List of cat breeds

This page lists breeds of domestic cats. The list includes breeds that are old traditional breeds, including universally-familiar ones such as the Persian, the Angora and the Siamese, and also rare breeds or new breeds that are still being developed, with two notable examples being the Peterbald and the Toybob. Please see individual articles for more information.

Various cat breeds

Breeds

Breed	Country	Origin	Body type	Coat	Pattern	Image
Abyssinian cat	Egypt	Natural	Oriental	Short	Ticked
Aegean cat	Greece	Natural/Standard		Semi-long	Bi- or tri-colored
American Bobtail	United States	Mutation		Short/Long	All
American Curl	United States	Mutation		Short/Long	All
American Shorthair	United States	Natural		Short	All but colorpoint
American Wirehair	United States	Mutation		Rex	All but colorpoint
Arabian Mau	Arabian Peninsula	Natural		Short
Asian cat	Developed in the United Kingdom-Britain			Short	Evenly solid
Asian Semi-longhair	Great Britain	Crossbreed		Semi-long	Solid
Australian Mist	Australia	Crossbreed	Medium	Short	Spotted and Classic tabby
Balinese cat	United States	Crossbreed	Oriental	Long	Colorpoint
Bambino cat	United States	Crossbreed		Hairless/Furry down
Bengal	United States	Hybrid		Short	Spotted/Marbled
Birman	Burma	Natural		Semi Long	Colorpoint
Bombay cat	United States	Crossbreed	Medium	Short	Solid
Brazilian Shorthair	Brazil	Natural		Short	All
British Longhair	United Kingdom		Cobby	Long
British Shorthair	United Kingdom	Natural	Cobby	Short	All
Burmese cat	Burma and Thailand	Natural		Short	Solid
Burmilla	United Kingdom	Crossbreed		Short/Long
California Spangled	United States	Crossbreed		Short	Spotted
Chantilly-Tiffany	United States	Crossbreed	Medium	Longhair	Solid, Mackerel, Ticked, Spotted tabby
Chartreux	France	Natural	Cobby	Short	Solid
Chausie	France	Hybrid		Short	Ticked
Cheetoh	United States	Hybrid Crossbreed		Short	Spotted
Colorpoint Shorthair				Short
Cornish Rex	United Kingdom	Mutation		Rex	All
Cymric cat	Isle of Man	Natural/Mutation		Long
Cyprus cat	Cyprus	Natural	Lean and muscular	All	All
Devon Rex	England	Mutation	Oriental	Rex	All
Donskoy cat or Don Sphynx	Russia			Hairless
Dragon Li	China	Natural		Short	Striped tabby
Egyptian Mau	Egypt	Natural		Short	Spotted
European Shorthair	Sweden	Natural		Short
Exotic Shorthair	United States	Crossbreed	Cobby	Short	All
German Rex	East Germany	Mutation		Rex
Havana Brown	United Kingdom	Crossbreed	Oriental	Short	Solid
Himalayan	United Kingdom	Crossbreed	Cobby	Long	Colorpoint
Japanese Bobtail	Japan	Natural	Medium	Short/Long	All but colorpoint and ticked
Javanese cat	Indonesia	Crossbreed	Oriental	Long/Short	Colorpoint
Khao Manee	Thailand	Natural		Short	Solid
Korat	Thailand	Natural		Short	Solid
Kurilian Bobtail	Russia	Natural	Semi-Cobby	Short/Long
LaPerm	United States	Mutation	Medium	Rex	All
Maine Coon	United States	natural		Long	All but colorpoint and ticked
Manx	Isle of Man	Natural/Mutation		Short/Long	All but colorpoint
Mekong Bobtail	Russia	Natural/Mutation		Short	Colorpoint
Minskin	United States	Crossbreed	Semi-Cobby	Short/Hairless	All
Munchkin cat	United States	Mutation
Napoleon cat				Long/short	Varied
Nebelung	United States			Semi-long	Solid
Neva Masquerade	Russia	Crossbreed		Long	Colorpoint
Norwegian Forest cat	Norway	Natural		Long	All but colorpoint
Ocicat	United States	Crossbreed		Short	Spotted
Ojos Azules	United States	Natural		short or semi-long
Oregon Rex	United States	Mutation		Rex
Oriental Bicolor			Oriental	Bicolor
Oriental Longhair	United States	Crossbreed	Oriental	Short	All
Oriental Shorthair			Oriental	Short	All but colorpoint
Persian cat	Greater Iran		Cobby	Long	All
Peterbald	Russia	Crossbreed	Stocky	Hairless	All
Pixie-bob	United States	Natural		Short	Spotted
Ragamuffin	United States	Crossbreed	Cobby	Long	All
Ragdoll	United States	Crossbreed	Cobby	Long	Colorpoint/Mitted/Bicolor
Russian Blue	Russia	Natural		Short	Solid
Russian Black, White or Tabby	Australia	Crossbreed		Short
Savannah cat	United States	Hybrid		Short	Spotted
Scottish Fold	Scotland	Natural/Mutation	Cobby	Short/Long	All
Selkirk Rex	United States	Mutation/Cross	Cobby	Rex (Short/Long)	All
Serengeti cat	United States	Hybrid Crossbreed		Short	Spotted
Serrade petit	France	Natural		Short
Siamese	Thailand	Natural	Oriental	Short	Colorpoint
Siberian	Russia	Natural	Semi-Cobby	Semi-long	All
Singapura	Singapore	Natural		Short	Ticked
Snowshoe	United States	Crossbreed		Short	Colorpoint
Sokoke	Kenya	Natural		Short	Classic tabby with ticking
Somali	United States	Mutation		Long	Ticked
Sphynx	Canada	Mutation	Stocky	Hairless	All
Thai	Thailand	Natural		Short	Colorpoint
Tonkinese	Canada	Crossbreed		Short	Colorpoint/Mink/Solid
Toyger	United States	Crossbreed	Medium	Short	Mackerel
Traditional Persian, or Doll Face Persian	Greater Iran	Natural	Cobby	Long	All
Turkish Angora	Turkey	Natural		Semi-long	All but not colorpoint
Turkish Van	Turkey	Natural		Semi-long	Van
Ukrainian Levkoy	Ukraine			Hairless
Ussuri	Russia	Natural Hybrid		Short	Spotted
Ukunna	Maine, United States	Natural	Any speckled
York Chocolate Cat	United States
Breed	Country	Origin	Body type	Coat	Pattern	Image