List of cat breeds

Domestic cats have been diversified by humans into breeds and domestic and wild hybrids. Many such breeds are recognized by various cat registries. Additionally, there are new and experimental breeds, landraces being established as standardized breeds, distinct domestic populations not being actively developed and lapsed (extinct) breeds.

As of 2023, the International Cat Association (TICA) recognizes 75 standardized breeds,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Browse All Breeds |url=https://tica.org/ticas-breeds/browse-all-breeds/ |access-date=2025-06-12|publisher=The International Cat Association |language=en-US}}</ref> the Cat Fanciers' Association (CFA) recognizes 45,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://cfa.org/breeds/ |title=CFA Breeds |work=CFA.org |publisher=Cat Fanciers' Association |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220112100655/https://cfa.org/breeds/ |archive-date=12 January 2022 |access-date=4 February 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref> the Fédération Internationale Féline (FIFe) recognizes 50,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Breeds |url=https://fifeweb.org/cats/breeds/ |access-date=2025-06-12 |website=Fédération Internationale Féline |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name="fife list of breeds">{{cite web |title=FIFe List of Breeds |work=FIFeWeb.org |publisher=Fédération Internationale Féline |url=http://fifeweb.org/wp/breeds/breeds_prf_stn.php |access-date=25 March 2023 |archive-date=19 February 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100219104138/http://fifeweb.org/wp/breeds/breeds_prf_stn.php |url-status=dead}}</ref> the Governing Council of the Cat Fancy (GCCF) recognizes 45,<ref name="gccf breeds registered 2022">{{cite web |title=Analysis of Breeds Registered |work=GCCFCats.org |publisher=Governing Council of the Cat Fancy |url=https://www.gccfcats.org/getting-a-cat/choosing/cat-breeds/ |access-date=25 March 2023}}</ref> and the World Cat Federation (WCF) recognizes 69.<ref name="wcf breeds recognized">{{cite web |title=WCF Breeds Recognized |work=WCF.info |publisher=World Cat Federation |url=http://wcf.info/WCF-EN/standard/rassen.html |access-date=25 March 2023}}</ref>

Inconsistency in a breed's classification and naming among registries means that an individual animal may be considered different breeds by different registries (though not necessarily eligible for registry in them all, depending on its exact ancestry). For example, TICA's Himalayan is considered a colorpoint variety of the Persian by the CFA, while the Javanese, (or Colorpoint Longhair) is a color variation of the Balinese in both the TICA and the CFA; both breeds are merged (along with the Colorpoint Shorthair) into a single "mega-breed", the Colourpoint, by the World Cat Federation (WCF), who have repurposed the name "Javanese" for the Oriental Longhair. Also, "Colourpoint Longhair" refers to different breeds in other registries. There are many examples of nomenclatural overlap and differences of this sort. Furthermore, many geographical and cultural names for cat breeds are fanciful selections made by Western breeders to sound exotic and bear no relationship to the actual origin of the breeds;<ref>{{cite book |last=Somerville |first=Louisa |title=The Ultimate Guide to Cat Breeds |date=2007 |publisher=Chartwell Books |location=Edison, New Jersey |isbn=978-0-7858-2264-6 |page=44 |quote=There is a lot of confusion surrounding the use of this name in the cat world, although it is always used to describe cats of distinctly Oriental type. It has been adopted simply because of the tradition which has grown up for using the names of countries and islands from south-eastern Asia for other Oriental breeds, such as the Siamese and Balinese.}}</ref> the Balinese, Javanese, and Himalayan are all examples of this trend.

The domestic short-haired and domestic long-haired cat types are not breeds, but terms used (with various spellings) in the cat fancy to describe random-bred, non-pedigree "moggy" or "household" cats by coat length, ones that do not belong to a particular breed. Some registries such as the Cat Fanciers' Association allow for domestic short hairs and domestic long hairs to be registered for the purpose of outcrossing.<ref name="CFA Moggy">{{cite web |title=Registration Certificate |work=Catalog.CFA.org |publisher=Cat Fanciers' Association |url=https://catalog.cfa.org/certificates.shtml#domestic |access-date=31 December 2023}}</ref> They should not be confused with standardized breeds with similar names, such as the British Shorthair and Oriental Longhair.

