Editing List of cat breeds (section)

== Breeds ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Breed
!Location of origin
!Type
!Body type
!'''Coat type and length'''
!Coat pattern
!Image
|-
![[Abyssinian cat|Abyssinian]]
|Unspecified, but somewhere in Afro-Asia, likely Ethiopia
|Natural
|Semi-foreign
|Short
|Ticked tabby
|[[File:Gustav chocolate.jpg|alt=Quiomme's Gustav (Abessinierkater chocolate)|143x143px|right|frameless]]
|-
![[Aegean cat|Aegean]]
|Greece
|Natural
|Moderate
|Semi-long
|Multi-color
|[[File:Aegean_cat.jpg|alt=The Aegean cat can be house-friendly and obedient, taking after the habits of its owners as well as the training it receives throughout its childhood. Pictured is Areta, a juvenile male Aegean cat.|right|frameless|154x154px]]
|-
![[American Bobtail]]
|United States
|Mutation of shortened tail
|Cobby
|Semi-long
|All
|[[File:American bobtail 2.jpg|125x125px|right|frameless]]
|-
![[American Curl]]
|United States
|Mutation
|Semi-foreign
|Semi-long
|All
|[[File:EC Recknagel Annakurnikoova ACS gs 24.JPG|135x135px|right|frameless]]
|-
!American Ringtail
|United States
|Mutation
|Foreign
|Semi-long
|All
|[[File:Chunky Monkey American Ringtail Cat 3rd Generation.jpg|alt=3rd Generation American Ringtail cat Chunky Monkey|100x100px|right|frameless]]
|-
![[American Shorthair]]
|United States
|Natural
|Cobby
|Short
|All
|[[File:GC Yatfung's Brown Cobra (2011; cropped 2023).jpg|alt=GC Yatfung's Brown Cobra!!! [AMS] American shorhtair présenté en exposition féline d'Helsinki en 2013.|100x100px|right|frameless]]
|-
![[American Wirehair]]
|United States
|Mutation
|Normal
|Rex
|All
|[[File:American Wirehair - CFF cat show Heinola 2008-05-04 IMG 8721.JPG|alt=American Wirehair cat sitting in a cat show|100x100px|right|frameless]]
|-
![[Cyprus cat|Aphrodite Giant]]
|Cyprus
|Natural
|Lean and muscular
|All
|All
|[[File:Aphrodite's Giant.jpg|alt=Aphrodite's Giant in Larnaca|100x100px|right|frameless]]
|-
![[Arabian Mau]]
|Arabian Peninsula
|Natural
|Moderate and muscular
|Short
|All
|[[File:Arabian Mau Kitten (cropped).jpg|alt=Arabian Mau kitten 3 months old. Ginger Tabby|150x150px|right|frameless]]
|-
!Asian
|United Kingdom
|Crossbreed between the Burmese and Chinchilla Persians
|Moderate
|Short
|All without white and without siamese pointing
|[[File:BrownVarientAsianCat.JPG|alt=Asian Cat (Brown Varient)|133x133px|right|frameless]]
|-
!Asian Semi-longhair
|United Kingdom
|Crossbreed between the Burmese and Chinchilla Persians
|Moderate
|Semi-long
|All without white and without siamese pointing
|[[File:Tiffanie at cat show.jpg|alt=A white male Tiffanie (Asian Semi-longhair) cat presented at TUROK cat show Turku 2008|121x121px|right|frameless]]
|-
!Australian Mist
|Australia
|Crossbreed between the Abyssinian, Burmese, and Australian short-haired cats
|Moderate
|Short
|Spotted or marbled
|[[File:Australian Mist.jpg|alt=A Blue-spotted Australian Mist|right|frameless|102x102px]]
|-
!Balinese
|Developed in United States;
foundation stock from Thailand
|Mutation of the Siamese
|Semi-foreign
|Long
|Colorpoint
|[[File:Ghislaine 6028.jpg|alt=Ghislaine of Chrysanthe, Balinese cat, female, colour: chocolate tortoiseshell point. Property of Dizigner cattery|right|frameless|100x100px]]
|-
!Bambino
|United States
|Crossbreed between the Munchkin and Sphynx
|Dwarf
|Short
|Black + white hairless
|
|-
!Bengal
|Developed in United States,
but created in Asia
|Hybrid of the Abyssinian and Egyptian Mau × leopard cat (''Prionailurus bengalensis'')
|Large
|Short
|Spotted, marbled, or rosetted
|[[File:Paintedcats Red Star standing.jpg|alt=Bengal female with rosettes standing|right|frameless|128x128px]]
|-
!Birman
|Developed in France;
foundation stock from Burma (Myanmar)
|The original Birman was crossed with the Siamese and the Persian to create the Birman of today.
