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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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Longhaired Cat Breeds
Explore long and semi-long coats, grooming needs and seasonal shedding.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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