== Breeds == {| class="wikitable sortable" ! Breed ! class="unsortable" |Image ! Location of origin ! Type ! Body type ! Coat type and length ! Coat pattern |- # ! scope="row" | Abyssinian<ref>{{cite web |url=https://tica.org/breeds/browse-all-breeds?view=article&id=1664:the-abyssinian-breed&catid=48 |title=Abyssinian at a Glance |work=TICA.org |publisher=The International Cat Association |date=13 April 2020 |access-date=20 October 2020}}</ref> |alt=Abyssinian|143x143px | Unspecified, but somewhere in Afro-Asia, likely Ethiopia<ref name="Abyssinian Profile">[http://catzinc.org/oldsite/BreedsandBreeders/BreedDescription/Abyssinian.html "Abyssinian Profile"], Catz Inc.. Retrieved 4 October 2009</ref>||Natural||Semi-foreign | Short||Ticked tabby |- ! scope="row" | Aegean |alt=Aegean|100px | Greece||Natural||Moderate | Semi-long||Multi-color |- ! scope="row" | American Bobtail<ref>{{cite web |url=https://tica.org/breeds/browse-all-breeds?view=article&id=1794 |title=The American Bobtail Breed |date=13 April 2020 |access-date=20 October 2020}}</ref> |alt=American Bobtail|100px | United States<ref name="Paragon">{{cite book |last1=Paragon |first1=Bernard-Marie |last2=Vaissaire |first2=Jean-Pierre |display-authors=etal |title=The Royal Canin Cat Encyclopedia |publisher=Royal Canin / Aniwa Publishing |location=Paris |date=2005 |orig-date=2001, 2003}} This is a four-volume work, but all entries are alphabetical by breed, so volume and page number citations are superfluous.</ref>||Mutation of shortened tail||Cobby | Semi-long||All |- ! scope="row" | American Curl<ref>{{cite web |url=https://tica.org/breeds/browse-all-breeds?view=article&id=1205:the-american-curl-breed&catid=48 |title=The American Curl Breed |date=28 January 2020 |access-date=20 October 2020}}</ref> |alt=American Curl|100px | United States<ref name="Paragon" />||Mutation||Semi-foreign | Semi-long||All |- ! scope="row" | American Shorthair | alt=American Shorthair|100px | United States<ref name="Paragon" />||Natural||Cobby | Short||All |- ! scope="row" | American Wirehair |alt=American Wirehair|100px | United States<ref name="Paragon" />||Mutation||Normal | Rex||All |- ! scope="row" | Aphrodite's Giant{{Efn|Landrace were Aphrodite's Giant is selectively bred from is called Cyprus cat}} |alt=Cyprus|100x100px | Cyprus||Natural||Lean and muscular||All||All |- ! scope="row" | Arabian Mau | alt=Arabian Mau|100px | Arabian Peninsula||Natural||Moderate and muscular | Short||All |- ! scope="row" | Asian |alt=Asian|100px | United Kingdom||Crossbreed between the Burmese and Chinchilla Persians | Moderate | Short||All without white and without siamese pointing |- ! scope="row" | Australian Mist |alt=Australian Mist|100px | Australia<ref name="Baggaley, Goddard & John, 2014">{{Cite book |last1=Baggaley |first1=Ann |last2=Goddard |first2=Jolyon |last3=John |first3=Katie |title=The Cat Cncyclopedia: The Definitive Visual Guide |date=2014 |publisher=Dorling Kindersley |isbn=978-1-4654-1959-0 |edition=1st American |location=London |oclc=859882932}}</ref>||Crossbreed between the Abyssinian, Burmese, and Australian short-haired cats<ref name="Baggaley, Goddard & John, 2014" />||Moderate||Short||Spotted or marbled |- B ! scope="row" | Balinese |100px | Developed in United States;<ref name="Paragon" /> foundation stock from Thailand||Mutation of the Siamese | Semi-foreign||Long||Colorpoint |- ! scope="row" | Bambino | | United States<ref name="Baggaley, Goddard & John, 2014" />||Crossbreed between the Munchkin and Sphynx<ref name="Baggaley, Goddard & John, 2014" />||Dwarf||Short||Black + white hairless |- ! scope="row" | Bengal |100px | Developed in United States,<ref name="Baggaley, Goddard & John, 2014" /> but created in Asia|||Hybrid of the Abyssinian and Egyptian Mau × leopard cat (''Prionailurus bengalensis'')||Large | Short||Spotted, marbled, or rosetted |- ! scope="row" | Birman |alt=Birman|100px | Developed in France; foundation stock from Burma (Myanmar)<ref name="Paragon" />||The original Birman was crossed with the Siamese and the Persian to create the Birman of today.