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The Abyssinian cats have strong, powerful builds with legs that appear too lean for their bodies. This is because they are very well muscled. Their paws are small and oval shaped and their tails are...
Abyssinian Cat
1 image 		The Aegean cat is a semi-longhaired breed, and is found in bi- and tri-colour varieties (with or without stripes), with one of the colours always being white. The white fur can cover from 1/3 to 2/3...
Aegean Cat
1 image 		The American Curl is named for its most prominent feature: its curled ears. They are small, stiff and widely open. They often have tufts of hair on the curled-in point. The Curl is a robust cat, with...
American Curl Cat
2 images 		The most notable thing about the American Polydactyl is that they often have up to seven toes on each paw. There are various combinations of digits on the cats' paws, but the number of digits on each...
American Polydactyl Cat
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The American Shorthair has a muscled body and is medium to large in size. As its name indicates, the cats are all short haired animals. The most common pattern for the American Shorthair is the...
American Shorthair Cat
2 images 		The Australian Mist is shaped like any other short haired domestic cat and is well proportioned. Its coat is short but thick and is silky to touch. Their eyes are green and communicative. There are...
Australian Mist Cat
1 image 		Balinese cats are sleek but well muscled, with a coat of medium length. Their eyes are clear and alert, and are neither deep-set not protruding. They are almond-shaped, blue and slanted towards the...
Balinese Cat
1 image 		The Bengal is a large, robust cat with a firm, muscular build. As with most cats, their hind legs are a little longer than their front legs, and their heads are well proportioned to the body and...
Bengal Cat
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Birmans are a semi-longhaired breed of cat with robust bodies and short legs. Their paws should be small and round. Birmans' fur is white on most of their bodies and on the paws, with markings on the...
Birman Cat
1 image 		The Bombay Cat is an entirely black cat that was known for a while as the miniature black panther. The Bombay is a strong and muscular cat that is quite robust, but not stout. Their heads are rounded...
Bombay Cat
2 images 		As its name suggests, the Brazilian Shorthair's coat is short, and lies close to its body. There are a large number of patterns for the coat. They have comparatively slender, yet powerful, bodies,...
Brazilian Shorthair Cat
1 image 		This cat has a medium-to-long, fluffy coat and a short thick, bushy tail. The British Longhair, or Lowlander's, head is broad and round. Its ears are short and rounded at the tips, sitting quite far...
British Longhair Cat
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British Shorthairs are sturdily built, with a powerful, muscled body with a broad chest. Their coats are short and thick. They also have strong, short legs and round paws. Their tails are thicker at...
British Shorthair Cat
2 images 		Burmese cats are slim, sleek animals with very short coats and bright golden yellow eyes. Their paws are small and oval shaped and their heads are relatively flat. They have large pointed ears and...
Burmese
1 image 		The Burmilla is medium in size and has a normal sized body and a rounded head that is wedge shaped. It is wider just above the eyes and then tapers down bluntly to the muzzle. The Burmilla's eyes are...
Burmilla Cat
1 image 		The California Spangle cat is a breed that was created to be long and sleek with a hunter's elegance, with its body low to the ground and with powerful legs. It is a well muscled cat with a slow...
California Spangled Cat
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The Chartreux cat is large in size and has blue grey fur. Its eyes are generally copper, but range from this through to gold and orange, which is the desirable eye colour for the cat. Their fur is...
Chartreux Cat
1 image 		The Chausie cat resembles a wild jungle cat in both coat and size. In fact, the Chausie gets its name from the Jungle Cat from which it is descended: the Felis Chaus. They weigh twice (or even three...
Chausie Cat
1 image 		The Colorpoint Shorthair's body is long, sleek and tan. The fur is occasionally white, however, and the cat has a long, tapered, swishy tail. The points of the cat are a different colour to that of...
Colorpoint Shorthair Cat
1 image 		The Cornish Rex cat has a wavy coat and is small to medium in size. The Rex has a relatively small head in proportion to its body, which is rather compact and disproportionate. The back curves upward...
Cornish Rex
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The most distinctive feature of the Devon Rex is its curly, rippled coat. The Devon Rex has a small head with large ears, and the head is wedge shaped with full cheeks. Female Rexes tend to weigh...
