List of cat breeds
The following list of cat breeds includes only domestic cat breeds and domestic × wild hybrids. The list includes established breeds recognized by various cat registries, new and experimental breeds, landraces being established as standardized breeds, distinct domestic populations not being actively developed and lapsed (extinct) breeds.

List of cat breeds

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Table Section Text: The following list of cat breeds includes only domestic cat breeds and domestic × wild hybrids. The list includes established breeds recognized by various cat registries, new and experimental breeds, landraces being established as standardized breeds, distinct domestic populations not being actively developed and lapsed (extinct) breeds.

Breed	Country	Origin	Body type	Coat	Pattern	Images

Abyssinian	Ethiopia	Natural	Oriental	Short	Ticked	Abyssinian

Aegean	Greece	Natural	Semi-long	Bicolored or tricolored	Aegean

American Curl	United States	Mutation	Short/long	All	American Curl

American Bobtail	United States	Mutation	Short/long	All	American Bobtail

American Shorthair	United States	Natural	Short	All but colorpoint	American Shorthair

American Wirehair	United States	Mutation	Rex	All but colorpoint	American Wirehair

Aphrodite Giant	Cyprus	Natural	Lean and muscular	All	All but cinammon and chocolate	Aphrodite Giant

Arabian Mau	Arabian Peninsula	Natural	Short	Arabian Mau

Australian Mist	Australia	Crossbreed: Abyssinian and Burmese	Moderate	Short	Spotted or tabby	Australian Mist

Asian	Developed in the United Kingdom (foundation stock from Asia)	Short	Evenly solid	Asian

Asian Semi-longhair	United Kingdom	Crossbreed: Burmese and long-haired cats	Semi-long	Evenly solid	Asian Semi-longhair

Balinese	Developed in the United States (foundation stock from Thailand)	Oriental	Long	Colorpoint	Balinese

Bambino	United States	Crossbreed: Munchkin and Sphynx	Dwarf	Hairless or downy

Bengal	Developed in the United States (foundation stock from Asia)	Hybrid: Abyssinian and Egyptian Mau × leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis)	Short	Spotted, marbled, or rosetted	Bengal

Birman	Developed in France (foundation stock from Burma, etc.)	Crossbreed: original Birman (near extinction) with Persian and Siamese	Semi-long	Colorpoint	Birman

Bombay	Developed in the United States (some foundation stock from Burma and Thailand)	Crossbreed: American Shorthair and Burmese	Moderate	Short	Solid black	Bombay

Brazilian Shorthair	Brazil	Natural	Short	All	Brazilian Shorthair

British Semi-longhair	United Kingdom	Cobby	Medium	All	British Semi-longhair

British Shorthair	United Kingdom	Natural	Cobby	Short	All	British Shorthair

British Longhair	United Kingdom	Cobby	Long	All	British Longhair

Burmese	Burma	Natural	Short	Solid	Burmese

Burmilla	United Kingdom	Crossbreed: Burmese and Chinchilla Persian	Short/long	Solid, in Silver Shaded and Silver Tipped patterns	Burmilla

California Spangled	United States	Crossbreed: Abyssinian, American Shorthair and British Shorthair	Short	Spotted	California Spangled

Chantilly-Tiffany	United States	Solid, ticked, spotted and blotched tabby	Chantilly-Tiffany

Chartreux	France	Natural	Cobby	Short	Solid blue	Chartreux

Chausie	France	Hybrid: Abyssinian× jungle cat (Felis chaus)	Short	Ticked	Chausie

Cheetoh	United States	Crossbreed/hybrid: Bengal and Ocicat	Short	Spotted	Cheetoh

Colorpoint Shorthair (For Colorpoint Longhair, see Javanese below)	Short	Colorpoint	Colorpoint Shorthair

Cornish Rex	United Kingdom (England)	Mutation	Rex	All	Cornish Rex

Cymric or Manx Longhair; Longhaired Manx	United Kingdom (Isle of Man), and Canada	Mutation, from original Manx	Long	All but colorpoint	Cymric