|Cobby
|Semi-long
|Mitted colorpoint
|[[File:Birman2.jpg|alt=A mature adult Birman cat|right|frameless|100x100px]]
|-
!Bombay
|United States and Burma (Myanmar)
|Crossbreed between the Black American Shorthair and Sable Burmese
|Cobby
|Short
|Solid black
|[[File:Bombay femelle.JPG|alt=photo de chatte Bombay|right|frameless|125x125px]]
|-
!Brazilian Shorthair
|Brazil
|Natural
|Normal
|Short
|All
|[[File:Gato pelo curto brasileiro.JPG|alt=Gato Pêlo Curto Brasileiro|right|frameless|133x133px]]
|-
!British Longhair
|United Kingdom (England)
|Natural
|Cobby
|Semi-long
|All
|[[File:British Longhair - Black Silver Shaded.jpg|alt=British Longhair Black Silver Shaded|right|frameless|133x133px]]
|-
!British Shorthair
|United Kingdom (England)
|Natural
|Cobby
|Short
|All
|[[File:British Shorthair Assis.jpg|alt=British shorthair assis sur fond blanc|right|frameless|107x107px]]
|-
!Burmese
|Burma (Myanmar)
|Natural
|Semi-foreign or semi-cobby
|Short
|Solid and Tortoiseshell
|[[File:BurMau Vega Star, champagne burmese kitten (cropped).jpg|alt=BurMau Vega Star, champagne burmese kitten|right|frameless|100x100px]]
|-
!Burmilla
|United Kingdom (England)
|Crossbreed between the Burmese and the Chinchilla Persian
|Semi-cobby
|Short
|Solid with Shaded Silver and Silver Tipped patterns
|[[File:Male Burmilla cat.jpeg|alt=A male Burmilla cat in the United Kingdom. His name is Ollie :-) Actually, his official pedigree name is Fandango Oliver Hardy and he comes from a long line of show-winners, but he isn't a show-cat. His official colour is blue.|right|frameless|100x100px]]
|-
!California Spangled
|United States
|Crossbreed between the Abyssinian, American Shorthair and British Shorthair
|Moderate
|Short
|Spotted tabby
|[[File:Star Spangled Cat.jpg|alt=A California Spangled Cat|right|frameless|100x100px]]
|-
!Chantilly-Tiffany
|United States
|Natural
|Cobby
|Long
|Solid, classic tabby, spotted tabby and ticked tabby
|[[File:Tiffany4.jpg|alt=Photograph of a Tiffany cat called Kumori (曇). Tsukuba, Japan.|right|frameless|150x150px]]
|-
!Chartreux
|France
|Natural
|Muscular; cobby
|Short
|Varying shades of blue
|[[File:Abbaye fev2006 003.jpg|alt=Abbaye du Bleu Royal, jeune femelle chartreux appartenant à E. Lempereur de Guerny|right|frameless|150x150px]]
|-
!Chausie
|United States
|Hybrid of the Abyssinian × jungle cat (''Felis chaus'')
|Normal
|Short
|Solid black, black grizzled tabby and black ticked tabby
|[[File:Chausiecatexample.jpg|alt=AJ, an F1 male Chausie, photo by Pschemp|right|frameless|100x100px]]
|-
!Colorpoint Shorthair
|United Kingdom (England)
|Crossbreed between the Abyssinian, Siamese and short-haired cats
|Foreign
|Short
|Colorpoint
|[[File:Tortie-point.jpg|alt=Tortoiseshell-point Siamese cat.|right|frameless|100x100px]]
|-
!Cornish Rex
|Cornwall, England,
United Kingdom
|Mutation
|Foreign
|Rex
|All
|[[File:Cornish Rex.jpg|alt=Cornish rex sur fond blanc|right|frameless|123x123px]]
|-
!Cymric, Manx Longhair or Long-haired Manx
|Isle of Man, United States, and Canada
|Mutation of the Manx (shortened tail)
|Semi-cobby
|Long
|All
|[[File:Cymric - Norwegian forest cat presentation show Kotka 2009-02-01 IMG 0687.JPG|alt=Cymric, in a cat show focusing on the Norwegian Forest breed. Source Deimos C'est Combien? (Myrtti) [CYM f 09 53]|right|frameless|105x105px]]
|-
!Cyprus
|Cyprus
|Natural
|Lean and muscular
|All
|All
|[[File:CyprusShorthair.jpg|alt=Photograph of Cyprus Shorthair.|right|frameless|100x100px]]
|-
!Devon Rex
|Buckfastleigh, Devon, England, United Kingdom
|Mutation
|Semi-foreign
|Rex
|All
|[[File:Devon rex.jpg|alt=Devon Rex|right|frameless|100x100px]]
|-
!Donskoy or
Don Sphynx
|Russia
|Mutation
|Semi-foreign
|Hairless
|Solid
|[[File:Donskoy.jpg|alt=Donskoy (Don Sphynx) sur fond blanc|right|frameless|108x108px]]
|-
!Dragon Li or
Chinese Li Hua
|China