||Cobby | Semi-long||Mitted colorpoint |- ! scope="row" | Bombay |alt=Bombay|100px | United States and Burma (Myanmar)||Crossbreed between the Black American Shorthair and Sable Burmese||Cobby||Short||Solid black |- ! scope="row" | Brazilian Shorthair |alt=Brazilian Shorthair|100px | Brazil||Natural||Normal | Short||All |- ! scope="row" | British Longhair |alt=British Semi-longhair|100px | United Kingdom (England)<ref name="Paragon" />||Natural | Cobby||Semi-long||All |- ! scope="row" | British Shorthair |alt=British Shorthair|100px | United Kingdom (England)<ref name="Paragon" />||Natural||Cobby||Short||All<ref name="GCCF BSH standard">{{cite web |title=British shorthair breed standard |work=GCCFCats.org |publisher=Governing Council of the Cat Fancy |url=https://www.gccfcats.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/British-Shorthair.pdf}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" | Burmese |alt=Burmese|100px | Burma (Myanmar)<ref name="Paragon" />||Natural||Semi-foreign or semi-cobby | Short||Solid and Tortoiseshell<ref name="TICA Burmese breed introduction">{{cite web |title=Burmese breed introduction |work=TICA.org |publisher=The International Cat Association |url=https://www.tica.org/resources/our-cat-section/our-cats-breeds?view=article&id=830:burmese-breed&catid=79 |access-date=28 March 2023}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" | Burmilla |alt=Burmilla|100px | United Kingdom (England)<ref name="Paragon" />||Crossbreed between the Burmese and the Chinchilla Persian||Semi-cobby | Short||Solid with Shaded Silver and Silver Tipped patterns |- C ! scope="row" | California Spangled |alt=California Spangled|100px | United States<ref name="Paragon" />||Crossbreed between the Abyssinian, American Shorthair and British Shorthair|| Moderate||Short||Spotted tabby |- ! scope="row" | Chantilly-Tiffany (extinct) |alt=Chantilly-Tiffany|100px | United States||Natural||Cobby||Long||Solid, classic tabby, spotted tabby and ticked tabby |- ! scope="row" | Chartreux |alt=Chartreux|100px | France<ref name="Paragon" />||Natural||Muscular; cobby ||Short||Varying shades of blue |- ! scope="row" | Chausie |alt=Chausie|100px | United States||Hybrid of the Abyssinian × jungle cat (''Felis chaus'')||Normal||Short||Solid black, black grizzled tabby and black ticked tabby |- ! scope="row" | Colorpoint Shorthair |alt=Colorpoint Shorthair|100px | United Kingdom (England)||Crossbreed between the Abyssinian, Siamese and short-haired cats | Foreign | Short||Colorpoint |- ! scope="row" | Cornish Rex |alt=Cornish Rex|100px | Cornwall, England, United Kingdom | Mutation||Foreign | Rex||All |- ! scope="row" | Cymric, Manx Longhair or Long-haired Manx{{efn|1=The Cymric is often classed as a long-haired variety of the Manx rather than a separate breed, e.g. as the "Semi-longhair Manx Variant" in GCCF.}} |alt=Cymric|100px | Isle of Man, United States, and Canada{{efn|1=There may be some dispute to the exact origins of the Cymric. The specific dominant autosomal gene (M) that causes the short tail of the Cymric was found in the cats living on the Isle of Man in the Irish Sea; however, the breed itself was developed by a Canadian breeder named Blair Wright and an American breeder named Leslie Falteisek in the 1960s from the Isle of Man population.