Cyprus	Cyprus	Natural	Lean and muscular	All	All but colorpoint and mink	Cyprus

Devon Rex	United Kingdom (England)	Mutation	Oriental	Rex	All	Devon Rex

Donskoy or Don Sphynx	Russia	Hairless	Donskoy or Don Sphynx

Dragon Li or Chinese Li Hua	China	Natural	Short	Striped tabby	Dragon Li or Chinese Li Hua

Dwelf	Crossbreed: American Curl, Munchkin and Sphinx	Dwarf	Hairless	Dwelf

Egyptian Mau	Egypt	Natural	Short	Spotted	Egyptian Mau

European Shorthair	Finland and Sweden	Natural	Short	All but chocolate, lilac, cinnamon, fawn, amber, ticked, or colorpoint	European Shorthair

Exotic Shorthair	United States	Crossbreed: American Shorthair and Persian	Cobby	Short	All	Exotic Shorthair

Foldex	Canada	Crossbreed: Exotic Shorthair and Scottish Fold	Cobby	Short	All	Foldex

German Rex	East Germany	Mutation	Rex	All	German Rex

Havana Brown	United Kingdom	Crossbreed: Siamese and black short-haired cats	Short	Solid brown	Havana Brown

Highlander	United States	Crossbreed/hybrid: Desert Lynx and Jungle Curl	Moderate	Short/long	All	Highlander

Himalayan or Colorpoint Persian	United States and United Kingdom	Crossbreed: Persian and Siamese	Cobby	Long	Colorpoint	Himalayan or Colorpoint Persian

Japanese Bobtail	Japan	Natural, mutation	Moderate	Short/long	All but colorpoint and ticked	Japanese Bobtail

Javanese or Colorpoint Longhair	Developed in the United States and Canada (foundation stock from Southeast Asia)	Crossbreed: Balinese, with some Colorpoint Shorthair, Oriental Longhair and Siamese	Oriental	Long	Colorpoint	Javanese or Colorpoint Longhair

Karelian Bobtail	Western Russia	Natural, mutation

Khao Manee	Thailand	Natural	Short	Solid white	Khao Manee

Korat	Thailand	Natural	Short	Solid blue	Korat

Korean Bobtail	Korea	Natural, mutation	Short/long	Colorprint

Korn Ja	Thailand	Natural	Short/hairless	Solid

Kurilian Bobtail or Kuril Islands Bobtail	Eastern Russia and Japan	Natural, mutation	Semi-cobby	Short/long	All but colorpoint	Kurilian Bobtail or Kuril Islands Bobtail

LaPerm	United States	Mutation	Moderate	Rex	All	LaPerm

Lykoi	United States	Mutation	Partly hairless	Ticked	Lykoi

Maine Coon	United States	Natural	Large	Long	All but colorpoint and ticked	Maine Coon

Manx	United Kingdom (Isle of Man)	Natural, mutation	Short/long	All but colorpoint	Manx

Mekong Bobtail	Russia	Mutation	Short	Colorpoint	Mekong Bobtail

Minskin	United States	Crossbreed: Munchkin and Sphynx	Dwarf; semi-cobby	Short/hairless	All	Minskin

Munchkin	United States	Mutation	Dwarf	Short/long	All	Munchkin

Nebelung	United States	Semi-long	Solid blue	Nebelung

Napoleon	Short/long	Varied

Norwegian Forest Cat	Norway	Natural	Long	Traditional, sepia, or mink	Norwegian Forest Cat

Ocicat	United States	Crossbreed: Abyssinian, American Shorthair and Siamese	Short	Spotted	Ocicat

Ojos Azules	United States	All

Oregon Rex	United States	Mutation	Rex

Oriental Bicolor	Developed in the United States and United Kingdom, later in Continental Europe; foundation stock ultimately from Thailand	Oriental	Bicolor	Oriental Bicolor

Oriental Shorthair	Developed in the United States and later the United Kingdom; foundation stock ultimately from Thailand	Crossbreed: European Shorthair and Siamese	Oriental	Short	All but colorpoint	Oriental Shorthair