Devon Rex
1 image 		The Dragon Li is also known as the
Dragon Li Cat
1 image 		The Egyptian Mau is a well proportioned cat which has a sleek body with a flap of skin over its stomach, and a rounded head. Its ears sit evenly on top and are well spaced and very large. The Mau's...
Egyptian Mau Cat
1 image 		The European Shorthair is a strong, robust, muscular cat, without looking stout or stumpy. Their fur is generally very short and sleek to touch and look at, and comes in many different colours and...
European Shorthair Cat
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The Exotic Shorthair has a short, squat, cobby body which is covered in very dense, thick short, soft fur. They are very soft cats, and they have rather compact faces which are wider than they are...
Exotic Cat
1 image 		The German Rex cat has a rounded head, with a slight dip out to the nose. Its whiskers are a little shorter than is usual and are vaguely curled. These cats have strong chins and alert, wide set...
German Rex Cat
1 image 		The defining feature of the Havana Brown is its sleek mahogany toned coat. Its fur is smooth, shiny and lies close to the body; it is very soft to the touch. The cat is sleek and lean, though quite...
Havana Brown Cat
2 images 		Himalayan cats are the result of breeding between Persians and Siamese cats. They have a heavy, powerful build and a thick coat like Persians, but are colourpoints like the Siamese. They have round...
Himalayan Cat
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Ichabod Cat
1 image 		The Japanese Bobtail cat is a well-muscled cat of medium size. Its distinguishing feature it its short, bunny-like tail, for which it is named. The base colour of the coat can be white, black, or...
Japanese Bobtail Cat
2 images 		Javanese cats are much the same as Siamese as far as appearance goes. However, unlike the Siamese cats, they usually have green eyes (though they can be blue) and are long haired cats Their fur is...
Javanese Cat
2 images 		The Korat is a sleek, medium sized cat. Their coats are blue, though they are unlike other cats of this variety. The roots of the hairs are a light bluish colour, while the tips are silver. This...
Korat Cat
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LaPerm cats are small animals with curly fur and long curly whiskers. Their heads are small and somewhat triangular, and their almond-shaped eyes are set quite widely on their faces. They have very...
LaPerm Cat
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Layanese Cat
3 images 		Maine Coon cats are large animals, with squared jaws and bright, round eyes. They have high cheekbones and large ears which have tufts on them. The Maine Coon's body is strong and muscular, as are...
Maine Coon Cat
1 image 		The Manx is best known for being a tailless cat, although this is not always the case. Manx cats can be completely tailless (
Manx Cat
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Munchkin cats are the same as
Munchkin Cat
1 image 		Nebelungs are sleek, silky blue cats that move swiftly and gracefully. The name
Nebelung Cat
2 images 		The Norwegian Forest cat is large and fluffy with soft, silky fur. Its face is quite wide and somewhat triangular. Its ears are average in size and pointed. These cats have bright green eyes and...
Norwegian Forest Cat
1 image 		The Ocicat is a man-made breed which was designed to be a domestic imitation of a wild cat, like a leopard or a cheetah. They have powerful builds and long tails, but their defining feature is their...
Ocicat
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The Ojos Azules breed is extremely rare. It is defined by its bright blue eyes which are not linked to coat colour. It used to be that blue eyes in cats were found only when the coat was white or...
Ojos Azules Cat
2 images 		The Oriental Shorthair cat is a sleek, slim animal that comes in an enormous variety of colours and patterns - the number of variations is over 300. They are characterized by their huge ears and thin...
Oriental Shorthair Cat
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Pantherette Cat
1 image 		Persian cats have been around for thousands of years, and they are perhaps the most popular breed of cat. They have long, silky coats with large ruffs on the chest. The Persian's body is heavily...
Persian Cat
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Peterbald Cat
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Pixie-bob Cat
2 images
Ragdoll Cat
2 images
Russian Blue Cat
2 images

Russian Cat
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Savannah Cat
2 images
Scottish Fold Cat
2 images
Selkirk Rex Cat
1 image

Serengeti Cat
1 image
Siamese Cat
2 images
Siberian Cat
2 images
Singapura Cat
1 image

Snowshoe Cat
1 image
Sokoke Cat
1 image
Somali Cat
2 images
Sphynx Cat
2 images

Tonkinese Cat
1 image
Turkish Angora Cat
3 images
Turkish Van Cat
1 image
Ukrainian Levkoy Cat
1 image

York Chocolate Cat
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