List of cat breeds

The following list of cat breeds includes only domestic cat breeds and domestic × 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 2016, The International Cat Association (TICA) recognizes 58 standardized breeds,^[1] the Cat Fanciers' Association (CFA) recognizes 44,^[2] and Fédération Internationale Féline (FIFe) recognizes 43.^[3]

Inconsistency in 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 version of the Persian by CFA, while Javanese (Colorpoint Longhair) is a color variation of the Balinese in TICA and CFA; both breeds are merged (along with Colorpoint Shorthair) into a single "mega-breed", the Colourpoint, in the World Cat Federation (WCF), who have repurposed the name "Javanese" for the Oriental Longhair. And "Colo[u]rpoint Longhair" refers to multiple different breeds in some other registries. There are several examples of nomenclatural confusion 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] Balinese, Himalayan, and Javanese 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 of a general type, by coat length, 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. They should not be confused with standardized breeds with similar names such as British Shorthair and Oriental Longhair.

Breeds

Breed	Country	Origin	Body type	Coat	Pattern
Abyssinian	Ethiopia	Natural	Oriental	Short	Ticked
Aegean	Greece	Natural		Semi-long	Bi- or tricolored
American Curl	United States	Mutation		Short/long	All
American Bobtail	United States	Mutation		Short/long	All
American Shorthair	United States	Natural		Short	All but colorpoint
American Wirehair	United States	Mutation		Rex	All but colorpoint
Aphrodite Giant	Cyprus	Natural	Lean and muscular	All	All but cinammon and chocolate
Arabian Mau	Arabian Peninsula	Natural		Short
Australian Mist	Australia	Crossbreed: Abyssinian, and Burmese	Moderate	Short	Spotted or tabby
Asian	Developed in the United Kingdom (foundation stock from Asia)			Short	Evenly solid
Asian Semi-longhair	United Kingdom	Crossbreed: Burmese and long-haired cats		Semi-long	Solid
Balinese	Developed in the United States (foundation stock from Thailand)		Oriental	Long	Colorpoint
Bambino	United States	Crossbreed: Munchkin and Sphynx	Dwarf	Hairless or downy
Bengal	Developed in the United States (foundation stock from Asia)	Hybrid: Abyssinian and Egyptian Mau × leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis)		Short	Spotted, marbled, or rosetted
Birman	Developed in France (foundation stock from Burma, etc.)	Crossbreed: original Birman (near extinction) with Persian and Siamese		Semi-long	Colorpoint
Bombay	Developed in the United States (some foundation stock from Burma and Thailand)	Crossbreed: American Shorthair and Burmese	Moderate	Short	Solid
Brazilian Shorthair	Brazil	Natural		Short	All
British Semi-longhair	United Kingdom		Cobby	Medium	All
British Shorthair	United Kingdom	Natural	Cobby	Short	All
British Longhair	United Kingdom		Cobby	Long
Burmese	Burma and Thailand	Natural		Short	Solid
Burmilla	United Kingdom	Crossbreed: Burmese and Persian		Short/long
California Spangled	United States	Crossbreed: Abyssinian, American Shorthair, and British Shorthair		Short	Spotted
Chantilly-Tiffany	United States
Chartreux	France	Natural	Cobby	Short	Solid
Chausie	France	Hybrid: Abyssinian × jungle cat (Felis chaus)		Short	Ticked
Cheetoh	United States	Crossbred hybrid: Bengal and Ocicat		Short	Spotted
Colorpoint Shorthair (For Longhair, see Javanese below)				Short
Cornish Rex	United Kingdom (England)	Mutation		Rex	All
Cymric, or Manx Longhair; Longhaired Manx^{[lower-alpha 1]}	United Kingdom (Isle of Man), and Canada	Mutation, from original Manx		Long
Cyprus	Cyprus	Natural	Lean and muscular	All	All
Devon Rex	United Kingdom (England)	Mutation	Oriental	Rex	All
Donskoy, or Don Sphynx	Russia			Hairless
Dragon Li	China	Natural		Short	Striped tabby
Dwelf		Crossbreed: American Curl, Munchkin, and Sphinx	Dwarf		Hairless
Egyptian Mau	Egypt	Natural		Short	Spotted
European Shorthair	Finland and Sweden	Natural		Short
Exotic Shorthair	United States	Crossbreed: American Shorthair and Persian	Cobby	Short	All
Foldex^[5]	Canada	Crossbreed: Exotic Shorthair and Scottish Fold	Cobby	Short	All
German Rex	East Germany	Mutation		Rex
Havana Brown	United Kingdom	Crossbreed: Siamese and black short-haired cats		Short	Solid
Highlander	United States	Crossbred hybrid: Desert Lynx and Jungle Curl	Moderate	Short/long	All
Himalayan, or Colorpoint Persian^{[lower-alpha 2]}	United States and United Kingdom	Crossbreed: Persian and Siamese	Cobby	Long	Colorpoint
Japanese Bobtail	Japan	Natural, mutation	Moderate	Short/long	All but colorpoint and ticked
