Colorpoint Shorthair
Cymric	Isle of Man	Natural/Mutation		Long
Cornish Rex	England	Mutation		Rex	All
Devon Rex	England	Mutation	Oriental	Rex	All
Don Sphynx	Russia			Hairless
Dragon Li	China	Natural		Short	Striped tabby
Egyptian Mau	Egypt	Natural		Short	Spotted
European Shorthair	Sweden	Natural		Short
Exotic Shorthair	United States	Crossbreed	Cobby	Short	All
German Rex	East Germany	Mutation		Rex
Havana Brown	United Kingdom			Short	Solid
Himalayan/Colorpoint Persian		Crossbreed		Long	Colorpoint
Japanese Bobtail	Japan	Natural	Moderate	Short/Long	All but colorpoint and ticked
Javanese		Crossbreed	Oriental	Long	Colorpoint
Kellas Cat	Scotland	Natural hybrid
Korat	Thailand	Natural		Short	Solid
Kurilian Bobtail	Russia	Natural	Semi-cobby	Short/Long
LaPerm	United States	Mutation	Moderate	Rex	All
Maine Coon	United States	Natural		Long	All but colorpoint and ticked
Manx	Isle of Man	Natural/Mutation		Short/Long	All but colorpoint
Munchkin	United States	Mutation
Nebelung	Disputed			Semi-long	Solid
Norwegian Forest Cat	Norway	Natural		Long	All but colorpoint
Ocicat	United States	Crossbreed		Short	Spotted
Ojos Azules	United States
Oregon Rex	United States	Mutation		Rex
Oriental Bicolour
Oriental Shorthair	United States		Oriental	Short	All but colorpoint
Oriental Longhair	United States		Oriental	Semi-long
Persian	Greater Iran		Cobby	Long	All
Peterbald	Russia	Crossbreed	Oriental	Hairless	All
Pixie-bob	United States	Natural		Short	Spotted
Ragdoll	United States	Crossbreed	Cobby	Long	Colorpoint/Mitted/Bicolor
Ragamuffin	United States	Crossbreed	Cobby	Long	All
Russian Blue	Russia	Natural		Short	Solid
Russian White, Black and Tabby	Australia	Crossbreed		Short
Savannah	United States	Hybrid		Short	Spotted
Scottish Fold	Scotland	Natural	Cobby	Short/Long	All but colorpoint
Selkirk Rex	United States	Mutation/Cross		Rex (Short/Long)	All
Serengeti cat	United States	Hybrid cross		Short	Spotted
Siamese	Thailand	Natural	Oriental	Short	Colorpoint
Siberian	Russia	Natural	Cobby	Semi-long	All
Singapura	Singapore*	Natural*		Short	Ticked
Snowshoe	United States	Crossbreed		Short	Colorpoint
Sphynx	Egypt	Mutation	Oriental	Hairless	All
Sokoke	Kenya	Natural		Short	Classic tabby with ticking
Somali	United States	Mutation		Long	Ticked
Sumxu	China	Natural/Mutation				Extinct
Tonkinese	Canada	Crossbreed		Short	Colourpoint/Mink/Solid
Toyger
Turkish Angora	Turkey	Natural		Semi-long	All but colorpoint
Turkish Van	Turkey	Natural		Semi-long	Van
Turkish Vankedisi	Turkey	Natural		Semi-long	All white
Twisty Cat/Squitten		Mutation
York Chocolate Cat
Ussuri	Russia	Natural hybrid*		Short	Spotted
Ukrainian Levkoy	Ukraine			Hairless
Breed	Country	Origin	Body type	Coat	Pattern	Notes	Image

See also

• Cat body type genetic mutations
• Cat types
• List of cats
• List of fictional cats

External links

• The Validity of "Breeds"
• Detailed list of cat breeds
• http://www.catwebsite.org

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