CatBreed.info

Introduction

The are 40-70 different breeds of cats, that number depends on who you ask. The CFA (Cat Fanciers Association) recognizes 42 pedigree breeds of cats, while TICA, the International Cat Association, recognizes 71 cat breeds.

Click on a breed below for detailed information, breeders, kittens for sale, and rescues:

Breed	Origin	Type	Body type	Coat	Pattern	Image
Abyssinian	Unspecified, but somewhere in Afro-Asia, likely Ethiopia	Natural	Semi-foreign	Short	Ticked tabby
Aegean	Greece	Natural	Moderate	Semi-long	Multi-color
American Bobtail[7]	the United States[8]	Mutation	Cobby	Semi-long	All
American Curl[9]	the United States[8]	Mutation	Semi-foreign	Semi-long	All
American Ringtail	the United States[8]	Mutation	Foreign	Semi-long	All
American Shorthair	the United States[8]	Natural	Cobby	Short	All
American Wirehair	the United States[8]	Mutation	Normal	Rex	All
Aphrodite Giant	Cyprus	Natural	Lean and muscular	All	All
Arabian Mau	the Arabian Peninsula	Natural	Moderate and muscular	Short	All
Asian	Developed in the United Kingdom; foundation stock from Asia	Natural	Moderate	Short	Evenly solid
Asian Semi-longhair	the United Kingdom	Crossbreed between the Burmese and long-haired cats	Cobby	Semi-long	Evenly solid
Australian Mist	Australia	Crossbreed between the Abyssinian and Burmese	Moderate	Short	Spotted or marbled
Balinese	Developed in the United States;[8] foundation stock from Thailand	Mutation of the Siamese	Semi-foreign	Long	Colorpoint
Bambino	the United States	Crossbreed between the Munchkin and Sphynx	Dwarf	Rex
Bengal	Developed in the United States, but created in Asia	Hybrid of the Abyssinian and Egyptian Mau × leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis)	Large	Short	Spotted, marbled, or rosetted
Birman	Developed in France; foundation stock from Burma (Myanmar)[8]	The original Birman was crossed with the Siamese and the Persian to create the Birman of today.	Cobby	Semi-long	Mitted colorpoint
Bombay	the United States and Burma (Myanmar)	Crossbreed between the Black American Shorthair and Sable Burmese	Cobby	Short	Solid black
Brazilian Shorthair	Brazil	Natural	Normal	Short	All
British Longhair	the United Kingdom (England)[8]	Natural	Cobby	Semi-long	All
British Shorthair	the United Kingdom (England)[8]	Natural	Cobby	Short	All
Burmese	Burma (Myanmar)[8]	Natural	Semi-foreign or semi-cobby	Short	Solid or tortoiseshell
Burmilla	the United Kingdom (England)[8]	Crossbreed between the Brown Tortie Burmese and the Chinchilla Persian	Semi-cobby	Short	Solid with Shaded Silver and Silver Tipped patterns
California Spangled	the United States[8]	Crossbreed between the Abyssinian, American Shorthair and British Shorthair	Moderate	Short	Spotted tabby
Chantilly-Tiffany	the United States	Natural	Cobby	Long	Solid, classic tabby, spotted tabby and ticked tabby
Chartreux	France[8]	Natural	Muscular; cobby	Short	Varying shades of blue
Chausie	the United States	Hybrid of the Abyssinian × jungle cat (Felis chaus)	Normal	Short	Solid black, black grizzled tabby and black ticked tabby
Colorpoint Shorthair	the United Kingdom (England)	Crossbreed between the Abyssinian, Siamese and short-haired cats	Foreign	Short	Colorpoint
Cornish Rex	Cornwall, England, the United Kingdom	Mutation	Foreign	Rex	All
Cymric, Manx Longhair or Long-haired Manx[a]	the Isle of Man, the United States, and Canada [b][8]	Mutation of the Manx	Semi-cobby	Long	All
Cyprus	Cyprus	Natural	Lean and muscular	All	All
Devon Rex	Buckfastleigh, Devon, England, the United Kingdom	Mutation	Semi-foreign	Rex	All
Donskoy or Don Sphynx	Russia	Mutation	Semi-foreign	Hairless	Solid
Dragon Li or Chinese Li Hua	China	Natural	Normal	Short	Ticked tabby
Dwelf	the United States	Crossbreed between the American Curl, Munchkin and Sphynx	Dwarf	Hairless	All
