Breed
|
Location of origin
|
Type
|
Body type
|
Coat type and length
|
Coat pattern
|
Image
|
Abyssinian
[8]
|
Unspecified, but somewhere in Afro-Asia, likely
Ethiopia
[9]
|
Natural
|
Semi-foreign
|
Short
|
Ticked tabby
|
|
Aegean
|
Greece
|
Natural
|
Moderate
|
Semi-long
|
Multi-color
|
|
American Bobtail
[10]
|
United States
[11]
|
Mutation of shortened tail
|
Cobby
|
Semi-long
|
All
|
|
American Curl
[12]
|
United States
[11]
|
Mutation
|
Semi-foreign
|
Semi-long
|
All
|
|
American Ringtail
|
United States
[11]
|
Mutation
|
Foreign
|
Semi-long
|
All
|
|
American Shorthair
|
United States
[11]
|
Natural
|
Cobby
|
Short
|
All
|
|
American Wirehair
|
United States
[11]
|
Mutation
|
Normal
|
Rex
|
All
|
|
Aphrodite Giant
|
Cyprus
|
Natural
|
Lean and muscular
|
All
|
All
|
|
Arabian Mau
|
Arabian Peninsula
|
Natural
|
Moderate and muscular
|
Short
|
All
|
|
Asian
|
United Kingdom
|
Crossbreed between the
Burmese
and
Chinchilla Persians
|
Moderate
|
Short
|
All without white and without siamese pointing
|
|
Asian Semi-longhair
|
United Kingdom
|
Crossbreed between the
Burmese
and
Chinchilla Persians
|
Moderate
|
Semi-long
|
All without white and without siamese pointing
|
|
Australian Mist
|
Australia
[13]
|
Crossbreed between the
Abyssinian
,
Burmese
, and Australian
short-haired cats
[13]
|
Moderate
|
Short
|
Spotted or marbled
|
|
Balinese
|
Developed in United States;
[11]
foundation stock from Thailand
|
Mutation of the
Siamese
|
Semi-foreign
|
Long
|
Colorpoint
|
|
Bambino
|
United States
[13]
|
Crossbreed between the
Munchkin
and
Sphynx
[13]
|
Dwarf
|
Short
|
Black + white hairless
|
|
Bengal
|
Developed in United States,
[13]
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)
[11]
|
The original Birman was crossed with the
Siamese
and the
Persian
to create the Birman of today.
|
Cobby
|
Semi-long
|
Mitted colorpoint
|
|
Bombay
|
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
|
United Kingdom (England)
[11]
|
Natural
|
Cobby
|
Semi-long
|
All
|
|
British Shorthair
|
United Kingdom (England)
[11]
|
Natural
|
Cobby
|
Short
|
All
[14]
|
|
Burmese
|
Burma (Myanmar)
[11]
|
Natural
|
Semi-foreign or semi-cobby
|
Short
|
Solid and Tortoiseshell
[15]
|
|
Burmilla
|
United Kingdom (England)
[11]
|
Crossbreed between the
Burmese
and the Chinchilla
Persian
|
Semi-cobby
|
Short
|
Solid with Shaded Silver and Silver Tipped patterns
|
|
California Spangled
|
United States
[11]
|
Crossbreed between the
Abyssinian
,
American Shorthair
and
British Shorthair
|
Moderate
|
Short
|
Spotted tabby
|
|
Chantilly-Tiffany
|
United States
|
Natural
|
Cobby
|
Long
|
Solid, classic
tabby
, spotted tabby and ticked tabby
|
|
Chartreux
|
France
[11]
|
Natural
|
Muscular; cobby
|
Short
|
Varying shades of blue
|
|
Chausie
|
United States
|
Hybrid of the
Abyssinian
×
jungle cat
(
Felis chaus
)
|
Normal
|
Short
|
Solid black, black grizzled tabby and black ticked tabby
|
|
Colorpoint Shorthair
|
United Kingdom (England)
|
Crossbreed between the
Abyssinian
,
Siamese
and
short-haired cats
|
Foreign
|
Short
|
Colorpoint
|
|
Cornish Rex
|
Cornwall, England,
United Kingdom
|
Mutation
|
Foreign
|
Rex
|
All
|
|
Cymric
, Manx Longhair or Long-haired Manx
[a]
|
Isle of Man, United States, and Canada
[b]
[11]
|
Mutation of the Manx (shortened tail)
|
Semi-cobby
|
Long
|
All
|
|
Cyprus
|
Cyprus
|
Natural
|
Lean and muscular
|
All
|
All
|
|
Devon Rex
|
Buckfastleigh, Devon, England, 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
|
United States
|
Crossbreed between the
American Curl
,
Munchkin
and
Sphynx
|
Dwarf
|
Hairless
|
All
|
|
Egyptian Mau
|
Egypt
[11]
|
Natural
|
Moderate and muscular
|
Short
|
