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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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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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American Bobtail
The American Bobtail is an established North American pedigree breed with a substantial athletic body and a naturally shortened, flexible tail. Tail length and…
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American Curl
The American Curl is a recognized breed developed from a spontaneous ear mutation first documented in California in 1981. Its ears curve backward in…
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American Longhair
American Longhair is not a consistently standardized breed name across the major registries used by Catopedia. In many shelters, veterinary records and informal descriptions,…
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American Polydactyl
American Polydactyl commonly describes a North American domestic cat born with extra toes rather than one uniformly standardized pedigree breed. Polydactyly is an inherited…
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American Shorthair
The American Shorthair is an established pedigree breed descended from North American working domestic cats and refined through documented selective breeding. It has a…
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American Wirehair
The American Wirehair is a sturdy, balanced pedigree cat distinguished by a spontaneous dominant mutation that produces a crimped, resilient coat. Guard hairs, awn…
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Asian Semi-Longhair
Asian Semi-Longhair is the descriptive name commonly used for the semi-longhaired member of the Asian breed group developed in Britain; GCCF materials generally call…
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Australian Mist
The Australian Mist is a moderate, shorthaired breed created in Australia from Burmese, Abyssinian and domestic-cat foundations. Its defining pattern layers spots or marbling…
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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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Birman
The Birman is a substantial yet balanced semi-longhaired colorpoint breed with deep blue eyes and four white feet. Its symmetrical gloves and rear gauntlets…
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Bombay
The Bombay is a medium, muscular pedigree breed developed to combine a sleek, jet-black coat with rounded contours and vivid copper-to-gold eyes. American Bombay…
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Brazilian Shorthair
The Brazilian Shorthair is a medium-sized, athletic breed developed from Brazil’s naturally occurring street and household cat population. Its balanced body, expressive eyes, short…
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British Longhair
The British Longhair combines the broad, substantial body and rounded expression of the British Shorthair with a dense semi-long to long coat, full tail…
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British Shorthair
The British Shorthair is a sturdy, round-featured breed with a broad chest, powerful body and unusually dense short coat. Blue is iconic but not…
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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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Burmilla
The Burmilla is an elegant, muscular breed created from Burmese and chinchilla Persian ancestry. Its signature silver-white ground coat is tipped or shaded with…
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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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Chantilly / Tiffany
The Chantilly/Tiffany was a North American semi-longhaired breed known for a silky coat, plumed tail, gold eyes and an especially celebrated chocolate color. It…
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Chartreux
The Chartreux is a sturdy French pedigree breed recognized for its blue-gray coat, copper-to-orange eyes, robust body and comparatively fine legs. The gently tapered…
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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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Cymric
The Cymric is the longhaired expression of the Manx breed group: a round, substantial cat with powerful hindquarters, a dense double coat and a…
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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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Dragon Li
The Dragon Li, also known as Li Hua or Chinese Li Hua in some records, is a rare Chinese breed developed from a naturally…
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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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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 cobby build…
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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 American Shorthair…
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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 loose waves…
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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 rounded, projecting…
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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 organizations name…
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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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Korat
The Korat is a naturally occurring Thai breed known in its homeland as Si-Sawat. It has a single short coat that is blue from…
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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 tail contains…
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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 can have…
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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 tail. Mature…
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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 rumpy cats…
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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 a compact,…
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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 can occur…
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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 a soft…
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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 semi-long double…
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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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Ojos Azules
Ojos Azules describes a rare experimental breeding population developed around striking blue eyes appearing independently of white coat or colorpoint genes. The foundation female,…
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Oregon Rex
Oregon Rex is the historical name for curly-coated cats reported in Oregon during the mid-twentieth century. They were described as slender, elegant cats with…
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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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Persian
The Persian is a substantial, cobby longhaired cat known for a broad round head, small ears, large round eyes and an exceptionally dense flowing…
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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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Pixie-Bob
The Pixie-Bob is a muscular domestic breed developed in the Pacific Northwest and selected for a spotted brown tabby coat, heavy brow, broad muzzle…
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Ragamuffin
The Ragamuffin is a large, slow-maturing companion breed with a broad modified-wedge head, walnut-shaped eyes, substantial rectangular body and soft, dense semi-long coat. It…
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Ragdoll
The Ragdoll is a large, slow-maturing pointed cat with deep blue eyes, a long muscular body and a silky semi-long coat. Recognized patterns center…
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Russian Blue
The Russian Blue is an elegant medium-sized cat defined by a dense blue double coat tipped with silver, vivid green eyes and a graceful…
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Russian White, Black and Tabby
Russian White, Russian Black and Russian Tabby describe non-blue cats developed within Russian breeding programs. They share the elegant foreign-type body, vivid green eyes…
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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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Scottish Fold
The Scottish Fold is recognized by its forward-folding ears, round head and large round eyes. The ear appearance results from a TRPV4 variant affecting…
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Selkirk Rex
The Selkirk Rex is a substantial, rounded cat with a naturally curly coat produced by a dominant KRT71 variant. Both shorthaired and longhaired varieties…
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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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