Oriental Longhair or Foreign Longhair; Mandarin; British Angora (obsolete)	Developed in the United Kingdom and United States; foundation stock ultimately from Thailand	Oriental	Semi-long	All but colorpoint

Persian (modern)	Developed in the United States and Europe (foundation stock from Greater Iran)	Mutation, from the traditional Persian	Cobby	Long	All	Persian, modern

Persian (traditional)	Greater Iran	Natural, but some crossing with Turkish Angora	Cobby	Long	All	Traditional Persian

Peterbald	Russia	Crossbreed: Donskoy, Oriental Shorthair and Siamese; early: Balinese and Javanese	Oriental	Hairless/flocked, velour, brush, or straight coat	All	Peterbald

Pixie-bob	United States	Mutation (falsely claimed to be a bobcat hybrid early on)	Short	Spotted	Pixie-bob

Raas	Indonesia	Natural	Short

Ragamuffin, or Liebling (obsolete)	United States	Crossbreed: Ragdoll with limited out-crossing to Himalayan, Persian, other long-haired cats	Cobby	Long	All	Ragamuffin

Ragdoll	United States	Mutation (behavioral) in a crossbreed, presumed Persian or Turkish Angora and Birman or Burmese	Cobby	Long	Colorpoint, mitted, or bicolor	Ragdoll

Russian Blue	Russia	Natural	Short	Solid blue	Russian Blue

Russian White, Black, and Tabby	Developed in Australia (foundation stock from Russia)	Crossbreeds: Russian Blue and short-haired cats from Siberia (Russia)	Short	Solid white, solid black and tabby

Sam Sawet	Thailand	Natural	Short	Solid

Savannah	United States	Hybrid: Domestic cat × serval (Leptailurus serval)	Large	Short	Spotted	Savannah

Scottish Fold	United Kingdom (Scotland)	Mutation	Cobby	Short/long	All	Lilac-coated Scottish Fold

Selkirk Rex	United States	Mutation, crossbreed: American Shorthair, Persian, Himalayan, Exotic Shorthair and British Shorthair	Rex (Short/long)	All	Selkirk Rex

Serengeti	United States	Crossbreed/hybrid: Bengal and Oriental Shorthair	Short	Spotted	Serengeti

Serrade petit	France	Natural	Short	Serrade petit

Siamese (modern) (for traditional, see Thai, below)	Developed in the United States and Europe (foundation stock from Thailand)	Mutation, from traditional Siamese (now known as Thai)	Oriental	Short	Colorpoint	Siamese

Siberian or Siberian Forest Cat; Neva Masquerade (colorpoint variety)	Russia	Natural	Semi-cobby	Semi-long	All	Siberian

Singapura	United States	Crossbreed: Burmese and Abyssinian	Short	Ticked	Singapura

Snowshoe	United States	Crossbreed: American Shorthair and Siamese	Short	Colorpoint	Snowshoe

Sokoke	Kenya	Natural	Short	Tabby with ticking	Sokoke

Somali	Somalia	Mutation	Long	Ticked	Somali

Sphynx	Canada	Mutation	Oriental	Hairless	All	Sphynx

Suphalak	Thailand	Natural	Short	Solid	Suphalak

Thai or Traditional, Classic, or Old-style Siamese; Wichien Maat	Thailand	Natural	Moderate	Short	Colorpoint	Thai

Thai Lilac	Thailand	Natural	Short	Solid lilac	Thai Lilac

Tonkinese	Canada	Crossbreed: Burmese and Siamese	Short	Colorpoint, mink, or solid	Tonkinese

Toyger	United States	Crossbreed/hybrid: Bengal and short-haired cats	Moderate	Short	Striped	Toyger

Turkish Angora	Turkey	Natural	Semi-long	All but colorpoint	Turkish Angora

Turkish Van	Developed in the United Kingdom (foundation stock from Turkey)	Natural	Semi-long	Van pattern	Turkish Van

Ukrainian Levkoy	Ukraine	Hairless	Ukrainian Levkoy

Wila Krungthep	Thailand	Natural	Short	Solid

York Chocolate	United States (New York)	Natural	Long	Solid brown	York Chocolate

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