Spotted tabby
|
|
European Shorthair
|
Continental Europe
[11]
|
Natural
|
Moderate
|
Short
|
All
|
|
Exotic Shorthair
|
United States
[11]
|
Crossbreed between the
American Shorthair
and
Persian
|
Cobby
|
Short
|
All
|
|
Foldex
[16]
|
Canada
|
Crossbreed between the
Exotic Shorthair
and
Scottish Fold
|
Cobby
|
Short
|
All
|
|
German Rex
|
Germany
[11]
|
Mutation
|
Semi-foreign
|
Rex
|
All
|
|
Havana Brown
|
United Kingdom (England);
foundation stock from Thailand
|
Crossbreed between the
Siamese
and black
short-haired cats
|
Semi-foreign
|
Short
|
Solid brown
|
|
Highlander
|
United States
|
Crossbreed between the
Desert Lynx
and
Jungle Curl
|
Moderate
|
Short/long
|
All
|
|
Himalayan
or
Colorpoint Persian
[c]
|
United States and United Kingdom
[11]
|
Crossbreed between the
Persian
and
Siamese
|
Cobby
|
Long
|
Colorpoint
|
|
Japanese Bobtail
|
Japan
[d]
[11]
|
Mutation of shortened tail
|
Moderate
|
Short/long
|
All
|
|
Javanese
or
Colorpoint Longhair
[e]
|
Developed in United States
[11]
and Canada;
foundation stock from Southeast Asia
|
Crossbreed between the
Balinese
(with some
Colorpoint Shorthair
),
Oriental Longhair
and
Siamese
|
Oriental
|
Long
|
Colorpoint
|
|
Kanaani
|
Israel
[13]
|
Hybrid of
short-haired cats
×
African wildcat
(
Felis lybica
)
|
Semi-foreign
|
Short
|
Solid black, chocolate spotted tabby or cinnamon spotted tabby
|
|
Khao Manee
|
Thailand
[13]
|
Natural
|
Moderate
|
Short
|
Solid white
|
|
Kinkalow
|
United States
|
Crossbreed between the Munchkin and American Curl
|
Dwarf
|
Short
|
All
|
|
Korat
|
Thailand
[11]
|
Natural
|
Semi-foreign or semi-cobby and muscular
|
Short
|
Solid blue
|
|
Korean Bobtail
|
Korea
|
Natural, mutation of shortened tail
|
Moderate
|
Short/long
|
All
|
|
Korn Ja
or Konja
[
citation needed
]
|
Thailand
|
Natural
|
Small
|
Short
|
Solid black
|
|
Kurilian Bobtail
or
Kuril Islands Bobtail
|
Kuril Islands
, North Pacific
[13]
|
Natural, mutation of shortened tail
|
Semi-cobby
|
Short/long
[13]
|
All
|
|
Lambkin
|
United States
[11]
|
Crossbreed between the Munchkin and Selkirk Rex
|
Dwarf
|
Rex
|
All
|
|
LaPerm
|
United States
[11]
|
Mutation
|
Moderate
|
Rex
|
All
|
|
Lykoi
|
United States
|
Mutation
|
Moderate
|
Sparse haired
|
Black roan
|
|
Maine Coon
|
United States
[11]
|
Natural, crossbreed
|
Large
|
Semi-long/long
|
All excluding chocolate and colourpoint
|
|
Manx
|
Isle of Man
[11]
|
Mutation of shortened tail
|
Moderate
|
Short/long
|
All
|
|
Mekong Bobtail
|
Developed in Russia;
foundation stock ultimately from
Southeast Asia
[13]
|
Mutation of shortened tail
|
Moderate
|
Short
|
Colorpoint
|
|
Minskin
|
United States
[13]
|
Crossbreed between the
Munchkin
,
Burmese
,
Devon Rex
, and
Sphynx
|
Dwarf
|
Hairless
|
All
|
|
Minuet
|
United States
|
Crossbreed between the
Persian
and
Munchkin
|
Dwarf
|
Short/long
|
All
|
|
Munchkin
|
United States
[11]
|
Mutation of
dwarf cat
|
Dwarf
|
Short/long
|
All
|
|
Nebelung
|
United States
[13]
|
Natural, mutation
|
Foreign
|
Semi-long
|
Solid blue
|
|
Neva Masquerade
(colorpoint
Siberian
)
[f]
|
Russia
[13]
|
Crossbreed between the
Siberian
and a colorpoint cat
[18]
|
Cobby
[13]
|
Long
[13]
|
Colorpoint
|
|
Norwegian Forest Cat
|
Norway
[11]
|
Natural
|
Cobby
|
Long
|
Chocolate or orange and white bicolor
|
|
Ocicat
|
United States
[11]
|
Crossbreed between the
Abyssinian
,
American Shorthair
and
Siamese
|
Large
|
Short
|
Spotted tabby
|
|
Ojos Azules
(extinct)
|
United States
[11]
|
Crossbreed
|
Moderate
|
Short
|
All
|
|
Oriental Bicolor
|
Developed in United States and United Kingdom, later in Continental Europe;
foundation stock ultimately from Thailand
|
Color variety of the Oriental Shorthair