}}<ref name="Paragon" />||Mutation of the Manx (shortened tail)||Semi-cobby | Long||All |- D ! scope="row" | Devon Rex |alt=Devon Rex|100px | Buckfastleigh, Devon, England, United Kingdom||Mutation||Semi-foreign||Rex||All |- ! scope="row" | Donskoy or Don Sphynx |alt=Donskoy or Don Sphynx|100px | Russia||Mutation | Semi-foreign | Hairless||Solid |- ! scope="row" | Dragon Li or Chinese Li Hua | | China||Natural||Normal | Short||Ticked tabby |- ! scope="row" | Dwelf | | United States||Crossbreed between the American Curl, Munchkin and Sphynx||Dwarf||Hairless||All |- E ! scope="row" | Egyptian Mau |alt=Egyptian Mau|100px | Egypt<ref name="Paragon" />||Natural||Moderate and muscular||Short||Spotted tabby |- ! scope="row" | European Shorthair |alt=European Shorthair|100px | Continental Europe<ref name="Paragon" />||Natural||Moderate||Short||All |- ! scope="row" | Exotic Shorthair | alt=Exotic Shorthair|100px | United States<ref name="Paragon" />||Crossbreed between the American Shorthair and Persian||Cobby||Short||All |- F ! scope="row" | Foldex<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.showcatsonline.com/tc-sco/foldex.shtml |title=The Foldex |work=showcatsonline.com |access-date=6 June 2015 |archive-date=24 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140424105149/http://www.showcatsonline.com/tc-sco/foldex.shtml |url-status=dead}}</ref> |alt=Foldex|100px | Canada||Crossbreed between the Exotic Shorthair and Scottish Fold||Cobby||Short||All |- G ! scope="row" | German Rex |alt=German Rex|100px | Germany<ref name="Paragon" />||Mutation||Semi-foreign | Rex||All |- H ! scope="row" | Havana Brown |alt=Havana Brown|100px | United Kingdom (England); foundation stock from Thailand||Crossbreed between the Siamese and black short-haired cats||Semi-foreign | Short||Solid brown |- ! scope="row" | Highlander |alt=Highlander|100px | United States||Crossbreed between the Desert Lynx and Jungle Curl||Moderate||Short/long||All |- ! scope="row" | Himalayan (Colourpoint Persian){{efn|1=Some registries, such as CFA and TICA, classify the Himalayan as a colorpoint variety of the Persian. Others classify it as a long-haired sub-breed of the Siamese. WCF has combined the Himalayan, the Colorpoint Shorthair and the Javanese/Colorpoint Longhair into a single breed, the Colourpoint.}} |alt=Himalayan or Colorpoint Persian|100px | United States and United Kingdom<ref name="Paragon" />||Crossbreed between the Persian and Siamese||Cobby||Long||Colorpoint |-J ! scope="row" | Jianzhou cat |alt=Jianzhou cat|149x149px | China||Natural||Normal | Short||Multi-color |- ! scope="row" | Japanese Bobtail |alt=Japanese Bobtail|100px | Japan{{efn|1=Due to artifacts and prints dating from as early as the 11th century found in many Eastern countries, there is some likelihood these cats may have originated in China, then were brought to Japan. However, the first known importation of Japanese Bobtails was from Japan in the 1960s.}}<ref name="Paragon" />||Mutation of shortened tail||Moderate||Short/long||All |- ! scope="row" | Javanese or Colorpoint Longhair{{efn|1="Colorpoint Longhair" has multiple meanings and "Javanese" has been used for at least one other breed; WCF uses the "Javanese" name for the Oriental Longhair (not colorpointed). WCF has also merged the colorpointed Javanese/Colorpoint Longhair, the Himalayan and the Colorpoint Shorthair of other registries into a single breed, the Colourpoint. In CFA and TICA, and some other registries, the Javanese/Colorpoint Longhair has been merged back into the Balinese as a breed division.