|Natural
|Normal
|Short
|Ticked tabby
|[[File:Dragon Li - Li Hua Mau1.jpg|alt=Chinese Li Hua Mau or Dragon Li cat|right|frameless|100x100px]]
|-
!Dwelf
|United States
|Crossbreed between the American Curl, Munchkin and Sphynx
|Dwarf
|Hairless
|All
|
|-
!Egyptian Mau
|Egypt
|Natural
|Moderate and muscular
|Short
|Spotted tabby
|[[File:Mau Egytien.jpg|alt=Mau égyptien sur fond balnc|right|frameless|118x118px]]
|-
!European Shorthair
|Continental Europe
|Natural
|Moderate
|Short
|All
|[[File:Female European shorthair in URK cat show Kirkkonummi 2008-03-02.JPG|alt=Female European Shorthair in Kirkkonummi Cat show. IC Mäkikatin Pointtilli [EUR a 24] female EX1 CAGCIB NOM|right|frameless|131x131px]]
|-
!Exotic Shorthair
|United States
|Crossbreed between the American Shorthair and Persian
|Cobby
|Short
|All
|[[File:Nipsu-Nappulan Non-Stop Exotic shorthair (cropped).JPG|alt=Nipsu-Nappulan Non-Sto, exotic shorthair femelle présentée en exposition féline à Kempele en 2007. Code EMS Nipsu-Nappulan Non-Stop [EXO g 03] female EX1 CAPIB|right|frameless|100x100px]]
|-
!Foldex
|Canada
|Crossbreed between the Exotic Shorthair and Scottish Fold
|Cobby
|Short
|All
|[[File:Cachorro de Gato FoldEx ("Belisario del Laberinto").JPG|alt=Cachorro de Gato FoldEx |right|frameless|107x107px]]
|-
!German Rex
|Germany
|Mutation
|Semi-foreign
|Rex
|All
|[[File:German Rex.jpg|alt=German Rex cat|right|frameless|100x100px]]
|-
!Havana Brown
|United Kingdom (England);
foundation stock from Thailand
|Crossbreed between the Siamese and black short-haired cats
|Semi-foreign
|Short
|Solid brown
|[[File:Havana Brown.jpg|alt=Havana Brown sur fond blanc|right|frameless|103x103px]]
|-
!Highlander
|United States
|Crossbreed between the Desert Lynx and Jungle Curl
|Moderate
|Short/long
|All
|[[File:Highlander-7.jpg|alt=Highlander cat.|right|frameless|100x100px]]
|-
!Himalayan or
Colorpoint Persian
|United States and United Kingdom
|Crossbreed between the Persian and Siamese
|Cobby
|Long
|Colorpoint
|[[File:Sonny Bunny.jpg|alt=Grand Champion Lilac Himalayan/Colorpoint Persian|right|frameless|151x151px]]
|-
!Japanese Bobtail
|Japan
|Mutation of shortened tail
|Moderate
|Short/long
|All
|[[File:JapaneseBobtailBlueEyedMi-ke.JPG|alt=Blue eyed Female Japanese Bobtail|right|frameless|100x100px]]
|-
!Javanese or
Colorpoint Longhair
|Developed in United States and Canada;
foundation stock from Southeast Asia
|Crossbreed between the Balinese (with some Colorpoint Shorthair), Oriental Longhair and Siamese
|Oriental
|Long
|Colorpoint
|[[File:Javanese cat.jpg|alt=Female Adult Blue Lynx Point Javanese Cat with Bobbed Tail|right|frameless|133x133px]]
|-
!Kanaani
|Israel
|Hybrid of short-haired cats ×  African wildcat (''Felis lybica'')
|Semi-foreign
|Short
|Solid black, chocolate spotted tabby or cinnamon spotted tabby
|
|-
!Karelian Bobtail
|Ladoga Karelia, Russia
|Natural, mutation of shortened tail
|Medium
|Short/long
|All, except pointed
|
|-
!Khao Manee
|Thailand
|Natural
|Moderate
|Short
|Solid white
|[[File:Khao Manee "ChaWee".jpg|alt=female Khao Manee "ChaWee", owner: Chrissy Russell Aysha-Zen Cats, Hampshire, UK|right|frameless|158x158px]]
|-
!Kinkalow
|United States
|Crossbreed between the Munchkin and American Curl
|Dwarf
|Short
|All
|[[File:Kinkalow1.JPG|alt=Kinkalow|right|frameless|150x150px]]
|-
!Korat
|Thailand
|Natural
|Semi-foreign or semi-cobby and muscular
|Short
|Solid blue
|[[File:Korat Fond Blanc.jpg|alt=Korat sur fond blanc|right|frameless|117x117px]]
|-
!Korean Bobtail
|Korea
|Natural, mutation of shortened tail
|Moderate
|Short/long
|All
|
|-
!Korn Ja or Konja
<sup>[''citation needed'']</sup>
|Thailand
|Natural
|Small
|Short
|Solid black
|
|-
!Kurilian Bobtail or
Kuril Islands Bobtail
|Kuril Islands, North Pacific
|Natural, mutation of shortened tail
|Semi-cobby
|Short/long
