The Different Kinds of CatsBy: Joaquin Aleck A. Avila

Pixie-bob

The Pixie-bob is a breed of domestic cat claimed by breed founder Carol Ann Brewer of Washington State to be the progency of naturally occurring bobcat hybrids. DNA  testing have failed to detect bobcat marker genes and Pixie-bobs are considered wholly domestic for the purposes of ownership, cat fancy registration.

Abyssinian

The Abyssinian is a breed of domesticated cat with a distinctive ticked coat. The Abyssinian has become one of the most popular breeds of shorthair cat in the USA.

Aegean Cat

The Aegean Cat originates from the Cycladic Islands in the Aegean Sea, where they occur naturally.

American ShorthairThe breed is believed to be descended from English cats (the forebears of today's British Shorthairs) brought to North America by early European settlers to protect valuable cargo from mice and rats.

American Longhair

The American Longhair / Maine Coon is a large-sized cat. Its coat is can come in a different variety of colours. Like the breed name suggests, they have long hairs. 

American KeudaThe American Keuda has some pronounced similarities with the Egyptian Mau breed, including body type, habits, and a belly flap, not seen in other breeds. Since the belly flap allows extra extension when running, and thus more speed, this would be a successful adaptation for any cat that needed speed

Applehead SiameseAppleheads came about after years of selective breeding during which Siamese breeders strove to produce a longer, thinner, more extreme-wedge look in their show cats.

African Serval

It is a strong yet slender animal, with long legs and a fairly short tail. Due to its leg length, it is relatively one of the tallest cats. 

Ashera CatThe Ashera cat was a type of hybrid cat marketed by the controversial company Lifestyle Pets. The hybrid cat breed was allegedly a cross between the African serval, the Asian leopard cat, and a domestic housecat. 

POLYDACTYL CAT

A polydactyl cat is

a cat with a congenital

physical

called polydactyly (or

polydactylism, also

known as hyperdactyly),

a type of cat body

type that causes the cat

to be born with more

than the usual number of

toes on one or more of

its paws.

AMERICAN CURL

The breed

originated in

Lakewood,

California as the

result of a

spontaneous

mutation. In June,

1981, two stray

kittens were found

and taken in by the

Ruga family.

AMERICAN BOBTAIL

According to legend,

bobtails are the result

of a crossbreeding

between a domestic

tabby cat and a bobcat.

Yodie, a short-tailed

brown tabby male,

mated with a seal point

Siamese colored (cat)

female to create the

Bobtail's original

bloodline. 

AMERICAN WIREHAIR

The first wirehair cat

appeared as a

random cat mutation

among a litter of six

born to two barn

cats. This single red

and white male had

odd wiry fur.

BIRMAN

The Birman is said to

have originated in

western Burma, and

cats with similar

markings are

recorded in

documents from

ancient Thailand.

BICOLOR

A bicolor cat has

white fur

combined with

fur of some

other colour, for

example black

or tabby. 

BENGAL

The first Bengal Cat

was registered with

the International

Cat Association

(TICA) in 1983. The

Bengal has been

welcomed as a

pedigreed breed by

several cat

associations 

BALINESE

The Balinese was

originally registered

as a 'longhaired

Siamese', and

examples were known

from the early 1920s.

The occasional long-

haired kittens in a

Siamese litter were

seen as an oddity, and

sold as household pets

rather than as show

cats.

AUSTRALIAN MIST

This breed was

developed by Truda

Straede

in Australia commencing

in 1976, hence its name.

The breed was developed

by crossing the Burmese,

Abyssinian, and

miscellaneous domestic

short hair cat to create a

short-haired cat with a

spotted coat.

ASIAN SEMI- LONGHAIR

Like the Asian Shorthair,

the breed was developed in

Britain, and is not currently

recognised by any U.S.

Registries. It has full

recognition in the GCCF

and although it is a

relatively rare breed some

fine examples have become

champions.

Bristish Shorthair

The British Shorthair is a domesticated cat that is said to resemble a teddy bear. Its features make

it a popular breed in cat

shows.

British Semi-longhair

The British Semi-

longhair cat is a medium-length-hair

version of the British

shorthair. Apart from

fur, it is identical to the British Shorthair.

British Longhair

The rationale for this breed is that

the original longhaired British cat,

through interbreeding with imported longhairs, was developed into the persians.

