List of cat breeds

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Various cat breeds

This page lists breeds of domestic cats. The list includes breeds that are old traditional breeds, and also rare breeds or new breeds that are still being developed. Please see individual articles for more information.

Breeds

Breed	Country	Origin	Body type	Coat	Pattern	Image
Abyssinian cat	Egypt	Natural	Oriental	Short	Ticked	File:Gustav chocolate.jpg
Aegean cat	Greece	Natural/Standard		Semi-long	Bi- or tri-colored	File:Aegean cat.jpg
American Bobtail	United States	Mutation		Short/Long	All	File:American bobtail 2.jpg
American Curl	United States	Mutation		Short/Long	All	File:American curl 2.jpg
American Shorthair	United States	Natural		Short	All but colorpoint	File:American Shorthair.jpg
American Wirehair	United States	Mutation		Rex	All but colorpoint	File:American Wirehair - CFF cat show Heinola 2008-05-04 IMG 8721.JPG
Arabian Mau	Arabian Peninsula	Natural		Short		File:Arabian Mau Kitten (cropped).jpg
Asian cat	Developed in the United Kingdom-Britain			Short	Evenly solid	File:BrownVarientAsianCat.JPG
Asian Semi-longhair	Great Britain	Crossbreed		Semi-long	Solid	File:Tiffanie at cat show.jpg
Australian Mist	Australia	Crossbreed	Medium	Short	Spotted and Classic tabby	File:Australian Mist.jpg
Balinese cat	United States	Crossbreed	Oriental	Long	Colorpoint	File:Ghislaine 6028.jpg
Bambino cat	United States	Crossbreed		Hairless/Furry down
Bengal	United States	Hybrid		Short	Spotted/Marbled	File:Paintedcats Red Star standing.jpg
Birman	Burma	Natural		Semi Long	Colorpoint	File:Birman2.jpg
Bombay cat	United States	Crossbreed	Medium	Short	Solid	File:Bombay cat.jpg
Brazilian Shorthair	Brazil	Natural		Short	All	File:Бразильская короткошерстная.jpg
British Longhair	United Kingdom		Cobby	Long		File:British Longhair - Black Silver Shaded.jpg
British Shorthair	United Kingdom	Natural	Cobby	Short	All	File:Britishblue.jpg
Burmese cat	Burma and Thailand	Natural		Short	Solid	File:Шоколадный бурманский кот.jpg
Burmilla	United Kingdom	Crossbreed		Short/Long		File:Male Burmilla cat.jpeg
California Spangled	United States	Crossbreed		Short	Spotted	File:Star Spangled Cat.jpg
Chantilly-Tiffany	United States	Crossbreed	Medium	Longhair	Solid, Mackerel, Ticked, Spotted tabby	File:Tiffany4 (2018; cropped 2023).jpg
Chartreux	France	Natural	Cobby	Short	Solid	File:Abbaye fev2006 003.jpg
Chausie	France	Hybrid		Short	Ticked	File:Chausiecatexample.jpg
Cheetoh	United States	Hybrid Crossbreed		Short	Spotted
Colorpoint Shorthair				Short		File:Tortie-point.jpg
Cornish Rex	United Kingdom	Mutation		Rex	All	File:BebopsLilacPrince.JPG
Cymric cat	Isle of Man	Natural/Mutation		Long		File:Cymric - Norwegian forest cat presentation show Kotka 2009-02-01 IMG 0687.JPG
Cyprus cat	Cyprus	Natural	Lean and muscular	All	All	File:CyprusShorthair.jpg
Devon Rex	England	Mutation	Oriental	Rex	All	File:Devon Rex Izzy.jpg
Donskoy cat or Don Sphynx	Russia			Hairless		File:Cat don sphinx.JPG
Dragon Li	China	Natural		Short	Striped tabby
Egyptian Mau	Egypt	Natural		Short	Spotted	File:Mau Egytien.jpg
European Shorthair	Sweden	Natural		Short		File:Female European shorthair in URK cat show Kirkkonummi 2008-03-02.JPG
Exotic Shorthair	United States	Crossbreed	Cobby	Short	All	File:Nipsu-Nappulan Non-Stop Exotic shorthair (cropped).JPG
German Rex	East Germany	Mutation		Rex		File:German Rex Emi.jpg
Havana Brown	United Kingdom	Crossbreed	Oriental	Short	Solid	File:Havana Brown - choco.jpg
Himalayan	United Kingdom	Crossbreed	Cobby	Long	Colorpoint	File:Sonny Bunny.jpg
Japanese Bobtail	Japan	Natural	Medium	Short/Long	All but colorpoint and ticked	File:JapaneseBobtailBlueEyedMi-ke.JPG
Javanese cat	Indonesia	Crossbreed	Oriental	Long/Short	Colorpoint	File:Javanese cat.jpg
Khao Manee	Thailand	Natural		Short	Solid	File:Khao Manee "ChaWee".jpg