|All
|
|-
!Lambkin
|United States
|Crossbreed between the Munchkin and Selkirk Rex
|Dwarf
|Rex
|All
|
|-
!LaPerm
|United States
|Mutation
|Moderate
|Rex
|All
|
|-
!Lykoi
|United States
|Mutation
|Moderate
|Sparse haired
|Black roan
|
|-
!Maine Coon
|United States
|Natural, crossbreed
|Large
|Semi-long/long
|All excluding chocolate and colourpoint
|
|-
!Manx
|Isle of Man
|Mutation of shortened tail
|Moderate
|Short/long
|All
|
|-
!Mekong Bobtail
|Developed in Russia;
foundation stock ultimately from Southeast Asia
|Mutation of shortened tail
|Moderate
|Short
|Colorpoint
|
|-
!Minskin
|United States
|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
|Mutation of dwarf cat
|Dwarf
|Short/long
|All
|
|-
!Nebelung
|United States
|Natural, mutation
|Foreign
|Semi-long
|Solid blue
|
|-
!Neva Masquerade <small>(colorpoint  Siberian)</small>
|Russia
|Crossbreed between the Siberian and a colorpoint cat
|Cobby
|Long
|Colorpoint
|
|-
!Norwegian Forest Cat
|Norway
|Natural
|Cobby
|Long
|Chocolate or orange and white bicolor
|
|-
!Ocicat
|United States
|Crossbreed between the Abyssinian, American Shorthair and Siamese
|Large
|Short
|Spotted tabby
|
|-
!Ojos Azules
<small>(extinct)</small>
|United States
|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
|Developed in United States and 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
|Developed in United States and United Kingdom;
foundation stock ultimately from Thailand
|Crossbreed between the European Shorthair and Siamese
|Oriental
|Short
|All
|
|-
!Persian (modern)
|Developed in United States and Europe;
foundation stock from Greater Iran
|Mutation of the Traditional Persian
|Cobby
|Long
|All but colorpoint
|
|-
!Persian (traditional)
|Greater Iran
|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
|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 <small>(obsolete)</small>
|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
|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
|United States
|Hybrid of the domestic cat x serval (''Leptailurus serval'')
|Large
|Short
|Spotted
|
|-
!Scottish Fold
|United Kingdom (Scotland)
|Mutation of the bones and cartilage of the ears
|Cobby
|Short/long
|All
|
|-
!Selkirk Rex
|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
|United States
|Crossbreed/hybrid between the Bengal and Oriental Shorthair
|Oriental
|Short
|Spotted
|
|-
!Siamese (modern)
<small>(for traditional, see Thai)</small>
|Developed in United States and Europe;
foundation stock from Thailand
|Mutation of the Thai
|Oriental
|Short
|Colorpoint
|
|-
!Siberian or
Siberian Forest Cat

<small>(for colorpoint, see Neva Masquerade)</small>
|Siberian Tundra, Russia.
|Natural
|Cobby
|Long
|All; except chocolate, lilac, cinnamon, and fawn
|
|-
!Singapura
|Developed in 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
|United States
|Crossbreed between the American Shorthair and Siamese
|Moderate
|Short
|Mitted colorpoint
|
|-
!Sokoke
|Kenya
|Natural
|Moderate
|Short
|Ticked tabby
|
|-
!Somali
|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
|Developed in Europe;
foundation stock from Thailand
|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
|Crossbreed between the Burmese and Siamese
|Oriental
|Short
|Colorpoint, mink, or solid
|
|-
!Toybob
|Russia
|Mutation
|Dwarf
|Short
|All
|
|-
!Toyger
|United States
|Crossbreed/hybrid between the Bengal and short-haired cats
|Moderate
|Short
|Mackerel tabby
|
|-
!Turkish Angora
|Turkey
|Natural
|Semi-cobby
|Semi-long
|All
|
|-
!Turkish Van
|Developed in United Kingdom;
foundation stock from Turkey
|Natural
|Semi-cobby
|Semi-long
|Van pattern
|
|-
!Turkish Vankedisi
<small>(white variety of Turkish Van)</small>
|Developed in United Kingdom;
foundation stock from Turkey
|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
|
|}