Egyptian Mau	Egypt[8]	Natural	Moderate and muscular	Short	Spotted tabby
European Shorthair	Continental Europe[8]	Natural	Moderate	Short	All
Exotic Shorthair	the United States[8]	Crossbreed between the American Shorthair and Persian	Cobby	Short	All
Foldex[10]	Canada	Crossbreed between the Exotic Shorthair and Scottish Fold	Cobby	Short	All
German Rex	Germany[8]	Mutation	Semi-foreign	Rex	All
Havana Brown	the United Kingdom (England); foundation stock from Thailand	Crossbreed between the Siamese and black short-haired cats	Semi-foreign	Short	Solid brown
Highlander	the United States	Crossbreed between the Desert Lynx and Jungle Curl	Moderate	Short/long	All
Himalayan or Colorpoint Persian[c]	the United States and the United Kingdom[8]	Crossbreed between the Persian and Siamese	Cobby	Long	Colorpoint
Japanese Bobtail	Japan[d][8]	Mutation	Moderate	Short/long	All
Javanese or Colorpoint Longhair[e]	Developed in the United States[8] and Canada; foundation stock from Southeast Asia	Crossbreed between the Balinese (with some Colorpoint Shorthair), Oriental Longhair and Siamese	Oriental	Long	Colorpoint
Kanaani	Germany	Hybrid of short-haired cats ×  African wildcat (Felis lybica)	Semi-foreign	Short	Solid black, chocolate spotted tabby or cinnamon spotted tabby
Khao Manee	Thailand	Natural	Moderate	Short	Solid white
Kinkalow	the United States	Crossbreed between the Munchkin and American Curl	Dwarf	Short	All
Korat	Thailand[8]	Natural	Semi-foreign or semi-cobby and muscular	Short	Solid blue
Korean Bobtail	Korea	Natural, mutation	Moderate	Short/long	Colorpoint
Korn Ja	Thailand	Natural	Small	Short	Solid black
Kurilian Bobtail or Kuril Islands Bobtail	Eastern Russia and Japan	Natural, mutation	Semi-cobby	Short/long	All
Lambkin	the United States[8]	Crossbreed between the Munchkin and Selkirk Rex	Dwarf	Rex	All
LaPerm	the United States[8]	Mutation	Moderate	Rex	All
Lykoi	the United States	Mutation	Moderate	Hairless	Solid black roan
Maine Coon	the United States	Natural, crossbreed	Large	Semi-long/long	All
Manx	the Isle of Man	Mutation	Moderate	Short/long	All
Mekong Bobtail	Russia	Mutation	Moderate	Short	Colorpoint
Minskin	the United States	Crossbreed between the Munchkin, Burmese, Devon Rex, and Sphynx	Dwarf	Hairless	All
Minuet	the United States	Crossbreed between the Persian and Munchkin	Dwarf	Short/long	All
Munchkin	the United States	Mutation	Dwarf	Short/long	All
Nebelung	the United States	Natural, mutation	Foreign	Semi-long	Solid blue
Norwegian Forest Cat	Norway	Natural	Cobby	Long	All but colorpoint
Ocicat	the United States	Crossbreed between the Abyssinian, American Shorthair and Siamese	Large	Short	Spotted tabby
Ojos Azules	the United States	Crossbreed	Moderate	Short	All
Oregon Rex (extinct)	the United States	Mutation		Rex
Oriental Bicolor	Developed in the United States and the United Kingdom, later in Continental Europe; foundation stock ultimately from Thailand	Color variety of the Oriental Shorthair	Oriental	Short	Bicolor
Oriental Longhair	Developed in the United States and the United Kingdom; foundation stock ultimately from Thailand	Crossbreed between the Oriental Shorthair and long-haired cats	Oriental	Semi-long	All; if colorpoint is considered to be a separate breed, it is called the Javanese
Oriental Shorthair[f]	Developed in the United States and the United Kingdom; foundation stock ultimately from Thailand	Crossbreed between the European Shorthair and Siamese	Oriental	Short	All
Persian (modern)	Developed in the United States and Europe; foundation stock from Greater Iran[8]	Mutation of the Traditional Persian	Cobby	Long	All but colorpoint
Persian (traditional)	Greater Iran[8]	Natural, but some crossbreeding with the Turkish Angora	Cobby	Long	All but colorpoint