}} |alt=Javanese or Colorpoint Longhair|100px | Developed in United States<ref name="Paragon" /> and Canada; foundation stock from Southeast Asia||Crossbreed between the Balinese (with some Colorpoint Shorthair), Oriental Longhair and Siamese||Oriental||Long||Colorpoint (excluding solid black, blue, chocolate, and lilac) |- ! scope="row" | Kanaani |alt=Javanese or Colorpoint Longhair|100px | Israel<ref name="Baggaley, Goddard & John, 2014" />||Hybrid of domestic short-haired cats ×  African wildcat (''Felis lybica'') ||Semi-foreign | Short||Black, chocolate or cinnamon in spotted or blotched tabby |- ! scope="row" | Karelian Bobtail |alt=Karelian Bobtail|100x100px | Ladoga Karelia, Russia<ref name="Karelian Bobtail zoomir">{{cite web |title=Карельский бобтейл |url=https://zoomir.ru/cat/poroda/karelskij_bobtejl |website=zoomir.ru |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190710190823/https://zoomir.ru/cat/poroda/karelskij_bobtejl |access-date=2 October 2024|archive-date=10 July 2019 }}</ref>||Natural, mutation of shortened tail<ref name="Kaži">{{cite web |title=Кот и пёс / Kaži da koiru |url=https://rk.karelia.ru/special-projects/uroki-karelskogo/kot-i-pyos-kazi-da-koiru/ |website=Республика |access-date=2 October 2024}}</ref>||Medium<ref name="Karelian Bobtail Shorthair">{{cite web |title=Karelian Bobtail Shorthair |url=http://wcf.info/WCF-EN/standard/shorthair/karelian-bobtail.html |website=World Cat Federation |access-date=2 October 2024}}</ref> | Short/long<ref name="Karelian Bobtail Longhair">{{cite web |title=Karelian Bobtail Longhair |url=https://wcf.de/pdf-en/breed/KAL_en_2010-01-01.pdf |website=World Cat Federation |access-date=2 October 2024}}</ref>||All Western{{Efn|name=west}} |- ! scope="row" | Khao Manee |alt=Khao Manee|100px | Thailand<ref name="Baggaley, Goddard & John, 2014" />||Natural||Moderate | Short||Solid white |- ! scope="row" | Kinkalow |alt=Kinkalow|100px | United States||Crossbreed between the Munchkin and American Curl||Dwarf | Short||All |- ! scope="row" | Korat |alt=Korat|100px | Thailand<ref name="Paragon" />||Natural||Semi-foreign or semi-cobby and muscular | Short||Solid blue |- ! scope="row" | Korean Bobtail |100px | Korea||Natural, mutation of shortened tail||Moderate | Short/long||All |- ! scope="row" | Korn Ja or Konja {{citation needed|date=December 2023|reason=Even the target article has no source for this.}} | | Thailand||Natural||Small | Short||Solid black |- ! scope="row" | Kurilian Bobtail |alt=Kurilian Bobtail Longhair|100px | Kuril Islands, Russia<ref name="Baggaley, Goddard & John, 2014" />||Natural, mutation of shortened tail<ref name="Kaži">{{cite web |title=Кот и пёс / Kaži da koiru |url=https://rk.karelia.ru/special-projects/uroki-karelskogo/kot-i-pyos-kazi-da-koiru/ |website=Республика |access-date=2 October 2024}}</ref>||Medium<ref name="Karelian Bobtail Shorthair">{{cite web |title=Karelian Bobtail Shorthair |url=http://wcf.info/WCF-EN/standard/shorthair/karelian-bobtail.html |website=World Cat Federation |access-date=2 October 2024}}</ref> | Short/long<ref name="Baggaley, Goddard & John, 2014" /><ref name="Karelian Bobtail Longhair">{{cite web |title=Karelian Bobtail Longhair |url=https://wcf.de/pdf-en/breed/KAL_en_2010-01-01.pdf |website=World Cat Federation |access-date=2 October 2024}}</ref>||All Western{{Efn|name=west}} |- ! scope="row" | Lambkin | | United States<ref name="Paragon" />||Crossbreed between the Munchkin and Selkirk Rex||Dwarf||Rex||All |- ! scope="row" | LaPerm |alt=LaPerm|100px | United States<ref name="Paragon" />||Mutation||Moderate||Rex||All |- ! scope="row" | Lykoi |alt=Lykoi|100px | United States||Mutation||Moderate | Sparse haired||Black roan |-M ! scope="row" | Maine Coon |alt=Maine Coon|100px | United States<ref name="Paragon" />||Natural, crossbreed||Large||Semi-long/long||All Western{{Efn|name=west}} |- ! scope="row" | Manx |alt=Manx|100px | Isle of Man<ref name="Paragon" />||Mutation of shortened tail|| Moderate||Short/long||All |- ! scope="row" | Mekong Bobtail |alt=Mekong Bobtail|100px | Developed in Russia; foundation stock ultimately from Southeast Asia<ref name="Baggaley, Goddard & John, 2014" />||Mutation of shortened tail||Moderate | Short||Colorpoint |- ! scope="row" | Minskin |alt=Minskin|100px | United States<ref name="Baggaley, Goddard & John, 2014" />||Crossbreed between the Munchkin, Burmese, Devon Rex, and Sphynx||Dwarf||Hairless||All |- ! scope="row" | Minuet |alt=Minuet|100px | United States||Crossbreed between the Persian and Munchkin||Dwarf||Short/long||All |- ! scope="row" | Munchkin |alt=Munchkin|100px | United States<ref name="Paragon" />||Mutation of dwarf cat||Dwarf||Short/long||All |- N ! scope="row" | Nebelung |alt=Nebelung|100px | United States<ref name="Baggaley, Goddard & John, 2014" />|| Natural, mutation||Foreign | Semi-long||Solid blue |- ! scope="row" | Neva Masquerade (colorpoint Siberian){{Efn|The Neva Masquerade is classified as a separate breed in several (inter)national registries, such as FIFe.<ref name="FIFE Neva Siberian">{{Cite web |date=1 January 2023 |title=Breed standards Category 2 – Siberian and Neva Masquerade |url=http://www1.fifeweb.org/dnld/std/SIB-NEM.pdf |work=FIFeWeb.org |publisher=Fédération Internationale Féline |access-date=20 January 2023 |archive-date=2 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220802053604/http://www1.fifeweb.org/dnld/std/SIB-NEM.pdf |url-status=dead}}</ref> However, other registries classify the Neva Masquerade as a natural colorpoint variety of the Siberian cat.}} |alt=Neva Masquerade|100px | Russia<ref name="Baggaley, Goddard & John, 2014" />||Crossbreed between the Siberian and a colorpoint cat<ref>{{Cite book |author=World Cat Congress |title=The Royal Canin Cat Encyclopedia |edition=2nd |publisher=Royal Canin |date=2017}} This is a revised one-volume edition, and was only available through RC retailers.</ref>||Cobby<ref name="Baggaley, Goddard & John, 2014" />||Long<ref name="Baggaley, Goddard & John, 2014" />||Colorpoint |- ! scope="row" | Norwegian Forest cat |alt=Norwegian Forest Cat|100px | Norway<ref name="Paragon" />||Natural||Cobby | Long||All Western{{Efn|name=west}} |- O ! scope="row" | Ocicat |alt=Ocicat|100px | United States<ref name="Paragon" />||Crossbreed between the Abyssinian, American Shorthair and Siamese||Large | Short||Spotted tabby |- ! scope="row" | Ojos Azules (extinct) |alt=Ojos Azules|100px | United States<ref name="Paragon" />||Crossbreed | Moderate | Short | All |- ! scope="row" | Oriental Bicolour{{efn|name=Oriental}} |alt=Oriental Bicolor|100px | 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 |- ! scope="row" | Oriental Longhair{{efn|name=Oriental}} |alt=Oriental Longhair|100px | Developed in United States and United Kingdom; foundation stock ultimately from Thailand<ref name="Paragon" />||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 |- ! scope="row" | Oriental Shorthair{{efn|name=Oriental|1=In some registries, including the CFA, the Oriental Shorthair and Oriental Longhair are a single breed, the Oriental, with two divisions (shorthair and longhair).