Editing List of cat breeds (section)

== Breeds ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Breed
! Location of origin
! Type
! Body type
! '''Coat type and length'''
! Coat pattern
! class="unsortable"|Image
|- #
! scope="row" | [[Abyssinian cat|Abyssinian]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://tica.org/breeds/browse-all-breeds?view=article&id=1664:the-abyssinian-breed&catid=48 |title=Abyssinian at a Glance |work=TICA.org |publisher=[[The International Cat Association]] |date=13 April 2020 |access-date=20 October 2020}}</ref>
| Unspecified, but somewhere in Afro-Asia, likely [[Ethiopia]]<ref name="Abyssinian Profile">[http://catzinc.org/oldsite/BreedsandBreeders/BreedDescription/Abyssinian.html "Abyssinian Profile"], Catz Inc.. Retrieved 4 October 2009</ref>||Natural||Semi-foreign
| Short||Ticked tabby||[[File:Gustav chocolate.jpg|alt=Abyssinian|143x143px]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[Aegean cat|Aegean]]
| Greece||Natural||Moderate
| Semi-long||Multi-color||[[File:Aegean cat.jpg|alt=Aegean|154x154px]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[American Bobtail]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://tica.org/breeds/browse-all-breeds?view=article&id=1794 |title=The American Bobtail Breed |date=13 April 2020 |access-date=20 October 2020}}</ref>
| United States<ref name="Paragon">{{cite book |last1=Paragon |first1=Bernard-Marie |last2=Vaissaire |first2=Jean-Pierre |display-authors=etal |title=The Royal Canin Cat Encyclopedia |publisher=[[Royal Canin]] / Aniwa Publishing |location=Paris |date=2005 |orig-date=2001, 2003}} This is a four-volume work, but all entries are alphabetical by breed, so volume and page number citations are superfluous.</ref>||Mutation of shortened tail||Cobby
| Semi-long||All||[[File:American bobtail 2.jpg|alt=American Bobtail|125x125px]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[American Curl]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://tica.org/breeds/browse-all-breeds?view=article&id=1205:the-american-curl-breed&catid=48 |title=The American Curl Breed |date=28 January 2020 |access-date=20 October 2020}}</ref>
| United States<ref name="Paragon" />||Mutation||Semi-foreign
| Semi-long||All||[[File:EC Recknagel Annakurnikoova ACS gs 24.JPG|alt=American Curl|135x135px]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[American Ringtail]]
| United States<ref name="Paragon" />||Mutation||Foreign
| Semi-long|| All || [[File:Chunky Monkey American Ringtail Cat 3rd Generation.jpg|alt=American Ringtail|100x100px]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[American Shorthair]]
| United States<ref name="Paragon" />||Natural||Cobby
| Short||All|| [[File:GC Yatfung's Brown Cobra.jpg|alt=American Shorthair|103x103px]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[American Wirehair]]
| United States<ref name="Paragon" />||Mutation||Normal
| Rex||All||[[File:American Wirehair - CFF cat show Heinola 2008-05-04 IMG 8721.JPG|alt=American Wirehair|100x100px]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[Cyprus cat#Aphrodite Giant|Aphrodite Giant]]
| Cyprus||Natural||Lean and muscular||All||All||[[File:Aphrodite's Giant.jpg|alt=Aphrodite Giant|100x100px]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[Arabian Mau]]
| Arabian Peninsula||Natural||Moderate and muscular
| Short||All
| [[File:Arabian Mau Kitten (cropped).jpg|alt=Arabian Mau|150x150px]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[Asian cat|Asian]]
| United Kingdom||Crossbreed between the [[Burmese cat|Burmese]] and [[Persian cat|Chinchilla Persians]]
| Moderate
| Short||All without white and without siamese pointing||[[File:BrownVarientAsianCat.JPG|alt=Asian|133x133px]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[Asian Semi-longhair]]
| United Kingdom||Crossbreed between the [[Burmese cat|Burmese]] and [[Persian cats|Chinchilla Persians]]||Moderate
| Semi-long||All without white and without siamese pointing||[[File:Tiffanie at cat show.jpg|alt=Asian Semi-longhair|121x121px]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[Australian Mist]]
| Australia<ref name="Baggaley, Goddard & John, 2014">{{Cite book |last=Baggaley |first=Ann |last2=Goddard |first2=Jolyon |last3=John |first3=Katie |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/859882932 |title=The Cat Cncyclopedia: The Definitive Visual Guide |date=2014 |publisher=[[Dorling Kindersley]] |isbn=978-1-4654-1959-0 |edition=1st American |location=London |oclc=859882932}}</ref>||Crossbreed between the [[Abyssinian cat|Abyssinian]], [[Burmese cat|Burmese]], and Australian [[Domestic short-haired cat|short-haired cats]]<ref name="Baggaley, Goddard & John, 2014" />||Moderate||Short||Spotted or marbled||[[File:Australian Mist.jpg|alt=Australian Mist|102x102px]]