Peterbald	Russia	Crossbreed between the Donskoy, Oriental Shorthair and Siamese; before this, it was between the Balinese and Javanese	Oriental	Hairless, velour, brush, or straight coat	All
Pixie-bob	the United States	Mutation (falsely claimed to be a hybrid of the domestic cat and the bobcat (Lynx rufus) early on)	Medium	Short	Spotted tabby
Ragamuffin or Liebling (obsolete)	the United States	Crossbreed between the Ragdoll with limited out-crossing to the Himalayan, the Persian, and other long-haired cats	Cobby	Long	All
Ragdoll	the United States	Behavioral mutation in a crossbreed, presumed to be between the Persian or Turkish Angora and the Birman or Burmese	Cobby	Long	Colorpoint, mitted, or bicolor
Raas	Raas Island, Indonesia	Natural	Moderate	Short	Solid blue, solid cinnamon, or cinnamon colorpoint
Russian Blue	Russia	Natural	Moderate, Oriental	Short	Solid blue
Russian White, Russian Black and Russian Tabby	Developed in Australia; foundation stock from Russia	Crossbreeds between the Russian Blue and short-haired cats from Siberia, Russia	Moderate	Short	Solid white, solid black and tabby
Sam Sawet	Thailand	Color variety of the Thai	Moderate	Short	Solid
Savannah	the United States	Hybrid of the domestic cat x serval (Leptailurus serval)[1]	Large	Short	Spotted
Scottish Fold	the United Kingdom (Scotland)	Mutation of the bones and cartilage of the ears	Cobby	Short/long	All
Selkirk Rex	the United States in 1988	Mutation/crossbreed between the American Shorthair, Persian, Himalayan, Exotic Shorthair and British Shorthair	Large and cobby	Short/long (longhair, sometimes in early generations, can appear to be semi-long)	All
Serengeti	the United States	Crossbreed/hybrid between the Bengal and Oriental Shorthair	Oriental	Short	Spotted
Serrade Petit	France	Natural	Semi-cobby	Short	Solid tan, solid orange and solid white
Siamese (modern) (for traditional, see Thai below)	Developed in the United States and Europe; foundation stock from Thailand	Mutation of the Thai	Oriental	Short	Colorpoint
Siberian or Siberian Forest Cat; Neva Masquerade (colorpoint variety)	Russia, Ukraine	Natural	Semi-cobby	Semi-long	All
Singapura	Developed in the United States; foundation stock from Singapore	Possibly a mutation of a crossbreed (excluding the Munchkin), solving why they are so small	Small	Short	Ticked tabby
Snowshoe	the United States	Crossbreed between the American Shorthair and Siamese	Moderate	Short	Mitted colorpoint
Sokoke	Kenya	Natural	Moderate	Short	Ticked tabby
Somali	the United States, Canada	Mutation	Cobby	Long	Ticked tabby
Sphynx	Canada, Europe	Mutation	Oriental	Hairless	All
Suphalak	Thailand	Natural	Moderate	Short	Solid reddish-brown
Thai or Traditional, Classic, or Old-style Siamese; Wichien Maat[g]	Thailand[8]	Natural	Moderate	Short	Colorpoint
Thai Lilac, Thai Blue Point and Thai Lilac Point	Thailand	Color varieties of the Korat	Moderate	Short	Solid lilac and colorpoint (blue point and lilac point only)
Tonkinese	Canada, the United States[8]	Crossbreed between the Burmese and Siamese	Oriental	Short	Colorpoint, mink, or solid
Toybob	Russia	Mutation	Dwarf	Short	All
Toyger	the United States	Crossbreed/hybrid between the Bengal and short-haired cats	Moderate	Short	Mackerel tabby
Turkish Angora	Turkey[8]	Natural	Semi-cobby	Semi-long	All
Turkish Van	Developed in the United Kingdom (England); foundation stock from Turkey	Natural	Semi-cobby	Semi-long	Van pattern
Turkish Vankedisi	Turkey	Natural	Svelte	Long	Solid white
Ukrainian Levkoy	Ukraine	Crossbreed between the Donskoy and Scottish Fold	Moderate	Hairless	Solid gray
York Chocolate	New York, the United States	Natural	Moderate	Long	Solid chocolate, solid lilac and solid taupe or any of these colors with white

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