Javanese, or Colorpoint Longhair^{[lower-alpha 3]}	Developed in the United States and Canada (foundation stock from Southeast Asia)	Crossbreed: Balinese, with some Colorpoint Shorthair, Oriental Longhair, and Siamese.	Oriental	Long	Colorpoint
Karelian Bobtail	Western Russia	Natural, mutation
Khao Manee	Thailand	Natural		Short	Solid
Korat	Thailand	Natural		Short	Solid
Korean Bobtail	Korea	Natural, mutation		Short/long	Colorprint
Korn Ja	Thailand	Natural		Short/hairless	Solid
Kurilian Bobtail, or Kuril Islands Bobtail	Eastern Russia and Japan	Natural, mutation	Semi-cobby	Short/long
LaPerm	United States	Mutation	Moderate	Rex	All
Lykoi	United States	Mutation		Partly hairless	Ticked
Maine Coon	United States	Natural	Large	Long	All but colorpoint and ticked
Manx	United Kingdom (Isle of Man)	Natural, mutation		Short/long	All but colorpoint
Mekong Bobtail	Russia	Mutation		Short	Colorpoint
Minskin	United States	Crossbreed: Munchkin and Sphynx	Dwarf; semi-cobby	Short/hairless	All
Munchkin	United States	Mutation	Dwarf
Nebelung	United States			Semi-long	Solid
Napoleon				Short/long	Varied
Norwegian Forest cat	Norway	Natural		Long	All but colorpoint
Ocicat	United States	Crossbreed: Abyssinian, American Shorthair, and Siamese		Short	Spotted
Ojos Azules	United States
Oregon Rex	United States	Mutation		Rex
Oriental Bicolor	Developed in the United States and United Kingdom, later in Continental Europe; foundation stock ultimately from Thailand		Oriental		Bicolor
Oriental Shorthair^{[lower-alpha 4]}	Developed in the United States and later the United Kingdom; foundation stock ultimately from Thailand	Crossbreed: European Shorthair and Siamese	Oriental	Short	All but colorpoint
Oriental Longhair,^{[lower-alpha 4]} or Foreign Longhair; Mandarin; British Angora (obsolete)	Developed in the United Kingdom and United States; foundation stock ultimately from Thailand		Oriental	Semi-long
Persian (modern)	Developed in the United States and Europe (foundation stock from Greater Iran)	Mutation, from the traditional Persian	Cobby	Long	All
Persian (traditional)	Greater Iran	Natural, but some crossing with Angora	Cobby	Long	All
Peterbald	Russia	Crossbreed: Donskoy, Oriental Shorthair, and Siamese; early: Balinese and Javanese	Oriental	Hairless	All
Pixie-bob	United States	Mutation		Short	Spotted
Raas	Indonesia	Natural		Short
Ragamuffin, or Liebling (obsolete)	United States	Crossbreed: Ragdoll with limited out-crossing to Himalayan, Persian, other long-haired cats	Cobby	Long	All
Ragdoll	United States	Mutation (behavioral) in a crossbreed, presumed Persian or Angora, and Birman or Burmese	Cobby	Long	Colorpoint, mitted, or bicolor
Russian Blue	Russia	Natural		Short	Solid
Russian White, Black, and Tabby	Developed in Australia (foundation stock from Russia)	Crossbreeds: Russian Blue and short-haired cats from Siberia (Russia)		Short
Sam Sawet	Thailand	Natural		Short	Solid
Savannah	United States	Hybrid: Domestic cat × serval (Leptailurus serval)^[6]	Large	Short	Spotted
Scottish Fold	United Kingdom (Scotland)	Mutation	Cobby	Short/long	All
Selkirk Rex	United States	Mutation, crossbreed: American Shorthair, Persian, Himalayan, Exotic Shorthair, and British Shorthair		Rex (Short/long)	All
Serengeti	United States	Crossbred hybrid: Bengal and Oriental Shorthair		Short	Spotted
Serrade petit	France	Natural		Short
Siamese (modern) (for traditional, see Thai, below)	Developed in the United States and Europe (foundation stock from Thailand)	Mutation, from traditional Siamese (now known as Thai)	Oriental	Short	Colorpoint
Siberian, or Siberian Forest Cat; Neva Masquerade (colorpoint variety)	Russia	Natural	Semi-cobby	Semi-long	All
Singapura	Singapore	Natural		Short	Ticked
Snowshoe	United States	Crossbreed: American Shorthair and Siamese		Short	Colorpoint
Sokoke	Kenya	Natural		Short	Tabby with ticking
Somali	Somalia	Mutation		Long	Ticked
Sphynx	Canada	Mutation	Oriental	Hairless	All
Suphalak	Thailand	Natural		Short	Solid
Thai, or Traditional, Classic, or Old-style Siamese; Wichien Maat^{[lower-alpha 5]}	Thailand	Natural	Moderate	Short	Colorpoint
Thai Lilac	Thailand	Natural		Short	Solid
Tonkinese	Canada	Crossbreed: Burmese and Siamese		Short	Colorpoint, mink, or solid
Toyger	United States	Crossbred hybrid: Bengal and short-haired cats	Moderate	Short	Striped
Turkish Angora	Turkey	Natural		Semi-long	All but colorpoint
Turkish Van	Developed in the United Kingdom (foundation stock from Turkey)	Natural		Semi-long	Van
Ukrainian Levkoy	Ukraine			Hairless
Wila Krungthep	Thailand	Natural		Short	Solid
York Chocolate	United States (New York)	Natural		Long	Solid