Bristol

 They were hybrids of some kind

with pattern very similar

to that of the Asian

Leopard cat.

Brazilian Shorthair

The Brazilian Shorthair is a medium-sized

cat of great agility. The

breed can be distinguished

from the American

Shorthair by its sleek and elegant

appearance.

Bombay

The American breed called Bombay was created in 1958 in

Louisville, Kentucky, when Nikki Horner of

Shawnee Cattery deliberately bred an

American Shorthair with a Burmese for the

purpose of creating a domesticated cat that

resembled a wild panther (also known as

baby panther). 

Blue Russian

The Russian Blue is a cat breed that

has a silver-blue coat.

Burmese

Originally, Burmese cats

were exclusively dark brown (sable), but years of

selective breeding have

produced a wide variety of

colours. 

Cornish Rex

The Cornish Rex is a genetic mutation that

originated from a litter of

kittens born in the 1950s on a

farm in Cornwall, UK; hence the first

part of the breed's name.

Colorpoint Shorthair

Colorpoint Shorthair is the name the Cat

Fanciers Association (CFA),

a United States breed association,

uses to refer to pointed cats of

Siamese ancestry and type in colors

other than the four "traditional" Siamese colors.

Chausie

is a domestic breed of cat that was developed by breeding a few individuals from a nodomestic species to a far greater number of domestic cats.

Chartreux

There is a legend that the Chartreux are descended from cats brought to France by Carthusian monks to live in the order's head monastery, the Grande Chartreuse, 

Chantilly

Originally found only in the color of chocolate, Tiffany/Chantilly now occurs in a range of colors including Chocolate, blue, cinnamon, lilac, and fawn.

Caracal

also known as the desert lynx, is a wild cat that is widely distributed across Africa, central asia and southwest asia into India.

California spangled cat

Inspired by the poaching death of a leopard, the anthropologist Louis Leakey motivated Californian scriptwriter Paul Casey to breed a domestic cat.

Calico

Calico cats are domestic cats with a spotted or parti-colored coat that is predominantly white, with patches of two other colors (often the two other colors are orange tabby and black).

Egyptian Mau

The Egyptian Mau is often said to be descended from African wild cats, and a descendant of the cats seen in wall paintings of Ancient Egypt.

Don Sphynx

 is a breed of cat known for its lack of a coat.The contemporary breed of Sphynx is known also as the Canadian Sphynx, which is distinct from the Russian Sphynx breeds like Peterbald and Don Sphynx.

Domestic shorthaired cat

Domestic shorthaired cats are characterised by a wide range of colouring and typically 'revert to type' after a few generations, which means they express their coats as a tabby.

Domestic mediumhair

are of mixed ancestry, their temperaments can be hard to predict. Some cats are quiet and docile while others are more active and vocal.

Domestic longhair

Domestic longhairs come in all the standard cat colours including tabby, tortie, bi-colored etc. If their fur combines several shades of the same color they may be referred to as a smoke.

Dilute calico

A dilute calico kitty could be described as a white cat that decided to play around in watercolor paints instead of in bright oil paints. 

Devon Rex

The Devon Rex is a relatively new breed of cat with a sparse, curly, very soft coat similar to that of the Cornish Rex.

Cymric

The name comes from Cymru (pronounced KUM-ree), the indigenous Welsh name of Wales, though the breed is not associated with Wales in any fashion,

Javanese

The Javanese is a recognized breed of cat. Javanese have a long, silky coat, that comes in a variety of colors. These cats are ranked among the most intelligent breeds of cat, and resemble the Balinese. 

Japanese Bobtail

The earliest written evidence of cats in Japan indicates that they arrived from China or Korea at least 1,000 years ago.

Himalayan

is a breed or sub-breed of long-haired cat identical in type to the Persian, with the exception of its blue eyes and its point colouration, which were derived from crossing the Persian with the Siamese.

Havana Brown

The Havana Brown, also known as the Swiss Mountain cat, is a breed of cat well known and shown in England in the 1890s. 

German Rex

 is a breed of domestic cat. They are a medium sized breed with slender legs of a medium length. The head is round with well-developed cheeks and large, open ears. 

Farm Cat

 also known as barn cats, are cats kept primarily for the purpose of catching the smaller vermin found on farms and ranches