|
Oriental
|
Short
|
Bicolor
|
|
Oriental Longhair
[g]
|
Developed in United States and United Kingdom;
foundation stock ultimately from Thailand
[11]
|
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
[g]
|
Developed in United States and United Kingdom;
foundation stock ultimately from Thailand
[11]
|
Crossbreed between the
European Shorthair
and
Siamese
|
Oriental
|
Short
|
All
|
|
Persian (modern)
|
Developed in United States and Europe;
foundation stock from
Greater Iran
[11]
|
Mutation of the Traditional Persian
|
Cobby
|
Long
|
All but colorpoint
|
|
Persian (traditional)
|
Greater Iran
[11]
|
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
|
United States
[11]
|
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)
|
United States
|
Crossbreed between the
Ragdoll
with limited out-crossing to the
Himalayan
, the
Persian
, and other
long-haired cats
|
Cobby
|
Long
|
All
|
|
Ragdoll
|
United States
[11]
|
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
[11]
|
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
|
United States
[13]
|
Hybrid of the
domestic cat
x
serval
(
Leptailurus serval
)
[19]
|
Large
|
Short
|
Spotted
|
|
Scottish Fold
|
United Kingdom (Scotland)
[11]
|
Mutation of the
bones
and
cartilage
of the ears
|
Cobby
|
Short/long
|
All
|
|
Selkirk Rex
|
United States in 1988
[11]
|
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
|
United States
|
Crossbreed/hybrid between the
Bengal
and
Oriental Shorthair
|
Oriental
|
Short
|
Spotted
|
|
Siamese
(modern)
(for traditional, see
Thai
)
|
Developed in United States and Europe;
foundation stock from Thailand
[11]
|
Mutation of the
Thai
|
Oriental
|
Short
|
Colorpoint
|
|
Siberian
or
Siberian Forest Cat
(for colorpoint, see
Neva Masquerade
)
|
Siberian Tundra, Russia.
|
Natural
|
Cobby
[13]
|
Long
[13]
|
All; except chocolate, lilac, cinnamon, and fawn
[17]
|
|
Singapura
|
Developed in United States;
foundation stock from Singapore
[11]
|
Possibly a mutation of a crossbreed (excluding the
Munchkin
), solving why they are so small
|
Small
|
Short
|
Ticked tabby
|
|
Snowshoe
|
United States
[11]
|
Crossbreed between the
American Shorthair
and
Siamese
|
Moderate
|
Short
|
Mitted colorpoint
|
|
Sokoke
|
Kenya
[13]
|
Natural
|
Moderate
|
Short
|
Ticked tabby
|
|
Somali
|
United States, Canada
|
Mutation
|
Cobby
|
Long
|
Ticked tabby
|
|
Sphynx
|
Canada, Europe
[11]
|
Mutation
|
Oriental
|
Hairless
|
All
|
|
Suphalak
|
Thailand
|
Natural
|
Moderate
|
Short
|
Solid reddish-brown
|
|
Thai
or
Traditional, Classic, or Old-style Siamese;
Wichien Maat
[h]
|
Developed in Europe;
[13]
foundation stock from Thailand
[11]
|
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, United States
[11]
|
Crossbreed between the
Burmese
and
Siamese
|
Oriental
|
Short
|
Colorpoint, mink, or solid
|
|
Toybob
|
Russia
|
Mutation
|
Dwarf
|
Short
|
All
|
|
Toyger
|
United States
[13]
|
Crossbreed/hybrid between the
Bengal
and
short-haired cats
|
Moderate
|
Short
|
Mackerel tabby
|
|
Turkish Angora
|
Turkey
[11]
|
Natural
|
Semi-cobby
|
Semi-long
|
All
|
|
Turkish Van
[i]
|
Developed in United Kingdom;
foundation stock from Turkey
[13]
|
Natural
|
Semi-cobby
|
Semi-long
|
Van pattern
|
|
Turkish Vankedisi
(white variety of
Turkish Van
)
[i]
|
Developed in United Kingdom;
foundation stock from Turkey
[13]
|
Natural
|
Svelte
|
Long
|
Solid white
|
|
Ukrainian Levkoy
|
Ukraine
|
Crossbreed between the
Donskoy
and
Scottish Fold
|
Moderate
|
Hairless
|
Solid gray
|
|
York Chocolate
|
New York
, United States
|
Natural
|
Moderate
|
Long
|
Solid chocolate, solid lilac and solid taupe or any of these colors with white
|
|