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 population 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 TICA.

The domestic shorthair and domestic longhair are not breeds but terms used in cat fancy to describe cats that do not belong to a particular breed.

Breeds

Breed	Country	Origin	Body type	Coat	Pattern	Image
American Curl	United States	Mutation	Cobby	Short/Long	All
American Longhair	United States	Crossbreed		Long	All
American Shorthair	United States	Natural	Moderate	Short	All
Abyssinian	Ethiopia	Natural	Oriental	Short	Ticked
Aegean cat	Greece	Natural	Standard	Semi-long	Bi- or tri-colored
Australian Mist	Australia	Crossbreed	Moderate	Short	Spotted and Classic tabby
American Polydactyl	United States	Mutation	Moderate	Short/Long	All
American Wirehair	United States	Mutation		Rex	All but colorpoint
Arabian Mau	Middle East	Natural		Short
Asian (cat)	Developed in the United Kingdom-Britain			Short	Evenly solid
Asian Semi-longhair	Great Britain	Crossbreed		Semi-long	Solid
Balinese	United States	Crossbreed	Oriental	Long	Colorpoint
Bambino (cat)				Hairless/Furry down
Bengal	United States	Hybrid		Short	Spotted/Marbled
Birman	Burma	Natural		Long	Colorpoint
Bombay	United States	Crossbred	Moderate	Short	Solid
Brazilian Shorthair	Brazil	Natural		Short	All
British Shorthair	United Kingdom	Natural		Short	All
British Longhair	United Kingdom			Long
Burmese	Burma and Thailand	Natural		Short	Solid
Burmilla	United Kingdom	Crossbreed		Short/Long
Calico		Natural		Short/long	Calico or Tortoiseshell
California Spangled Cat	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	Mutation		Rex	All
Cymric	Isle of Man	Natural/Mutation		Long
Cyprus Shorthair	Cyprus	Natural	Svelte	Short	All
Devon Rex	England	Mutation	Oriental	Rex	All
Domestic shorthair cat				Short	All
Donskoy or Don Sphynx	Russia			Hairless
Dragon Li	China	Natural		Short	Striped tabby	File:Dragon Li - Li Hua Mau1.jpg
Egyptian Mau	Egypt	Natural		Short	Spotted
European Shorthair	Sweden-Italy	Natural		Short
Exotic Shorthair	United States	Crossbreed	Cobby	Short	All
German Rex	East Germany	Mutation		Rex
Havana Brown	United Kingdom			Short	Solid
Himalayan/Colorpoint Persian	United Kingdom	Crossbreed	Cobby	Long	Colorpoint
Japanese Bobtail	Japan	Natural	Moderate	Short/Long	All but colorpoint and ticked
Javanese		Crossbreed	Oriental	Long/Short	Colorpoint
Korat	Thailand	Natural		Short	Solid
Kurilian Bobtail	Russia	Natural	Semi-Cobby	Short/Long
LaPerm	United States	Mutation	Moderate	Rex	All
Maine Coon	United States	Crossbreed		Long	All but colorpoint and ticked
Manx	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
Napolean (cat)				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 Bicolour			Oriental	Bicolour
Oriental Shorthair			Oriental	Short	All but colorpoint
Oriental Longhair			Oriental	Semi-long
Persian	Greater Iran		Cobby	Long	All
Peterbald	Russia	Crossbreed	Stocky	Hairless	All
Pixie-bob	United States	Natural		Short	Spotted
Ragamuffin	United States	Crossbreed	Cobby	Long	All
Ragdoll	United States	Crossbreed	Cobby	Long	Colorpoint/Mitted/Bicolor
Russian Blue	Russia	Natural		Short	Solid
Russian Black, White or Tabby	Australia	Crossbreed		Short
Savannah	United States	Hybrid		Short	Spotted
Scottish Fold	Scotland	Natural/Mutation	Cobby	Short/Long	All
Selkirk Rex	United States	Mutation/Cross		Rex (Short/Long)	All
Serengeti cat	United States	Hybrid Crossbreed		Short	Spotted
Siamese	Thailand	Natural	Oriental	Short	Colorpoint
Siberian	Russia	Natural	Semi-Cobby	Semi-long	All
Singapura	Indonesia	Natural		Short	Ticked
Snowshoe	United States	Crossbreed		Short	Colorpoint
Sokoke	Kenya	Natural		Short	Classic tabby with ticking
Somali	United States	Mutation		Long	Ticked
Sphynx	Canada/USA	Mutation	Stocky	Hairless	All
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	Turkey	Natural		Semi-long	Van
Ukrainian Levkoy	Ukraine			Hairless
Ussuri	Russia	Natural Hybrid		Short	Spotted
York Chocolate Cat	United States
Breed	Country	Origin	Body type	Coat	Pattern	Image

Notes and references

• Fédération Internationale Féline Breed Standards
• Cat Fanciers' Association Breed Standards
• The International Cat Association Breed Standards
• Fédération Internationale Féline Breed Standards

External links

• Detailed list of cat breeds
• The Validity of "Breeds"
• Descriptive list of cat breeds with pictures