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Colorpoint Shorthair
The Colorpoint Shorthair is a CFA- and CCA-AFC-recognized Siamese-related breed developed to extend pointed colors beyond the traditional seal, chocolate, blue and…
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Cornish Rex
The Cornish Rex is an athletic, long-legged breed with an arched back, tucked waist, large ears and a uniquely soft coat composed…
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Cymric
The Cymric is the longhaired expression of the Manx breed group: a round, substantial cat with powerful hindquarters, a dense double coat…
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Devon Rex
The Devon Rex is a lightly built, muscular cat with very large low-set ears, prominent cheekbones, an elfin expression and a short…
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Donskoy
The Donskoy, also called Don Sphynx, is a Russian breed arising from a naturally occurring dominant hair-loss trait that is genetically distinct…
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Dragon Li
The Dragon Li, also known as Li Hua or Chinese Li Hua in some records, is a rare Chinese breed developed from…
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Egyptian Mau
The Egyptian Mau is an elegant, muscular and athletic shorthaired breed distinguished by naturally occurring spots, a characteristic worried expression, gooseberry-green eyes…
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European Shorthair
The European Shorthair is a pedigreed breed standardized from Europe’s native shorthaired domestic cats. It is substantial and muscular without the very…
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Exotic Shorthair
The Exotic Shorthair combines Persian body and head type with a dense plush short coat. It was developed largely through Persian and…
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German Rex
The German Rex is a rare, medium-sized European breed with a muscular but moderate body and a short, velvety coat that forms…
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Havana Brown
The Havana Brown is a rare, uniformly warm brown shorthaired breed with vivid green eyes, a medium muscular body and a distinctive…
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Himalayan
The Himalayan combines the long dense Persian coat and substantial body with temperature-sensitive colorpoint patterning and blue eyes. Registry language differs: some…
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Japanese Bobtail
The Japanese Bobtail is a lively, elegant breed whose shortened, kinked tail forms an individual pom-pom of hair. The mutation and body…
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Javanese
Javanese is a historically important but registry-dependent name for elegant semi-longhaired cats closely related to the Balinese, Siamese, Colorpoint Shorthair and Oriental…
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Korat
The Korat is a naturally occurring Thai breed known in its homeland as Si-Sawat. It has a single short coat that is…
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Kurilian Bobtail
The Kurilian Bobtail is a muscular, substantial natural breed associated with the Kuril Islands, Sakhalin and the Russian Far East. Its shortened…
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LaPerm
The LaPerm is a moderate, athletic breed whose defining coat comes from a naturally occurring dominant rex mutation. Longhaired and shorthaired cats…
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Maine Coon
The Maine Coon is a large, rectangular, muscular cat with a shaggy weather-resistant coat, substantial ruff, tufted ears and a long flowing…
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Manx
The Manx is a rounded, powerful breed associated with the Isle of Man and defined by a spectrum of tail lengths, from…
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Minuet (Napoleon)
The Minuet, formerly called the Napoleon, was developed by crossing Munchkin cats with Persians and related breeds. It combines short legs with…
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Munchkin
The Munchkin is defined by shortened limbs caused by a dominant genetic variant affecting bone growth. Standard short-legged and nonstandard normal-legged kittens…
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Nebelung
The Nebelung is a rare semi-longhaired blue breed developed in the United States to combine an elegant foreign body, green eyes and…
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Norwegian Forest Cat
The Norwegian Forest Cat is a large, strongly built natural breed with a triangular head, straight profile, almond-shaped eyes and a dense…
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Ocicat
The Ocicat is a muscular, athletic domestic breed patterned to resemble a wild spotted cat without wild-cat ancestry. Its large thumbprint-shaped spots,…
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