}} |alt=Oriental Shorthair|100px | Developed in United States and United Kingdom; foundation stock ultimately from Thailand<ref name="Paragon" />||Crossbreed between the European Shorthair and Siamese||Oriental||Short||All |- ! scope="row" | Persian (modern) |alt=Persian, modern|100px | Developed in United States and Europe; foundation stock from Greater Iran<ref name="Paragon" />||Mutation of the Traditional Persian||Cobby||Long||All but colorpoint |- ! scope="row" | Persian (traditional) |alt=Traditional Persian|100px | Greater Iran<ref name="Paragon" />||Natural, but some crossbreeding with the Turkish Angora||Cobby||Long||All but colorpoint |- ! scope="row" | Peterbald |alt=Peterbald|100px | 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 |- ! scope="row" | Pixie-bob |alt=Pixie-bob|100px | United States<ref name="Paragon" />||Mutation (falsely claimed to be a hybrid of the domestic cat and the bobcat (''Lynx rufus'') early on)||Medium | Short||Black spotted tabby |- Q R ! scope="row" | Ragamuffin{{Efn|Or Liebling (obsolete terminology).}} |alt=Ragamuffin|100px | United States||Crossbreed between the Ragdoll with limited out-crossing to the Himalayan, the Persian, and other long-haired cats||Cobby||Long||All |- ! scope="row" | Ragdoll |alt=Ragdoll|100px | United States<ref name="Paragon" />||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 |- ! scope="row" | Raas |alt=Raas|100px | Raas Island, Indonesia||Natural|| Moderate||Short|| Solid black, blue, chocolate, lilac |- ! scope="row" | Russian Blue |alt=Russian Blue|100px | Russia<ref name="Paragon" />||Natural||Moderate, Oriental | Short||Solid blue |- ! scope="row" | Russian White, Russian Black and Russian Tabby |alt=Russian Blue|100px | 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 |- S ! scope="row" | Sam Sawet |alt=Russian Blue|100px | Thailand||Color variety of the Thai||Moderate||Short||Solid |- ! scope="row" | Savannah |alt=Savannah|100px | United States<ref name="Baggaley, Goddard & John, 2014" />||Hybrid of the domestic cat x serval (''Leptailurus serval'')<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tica.org/breeds/browse-all-breeds?view=article&id=870:savannah-breed&catid=79 |title=Savannah Breed |date=13 August 2018 |work=TICA.org |publisher=The International Cat Association |access-date=4 February 2024}}</ref>||Large||Short||Spotted |- ! scope="row" | Scottish Fold |alt=Lilac-coated Scottish Fold|100px | United Kingdom (Scotland)<ref name="Paragon" />||Mutation of the bones and cartilage of the ears||Cobby||Short/long||All |- ! scope="row" | Selkirk Rex |alt=Selkirk Rex|100px | United States in 1988<ref name="Paragon" />||Mutation/crossbreed between the American Shorthair, Persian, Himalayan, Exotic Shorthair and British Shorthair||Large and cobby||Short/long (semi-long to long)||All |- ! scope="row" | Serengeti |alt=Serengeti|100px | United States|| Crossbreed/hybrid between the Bengal and Oriental Shorthair||Oriental||Short||Spotted |- ! scope="row" | Siamese (modern) {{Crossreference|selfref=no|(for traditional, see Thai}}) |alt=Siamese|100px | Developed in United States and Europe; foundation stock from Thailand<ref name="Paragon" />||Mutation of the Thai||Oriental||Short||Colorpoint |- ! scope="row" | Siberian or Siberian Forest Cat {{Crossreference|selfref=no|(for colorpoint, see Neva Masquerade}}) |alt=Siberian|100px | Siberian Tundra, Russia.