A new cat breed is a breed in development progressing towards genetic stability and meeting the standards of pedigreed breeds to be accepted in one of the recognized cat registries of the world. There are 4 different types of new breeds:
1. Natural: normally based on a genetic deviation from a domestic cat with a unique appearance that is naturally transmitted to their offspring for at least two generations. The last known and accepted new natural pedigree are the Lykoi.
2. Designer breeds: these particular pedigrees are derived from mixing existing cat breeds, with the intention to have offspring that have the best characteristics of their parents. These mixes are not highly approved by cat registries, some not even accepting registration. Last accepted were The Minuet and the Bambino.
3. Line breeds: these new breeds are based on a specific look to create a new breed, sometimes the trait being taken from more than one different breed. The best example is the new Toyger breed that was bred to have a fur color pattern very similar to a tiger.
4. Hybrid breeds: emerged from breeding a domestic cat with an exotic/wild cat where breeders hope to get the characteristics of the exotic cat and suppress their wild behavior with domesticated genes. This type of new breed is also highly debated by cat fanciers because sometimes the offspring or such attempt looks nothing like the breeder expected nor meets the behavioral expectations. A good example of an excepted hybrid breed is the Savannah, a cross between a domestic cat and a serval.