Korat	Thailand	Natural		Short	Solid	File:Veda,chat-adulte-mâle-race-korat.JPG
Kurilian Bobtail	Russia	Natural	Semi-Cobby	Short/Long		File:Kurilian bobtail.JPG
LaPerm	United States	Mutation	Medium	Rex	All	File:Laperm LH red tabby.jpg
Maine Coon	United States	natural		Long	All but colorpoint and ticked	File:Maine Coon female.jpg
Manx	Isle of Man	Natural/Mutation		Short/Long	All but colorpoint	File:Japanese Bobtail looking like Manx.jpg
Mekong Bobtail	Russia	Natural/Mutation		Short	Colorpoint	File:Mekong bobtail female, Cofein Pride cattery.jpg
Minskin	United States	Crossbreed	Semi-Cobby	Short/Hairless	All	File:Minskin Kitten Female blue tabby color-pattern.jpg
Munchkin cat	United States	Mutation				File:Longhairedmunchkin.jpg
Napoleon cat				Long/short	Varied
Nebelung	United States			Semi-long	Solid	File:Nebelung Male, Aleksandr van Song de Chine.JPG
Neva Masquerade	Russia	Crossbreed		Long	Colorpoint	File:NevaMasqueradeFiona (cropped).jpg
Norwegian Forest cat	Norway	Natural		Long	All but colorpoint	File:Norskskogkatt Evita 3.JPG
Ocicat	United States	Crossbreed		Short	Spotted	File:Ocicat Rizzo moving.jpg
Ojos Azules	United States	Natural		short or semi-long		File:Lazuli01.jpg
Oregon Rex	United States	Mutation		Rex
Oriental Bicolor			Oriental	Bicolor		File:Oriental shorthair 20070130 caroline.jpg
Oriental Longhair	United States	Crossbreed	Oriental	Short	All	File:OLH-GIP Divan Cesar.jpg
Oriental Shorthair			Oriental	Short	All but colorpoint	File:Oriental Shorthair Blue Eyed White cat (juvenile).jpg
Persian cat	Greater Iran		Cobby	Long	All	File:Shaded silver Persian Cat Missionhill Cosmic Rainstorm.jpg
Peterbald	Russia	Crossbreed	Stocky	Hairless	All	File:Tamila the lilac tabby Peterbald cat.jpg
Pixie-bob	United States	Natural		Short	Spotted	File:Jarnac Bepacific feb07.jpg
Ragamuffin	United States	Crossbreed	Cobby	Long	All	File:20050922AmarilloRes.jpg
Ragdoll	United States	Crossbreed	Cobby	Long	Colorpoint/Mitted/Bicolor	File:Ragdoll from Gatil Ragbelas.jpg
Russian Blue	Russia	Natural		Short	Solid	File:Russian Blue 001.gif
Russian Black, White or Tabby	Australia	Crossbreed		Short
Savannah cat	United States	Hybrid		Short	Spotted	File:Savannah Cat portrait.jpg
Scottish Fold	Scotland	Natural/Mutation	Cobby	Short/Long	All	File:Scottishfold.jpg
Selkirk Rex	United States	Mutation/Cross	Cobby	Rex (Short/Long)	All	File:Selkirk Rex.jpg
Serengeti cat	United States	Hybrid Crossbreed		Short	Spotted	File:Serengetimalecat.jpg
Serrade petit	France	Natural		Short		mini-cat Serrade petit.jpg
Siamese	Thailand	Natural	Oriental	Short	Colorpoint	File:Siamese cat Vaillante.JPG
Siberian	Russia	Natural	Semi-Cobby	Semi-long	All	File:Minniecat.png
Singapura	Singapore	Natural		Short	Ticked	File:Singapura Cats (cropped).jpg
Snowshoe	United States	Crossbreed		Short	Colorpoint	File:Chizhik Cat.jpg
Sokoke	Kenya	Natural		Short	Classic tabby with ticking	File:Sokoke dalili.jpg
Somali	United States	Mutation		Long	Ticked	File:Сомалийская кошка.jpg
Sphynx	Canada	Mutation	Stocky	Hairless	All	File:Cat Sphynx. img 040.jpg
Thai	Thailand	Natural		Short	Colorpoint	File:Phaithai Vanity Fair.JPG
Tonkinese	Canada	Crossbreed		Short	Colorpoint/Mink/Solid	File:Tonkinese.gif
Toyger	United States	Crossbreed	Medium	Short	Mackerel	File:Toyger - Cornish Rex presentation show Riihimäki 2008-11-16 IMG 0101.JPG
Traditional Persian, or Doll Face Persian	Greater Iran	Natural	Cobby	Long	All	File:Persian in Cat Cafe.jpg
Turkish Angora	Turkey	Natural		Semi-long	All but not colorpoint	File:Turkse angora.jpg
Turkish Van	Turkey	Natural		Semi-long	Van	File:Turkish Van Example2.jpg
Ukrainian Levkoy	Ukraine			Hairless		File:Ukrainian Levkoy cat.jpg
Ussuri	Russia	Natural Hybrid		Short	Spotted
Ukunna	Maine, United States	Natural	Any speckled
York Chocolate Cat	United States					File:Adult Kittie (s).jpg
Breed	Country	Origin	Body type	Coat	Pattern	Image