||Natural||Cobby<ref name="Baggaley, Goddard & John, 2014" />||Long<ref name="Baggaley, Goddard & John, 2014" />||All Western{{Efn|All Western means all colours, except chocolate, lilac, cinnamon, and fawn, and the colourpoint pattern|name=west}}<ref name="FIFE Neva Siberian" /> |- ! scope="row" | Singapura |alt=Singapura|126x126px | Developed in United States; foundation stock from Singapore<ref name="Paragon" />||Possibly a mutation of a crossbreed (excluding the Munchkin), solving why they are so small||Small||Short||Ticked tabby |- ! scope="row" | Snowshoe |alt=Snowshoe|100px | United States<ref name="Paragon" />||Crossbreed between the American Shorthair and Siamese||Moderate|||Short||Mitted colorpoint |- ! scope="row" | Sokoke |alt=Sokoke|100px | Kenya<ref name="Baggaley, Goddard & John, 2014" />||Natural||Moderate||Short||Ticked tabby |- ! scope="row" | Somali |alt=Somali|100px | United States, Canada||Mutation|| Cobby||Long||Ticked tabby |- ! scope="row" | Sphynx |alt=Sphynx|100px | Canada, Europe<ref name="Paragon" />||Mutation||Oriental||Hairless||All |- ! scope="row" | Suphalak |alt=Suphalak|100px | Thailand||Natural||Moderate | Short||Solid reddish-brown |- T ! scope="row" | Thai{{efn|1=Thai is an established new name since the 1980s for the traditional, rounder-faced, thicker-bodied Siamese. Wichienmaat is the name of the landrace it is bred from.}} (Traditional, Classic, Old-style) |alt=Thai|100px | Developed in Europe;<ref name="Baggaley, Goddard & John, 2014" /> foundation stock from Thailand<ref name="Paragon" />||Natural||Moderate||Short||Colorpoint |- ! scope="row" | Thai Lilac, Thai Blue Point and Thai Lilac Point |alt=Thai Lilac|100px | Thailand||Color varieties of the Korat||Moderate||Short||Solid lilac and colorpoint (blue point and lilac point only) |- ! scope="row" | Tiffanie (Asian Semi-longhair) |alt=Asian Semi-longhair|100px | United Kingdom||Crossbreed between the Burmese and Chinchilla Persians||Moderate | Semi-long||All without white and without siamese pointing |- ! scope="row" | Tonkinese |alt=Tonkinese|100px | Canada, United States<ref name="Paragon" />||Crossbreed between the Burmese and Siamese||Oriental | Short||Colorpoint, mink, or solid |- ! scope="row" | Toybob |alt=Thai Lilac|139x139px | Russia||Mutation||Dwarf||Short||All |- ! scope="row" | Toyger |alt=Toyger|100px | United States<ref name="Baggaley, Goddard & John, 2014" />||Crossbreed/hybrid between the Bengal and short-haired cats||Moderate||Short||Mackerel tabby |- ! scope="row" | Turkish Angora |alt=Turkish Angora|100px | Turkey<ref name="Paragon" />||Natural||Semi-cobby | Semi-long||All |- ! scope="row" | Turkish Van{{efn|name=Turkish|The Turkish Van breed, and especially its "Turkish Vankedisi" nickname, are often confused with the Van cat ({{lang|tr|Van kedisi}} in Turkish), a landrace (not breed) of cats native to the Lake Van region of Turkey. The Turkish Van has no known connection to cats from this region, but they are often confused due to the name similarity and incorrect claims sometimes made by breeders.}} |alt=Turkish Van|100px | Developed in United Kingdom; foundation stock from Turkey<ref name="Baggaley, Goddard & John, 2014" />||Natural||Semi-cobby | Semi-long||Van pattern |- ! scope="row" | Van cat{{efn|name=Turkish}} (not recognised) |alt=Van cat|100px | foundation stock from Lake Van region, Turkey<ref name="Baggaley, Goddard & John, 2014" />||Natural||Svelte | Long||Solid white |- U V ! scope="row" | Ukrainian Levkoy | alt=Ukrainian Levkoy|100px | Ukraine||Crossbreed between the Donskoy and Scottish Fold ||Moderate ||Hairless||Solid gray |- W X Y Z ! scope="row" | York Chocolate | | New York, United States||Natural||Moderate | Long||Solid chocolate and solid lilac or any of these colours with white |}

== See also == * Animal show * Animals in sport * Felidae – the entire cat family * Felinae – the subfamily of all smaller cat species * Lists of breeds * List of experimental cat breeds * List of cat registries * List of individual cats * Selective breeding * Wildcat – the ancestor of the domestic cat

== Explanatory notes == {{Notelist}}

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