Notes and references

↑ The Cymric is often classed as a variety of Manx rather than a separate breed, e.g. as"Semi-longhair Manx Variant" in the Governing Council of the Cat Fancy (GCCF).
↑ Some registries, such as TICA, may classify the Himalayan as a colorpoint sub-breed of Persian. Others may make it a long-haired sub-breed of Siamese. The WCF has combined the Himalayan, the Colourpoint Shorthair, and the Javanese/Colorpoint Longhair into a single breed, the Colorpoint.
↑ "Colorpoint Longhair" has multiple meanings, and "Javanese" has been used for at least one other breed; the WCF uses the "Javanese" name for the Oriental Longhair (not colorpointed). WCF has also merged the colorpointed Javanese/Colorpoint Longhair, the Himalayan, and the Colourpoint Shorthair of other registries into a single breed, the Colourpoint. In CFA, TICA, and some other registries, the Javanese/Colorpoint Longhair has merged back into Balinese as a division.
1 2 In some registries, including CFA, the Oriental Shorthair and Oriental Longhair are single breed, the Oriental, with two divisions.
↑ Thai is a recently established new name for the original, rounder-faced, thicker-bodied Siamese breed.

↑ The International Cat Association - TICA Breed Standards
↑ Cat Fanciers' Association - CFA Breed Standards
↑ Fédération InternationFéline - FIFe Breed Standards
↑ Somerville, Louisa (2007). The Ultimate Guide to Cat Breeds. Edison, New Jersey: Chartwell Books. p. 44. ISBN 9780785822646. There is a lot of confusion surrounding the use of this name in the cat world, although it is always used to describe cats of distinctly Oriental type. It has been adopted simply because of the tradition which has grown up for using the names of countries and islands from south-eastern Asian for other Oriental breeds, such as the Siamese and Balinese.
↑ "The Foldex". showcatsonline.com. Retrieved 2015-06-06.
↑ http://f3savannahcat.com/

Canadian Cat Association / Association Féline Canadienne - CCA/AFC Breed Standards

External links

"All Cat Breeds List". www.catbreedslist.com.
Sarah Hartwell. "Cat Breeds, Types, Variants and Hybrids". messybeast.com.
Sarah Hartwell. "The Validity of 'Breeds'". messybeast.com.
Jos Jakes. "The Popular Cat Breeds". thecatsite.net.
Pet Med. "The Popular Cat Breeds". petmd.com.
Pet Finder. "The Popular Cat Breeds". petfinder.com.
My cat Guide. "Guide to cat Breeds". Mycatguide.com.

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[5] The Cymric is often classed as a variety of Manx rather than a separate breed, e.g. as"Semi-longhair Manx Variant" in the Governing Council of the Cat Fancy (GCCF).

[7] Some registries, such as TICA, may classify the Himalayan as a colorpoint sub-breed of Persian. Others may make it a long-haired sub-breed of Siamese. The WCF has combined the Himalayan, the Colourpoint Shorthair, and the Javanese/Colorpoint Longhair into a single breed, the Colorpoint.

[8] "Colorpoint Longhair" has multiple meanings, and "Javanese" has been used for at least one other breed; the WCF uses the "Javanese" name for the Oriental Longhair (not colorpointed). WCF has also merged the colorpointed Javanese/Colorpoint Longhair, the Himalayan, and the Colourpoint Shorthair of other registries into a single breed, the Colourpoint. In CFA, TICA, and some other registries, the Javanese/Colorpoint Longhair has merged back into Balinese as a division.

[Oriental-9] 1 2 In some registries, including CFA, the Oriental Shorthair and Oriental Longhair are single breed, the Oriental, with two divisions.

[11] Thai is a recently established new name for the original, rounder-faced, thicker-bodied Siamese breed.

[1] The International Cat Association - TICA Breed Standards

[2] Cat Fanciers' Association - CFA Breed Standards

[3] Fédération InternationFéline - FIFe Breed Standards

[4] Somerville, Louisa (2007). The Ultimate Guide to Cat Breeds. Edison, New Jersey: Chartwell Books. p. 44. ISBN 9780785822646. There is a lot of confusion surrounding the use of this name in the cat world, although it is always used to describe cats of distinctly Oriental type. It has been adopted simply because of the tradition which has grown up for using the names of countries and islands from south-eastern Asian for other Oriental breeds, such as the Siamese and Balinese.

[6] "The Foldex". showcatsonline.com. Retrieved 2015-06-06.

[10] ttp://f3savannahcat.com/

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