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Alphabetic Picture Index of Cat Breeds


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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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The Dragon Li is also known as the
Dragon Li Cat
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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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
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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
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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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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
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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
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Nebelungs are sleek, silky blue cats that move swiftly and gracefully. The name
Nebelung Cat
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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
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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
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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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The Pantherette is a hybrid breed of cat that is still under development. It is intended to look similar to a Black panther. It is a new breed based on a Melanistic (Black) Bengals as one of the...
Pantherette Cat
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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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The Peterbald is a medium sized Oriental breed of domestic cat. Peterbalds have long, slender, muscular and elegant bodies with long and fine tails and legs. Their paws are small and oval with long...
Peterbald Cat
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The Pixie-Bob is a medium-large breed of domestic cat that can be either shorthair or longhair. Their bodies are rangy and muscular with heavy bone structures and their hind legs are longer than the...
Pixie-bob Cat
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Ragdolls are semi-longhair cats, with muscular bodies and heavy bone structure. Their hind legs are slightly higher than their front. Their paws are large, round and tufted. Their coat is soft, silky...
Ragdoll Cat
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The Russian Blue is a medium sized, shorthaired breed of domestic cat. Russian Blues have long, graceful bodies, with fine and high legs and small and oval paws. Their weight ranges from 7-12 pounds....
Russian Blue Cat
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The Savannah cat is a hybrid breed, a cross between a Serval and a domestic cat. It is a tall, lean and graceful breed with a long, well built body. Adult Savannahs can become quite heavy, with males...
Savannah Cat
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Scottish Folds are medium sized cats that can be either shorthaired or longhaired; the latter are also known as Highland Folds. They have muscular, rounded bodies and thick, double coats. Adult males...
Scottish Fold Cat
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The Selkirk Rex is a medium-large, heavy boned, muscular domestic cat breed. The cats' legs and tails are proportionate to their body sizes and their overall appearance is round and firm. Adult males...
Selkirk Rex Cat
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The Serengeti is a hybrid domestic cat breed, a crossing between a Bengal and an Oriental shorthaired. The cats are small, shorthaired, thick coated with medium-short, thick tails and extremely long...
Serengeti Cat
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The Siamese cat is one of the most elegant and graceful breeds of domestic cat. It has a medium sized, muscular, thin, flexible and long body with a fine, thin coat. Its legs and tail are long and...
Siamese Cat
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The Siberian is a large, semilonghair breed of domestic cat. Siberians have muscular, well boned bodies with powerful necks and broad chests. Their legs are of medium height and their paws are large,...
Siberian Cat
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The Singapura is a small to medium-sized, shorthaired domestic cat breed. Adult males usually weigh 6-8 pounds while females 5-6 pounds. Singapura cats have muscular bodies, with strong legs and...
Singapura Cat
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The Snowshoe is an elegant, foreign type domestic cat breed. It is related to the Siamese breed and this is evident in its coat markings and especially in the inverted V on the face. Snowshoes have...
Snowshoe Cat
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The Sokoke is a medium sized domestic cat breed that looks like an ocelot. It has a slender, well muscled body with a strong bone structure and moves differently to most domestic cats; its movements...
Sokoke Cat
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The Somali is a longhaired domestic cat breed, resembling a fox in appearance. Somalis are well proportioned, medium sized cats with strong, muscular bodies. They have long, fine legs and small oval...
Somali Cat
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The Sphynx is a medium sized breed of domestic cat, famous for its naked appearance. Although they appear to be hairless, in reality many Sphynx are covered by a soft, fine down. Their wrinkled skin...
Sphynx Cat
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The Tonkinese is a medium sized, shorthaired cat breed, a hybrid of the Siamese and the Burmese breeds. Tonkinese cats have compact yet muscular bodies which make them surprisingly heavy for their...
Tonkinese Cat
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The Turkish Angora cat is one of the most elegant, graceful and well proportioned domestic cat breeds. Angoras are finely boned, yet muscular cats. Their legs are long with the hind legs being longer...
Turkish Angora Cat
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The Turkish Van is a sturdy, medium sized domestic cat breed. Vans have long, muscular bodies with medium-long legs and round and well tufted paws. Adult males weigh on average 14-16 pounds while...
Turkish Van Cat
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The Ukrainian Levkoy is a cat breed of a very original appearance. These cats are medium sized with long, slender and muscular bodies. They have a hairless appearance, although, much like other...
Ukrainian Levkoy Cat
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The York Chocolate is a medium-large domestic cat breed. These are big boned, muscular cat with adult males weighing 14-16 pounds and females 10-12 pounds. They have rounded heads with almond shaped...
York Chocolate Cat
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