List of cat breeds

The following list of cat breeds includes domestic cat breeds and domestic/wild hybrids. The list includes established breeds recognized by various cat registries, new and experimental breeds, distinct domestic populations not being actively developed, and lapsed breeds.

Inconsistency in breed classification among registries means that an individual animal may be considered different breeds by different registries. For example, The International Cat Association's Himalayan is considered a colorpoint version of the Persian by the Cat Fanciers' Association while the CFA's Javanese is considered a color variation of the Balinese by the TICA.

The domestic short-haired cat and domestic long-haired cat are not breeds but terms used in the cat fancy to describe cats of a general type that do not belong to a particular breed.

Breeds

Breed	Country	Origin	Body type	Coat	Pattern	Image
Abyssinian	Ethiopia	Natural/Standard		Short	Ticked
Aegean	Greece	Natural/Standard		Semi-long	Bi- or tri-colored
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
Arabian Mau	Arabian Peninsula	Natural		Short
Australian Mist	Australia	Crossbreed	Moderate	Short	Spotted and Classic tabby
Asian	developed in the United Kingdom (founding stock from Asia)			Short	Evenly solid
Asian Semi-longhair	United Kingdom	Crossbreed		Semi-long	Solid
Balinese	developed in the United States (founding stock from Thailand)	Crossbreed	Oriental	Long	Colorpoint
Bambino	United States	Crossbreed		Hairless/Furry down
Bengal	developed in the United States (founding stock from Asia)	Hybrid		Short	Spotted/Marbled
Birman	Burma	Natural		Semi Long	Colourpoint
Bombay	developed in the United States (founding stock from Asia)	Crossbred	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		Short/Long
California Spangled	United States	Crossbreed		Short	Spotted
Chantilly-Tiffany	United States
Chartreux	France	Natural	Cobby	Short	Solid
Chausie	France	Hybrid		Short	Ticked
Cheetoh	United States	Hybrid Crossbreed		Short	Spotted
Colorpoint Shorthair				Short
Cornish Rex	United Kingdom (England)	Mutation		Rex	All
Cymric, or Manx Longhair	United Kingdom (Isle of Man)	Natural/Mutation		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
Dwarf cat, or Dwelf		Crossbreed			Hairless
Egyptian Mau	Italy	Natural		Short	Spotted
European Shorthair	Sweden	Natural		Short
Exotic Shorthair	United States	Crossbreed	Cobby	Short	All
Foldex Cat (Official Breed - CCA/AFC)	Canada	Crossbreed	Cobby	Short	All
German Rex	East Germany	Mutation		Rex
Havana Brown	United Kingdom			Short	Solid
Highlander	United Kingdom (Scotland)	Crossbreed	Moderate	Short	All
Himalayan, or Colorpoint Persian	Nepal	Crossbreed	Cobby	Long	Colorpoint
Japanese Bobtail	Japan	Natural	Moderate	Short/Long	All but colorpoint and ticked
Javanese	United States	Crossbreed	Oriental	Long/Short	Colorpoint
Kurilian Bobtail	Western Russia	Natural
Khao Manee	Thailand	Natural		Short	Solid
Korat	Thailand	Natural		Short	Solid
Korean Bobtail	South Korea	Natural		Short/Long	Colorprint
Korn Ja	Thailand	Natural		Short	Solid
Kurilian Bobtail, or Kuril Islands Bobtail	Eastern Russia, Japan	Natural	Semi-Cobby	Short/Long
LaPerm	United States	Mutation	Moderate	Rex	All
Lykoi	United States	Natural/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	Natural/Mutation		Short	Colorpoint
Minskin	United States	Crossbreed	Semi-Cobby	Short/Hairless	All
Munchkin	United States	Mutation
Nebelung	United States			Semi-long	Solid
Napoleon				Long/short	Varied
Norwegian Forest Cat	Norway	Natural		Long	All but colorpoint
Ocicat	United States	Crossbreed		Short	Spotted
Ojos Azules	United States
Oregon Rex	United States	Mutation		Rex
Oriental Bicolor			Oriental	Bicolor
Oriental Shorthair			Oriental	Short	All but colorpoint
Oriental Longhair			Oriental	Semi-long
PerFold Cat (Experimental Breed - WCF)	Europe	Crossbreed	Cobby	Long	All
Persian (Modern Persian Cat)	United States	Crossbreed	Cobby	Long	All
Persian (Traditional Persian Cat)	Greater Iran	Natural	Cobby	Long	All
Peterbald	Russia	Crossbreed	Stocky	Hairless	All
Pixie-bob	United States	Natural		Short	Spotted
Raas	Indonesia	Natural		Short
Ragamuffin	United States	Crossbreed	Cobby	Long	All
Ragdoll	United States	Crossbreed	Cobby	Long	Colorpoint/Mitted/Bicolor
Russian Blue	Russia	Natural		Short	Solid
Russian White, Black and Tabby	Australia	Crossbreed		Short
Sam Sawet	Thailand	Natural		Short	Solid
Savannah	United States	Hybrid		Short	Spotted
Scottish Fold	United Kingdom (Scotland)	Natural/Mutation	Cobby	Short/Long	All
Selkirk Rex	United States	Mutation/Cross		Rex (Short/Long)	All
Serengeti	United States	Hybrid Crossbreed		Short	Spotted
Serrade petit	France	Natural		Short
Siamese	Thailand	Natural	Oriental	Short	Colorpoint
Siberian	Russia	Natural	Semi-Cobby	Semi-long	All
Singapura	Singapore	Natural		Short	Ticked
Snowshoe	United States	Crossbreed		Short	Colorpoint
Sokoke	Kenya	Natural		Short	Classic tabby with ticking
Somali	Somalia	Mutation		Long	Ticked
Sphynx	Canada	Mutation	Stocky	Hairless	All
Suphalak	Thailand	Natural		Short	Solid
Thai	Thailand	Natural		Short	Colorpoint
Tonkinese	Canada	Crossbreed		Short	Colorpoint/Mink/Solid
Toyger	United States	Crossbreed	Moderate	Short	Mackerel
Turkish Angora	Turkey	Natural		Semi-long	All but colorpoint
Turkish Van	developed in the United Kingdom (founding stock from Turkey)	Natural		Semi-long	Van
Ukrainian Levkoy	Ukraine			Hairless
Toybob	Russia	Experimental breed

See also

• Big cats
• Pink cat
• Wild cats

Notes and references

• Fédération Internationale Féline - FIFe Breed Standards
• Cat Fanciers' Association - CFA Breed Standards
• The International Cat Association - TICA Breed Standards
• Canadian Cat Association / Association Féline Canadienne - CCA/AFC Breed Standards

External links

• Detailed List of Cat Breeds
• The Validity of "Breeds"
• List of Cat Breeds (in Spanish)