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Abyssinian
Abyssinians combine a finely muscled build, large alert ears and a close ticked coat in which each hair carries bands of color. They are…
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Breeds generally associated with high play, movement and enrichment needs.
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Aegean
The Aegean is a medium-sized, athletic and sociable cat with a semi-long coat that is commonly white with colored patches. This naturally developed cat…
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Balinese
The Balinese is a slender, athletic colorpoint breed with vivid blue eyes and a fine semi-long coat that lies close to the body and…
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Bengal
The Bengal is an athletic, muscular domestic pedigree breed known for high-contrast spots, rosettes or marbling and a sleek coat that may appear glittered.…
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Burmese
The Burmese is a compact, muscular, surprisingly heavy cat with a close satin-like coat, warm expressive eyes and an intensely social reputation. Modern pedigreed…
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California Spangled Cat
The California Spangled Cat is a rare historical experimental breed developed in the United States to resemble a small spotted wild cat while remaining…
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Chausie
The Chausie is a tall, long-legged domestic pedigree breed developed using the Jungle Cat, Felis chaus, as a historical non-domestic source together with domestic…
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Cheetoh
The Cheetoh is an experimental domestic-cat breed developed primarily from Bengal and Ocicat lines to combine a large athletic body with conspicuous spots or…
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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 lilac Siamese…
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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 primarily of…
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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 coat that…
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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 from the…
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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 in mature…
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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 type are…
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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 families. In…
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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, classic facial…
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Oriental Bicolor
Oriental Bicolor describes Oriental-type cats combining color with clearly defined white spotting. The cat retains the long wedge head, very large ears, almond eyes,…
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Oriental Longhair
The Oriental Longhair combines the long wedge head, very large ears, tubular muscular body and social intensity of the Oriental family with a fine…
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Oriental Shorthair
The Oriental Shorthair is a long, fine-boned yet muscular cat from the Siamese-related breed family. Its defining combination is a straight-sided wedge head, very…
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Peterbald
The Peterbald is an elegant, Oriental-type Russian breed whose coat may range from apparently hairless through flock, velour and brush to a more ordinary…
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Savannah
The Savannah is a domestic hybrid breed descended from the African serval and domestic cats. Its hallmark features are exceptional height, long legs, a…
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Serengeti
The Serengeti is a tall, athletic spotted cat developed primarily from Bengal and Oriental Shorthair lines to suggest a serval-like silhouette without using servals.…
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Siamese
The Siamese is one of the world’s most recognizable breeds, combining vivid blue eyes, temperature-sensitive point coloration and an intensely social, intelligent temperament. Modern…
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Siberian
The Siberian is a substantial, rounded forest breed from Russia with strong muscle, powerful hindquarters and a dense semi-long coat adapted to seasonal weather.…
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Singapura
The Singapura is one of the smallest recognized pedigree breeds, but it is neither fragile nor inactive. A compact muscular body, large ears, exceptionally…
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Snowshoe
The Snowshoe combines Siamese-derived point coloration and blue eyes with white spotting, a moderate athletic body and the signature white feet behind its name.…
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Sokoke
The Sokoke is a rare, lean and athletic domestic breed developed from cats associated with coastal Kenya. Its hallmark is a short glossy modified…
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Somali
The Somali is the semi-longhaired member of the Abyssinian breed family, combining a finely ticked coat, lithe muscular body, large ears and a dramatic…
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Sphynx
The Sphynx—also called the Canadian Sphynx—is not truly hairless. Fine down may cover the skin, and sparse hair can occur on the nose, ears,…
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Thai Cat (Old-Style Siamese)
The Thai is the registry name widely used for the moderate, traditional pointed cat also called Wichienmaat or Old-Style Siamese. It shares ancestry with…
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Tonkinese
The Tonkinese is a medium, muscular and socially intense breed developed from Burmese and Siamese ancestry. Its hallmark mink pattern produces intermediate contrast and…
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Toyger
The Toyger is a modern domestic breed selected for bold branching vertical stripes, circular facial markings, a long low body and a confident companion…
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Turkish Angora
The Turkish Angora is a fine-boned but muscular natural breed associated with Ankara, historically called Angora. It has a silky semi-long single coat, plumed…
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Turkish Van
The Turkish Van is a large, muscular, slow-maturing semi-longhair associated in breed history with the Lake Van region and developed as a pedigree population…
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Turkish Vankedisi
Turkish Vankedisi is the name used by GCCF for the completely white counterpart within its Turkish Van breeding framework. It shares the substantial muscular…
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Ukrainian Levkoy
The Ukrainian Levkoy is an experimental breed developed in Ukraine by combining Donskoy-derived hairlessness with folded-ear ancestry related to the Scottish Fold. It typically…
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Ussuri
Ussuri is a name applied to a rare patterned domestic-cat population reported from the Russian Far East. Descriptions usually show a strong, medium athletic…
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York Chocolate
The York Chocolate was developed from chocolate and lilac longhaired farm cats in New York State beginning in the 1980s. Historical standards describe a…
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