|- B
! scope="row" | [[Balinese cat|Balinese]]
| Developed in United States;<ref name="Paragon" /><br />foundation stock from Thailand||Mutation of the [[Siamese cat|Siamese]]
| Semi-foreign||Long||Colorpoint||[[File:Ghislaine 6028.jpg|alt=Balinese|100x100px]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[Bambino cat|Bambino]]
| United States<ref name="Baggaley, Goddard & John, 2014" />||Crossbreed between the [[Munchkin cat|Munchkin]] and [[Sphynx cat|Sphynx]]<ref name="Baggaley, Goddard & John, 2014" />||[[Dwarf cat|Dwarf]]||Short||Black + white hairless
|
|-
! scope="row" | [[Bengal cat|Bengal]]
| Developed in United States,<ref name="Baggaley, Goddard & John, 2014" /><br />but created in Asia|||Hybrid of the [[Abyssinian cat|Abyssinian]] and [[Egyptian Mau]] ×&nbsp;[[leopard cat]]<!--DO NOT CAPITALIZE per MOS:LIFE; this is not a breed, but a species.--> (''Prionailurus bengalensis'')||Large
| Short||Spotted, marbled, or rosetted||[[File:Paintedcats Red Star standing.jpg|128x128px]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[Birman]]
| Developed in France;<br />foundation stock from Burma (Myanmar)<ref name="Paragon" />||The original Birman was crossed with the [[Siamese cat|Siamese]] and the [[Persian cat|Persian]] to create the Birman of today.||Cobby
| Semi-long||Mitted colorpoint||[[File:Birman2.jpg|alt=Birman|100x100px]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[Bombay cat|Bombay]]
| United States and Burma (Myanmar)||Crossbreed between the Black [[American Shorthair]] and Sable [[Burmese cat|Burmese]]||Cobby||Short||Solid black||[[File:Bombay femelle.JPG|alt=Bombay|125x125px]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[Brazilian Shorthair]]
| Brazil||Natural||Normal
| Short||All||[[File:Бразильская короткошерстная.jpg|alt=Brazilian Shorthair|133x133px]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[British Longhair]]
| United Kingdom (England)<ref name="Paragon" />||Natural
| Cobby||Semi-long||All||[[File:British Longhair - Black Silver Shaded.jpg|alt=British Semi-longhair|133x133px]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[British Shorthair]]
| United Kingdom (England)<ref name="Paragon" />||Natural||Cobby||Short||All<ref name="GCCF BSH standard">{{cite web |title=British shorthair breed standard |work=GCCFCats.org |publisher=[[Governing Council of the Cat Fancy]] |url=https://www.gccfcats.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/British-Shorthair.pdf}}</ref>||[[File:British Shorthair Assis.jpg|alt=British Shorthair|106x106px]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[Burmese cat|Burmese]]
| Burma (Myanmar)<ref name="Paragon" />||Natural||Semi-foreign or semi-cobby
| Short||Solid and Tortoiseshell<ref name="TICA Burmese breed introduction">{{cite web |title=Burmese breed introduction |work=TICA.org |publisher=[[The International Cat Association]] |url=https://www.tica.org/resources/our-cat-section/our-cats-breeds?view=article&id=830:burmese-breed&catid=79 |access-date=28 March 2023}}</ref>||[[File:BurMau Vega Star, champagne burmese kitten.jpg|alt=Burmese|100x100px]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[Burmilla]]
| United Kingdom (England)<ref name="Paragon" />||Crossbreed between the [[Burmese cat|Burmese]] and the Chinchilla [[Persian cat|Persian]]||Semi-cobby
| Short||Solid with Shaded Silver and Silver Tipped patterns||[[File:Male Burmilla cat.jpeg|alt=Burmilla|100x100px]]
|- C
! scope="row" | [[California Spangled]]
| United States<ref name="Paragon" />||Crossbreed between the [[Abyssinian cat|Abyssinian]], [[American Shorthair]] and [[British Shorthair]]|| Moderate||Short||Spotted tabby||[[File:Star Spangled Cat.jpg|alt=California Spangled|100x100px]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[Chantilly-Tiffany]]
| United States||Natural||Cobby||Long||Solid, classic [[Tabby cat|tabby]], spotted tabby and ticked tabby||[[File:Tiffany4 (2018; cropped 2023).jpg|alt=Chantilly-Tiffany|100x100px]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[Chartreux]]
| France<ref name="Paragon" />||Natural||Muscular; cobby ||Short||Varying shades of blue||[[File:Abbaye fev2006 003.jpg|alt=Chartreux|150x150px]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[Chausie]]
| United States||Hybrid of the [[Abyssinian cat|Abyssinian]] ×&nbsp;[[jungle cat]]<!--DO NOT CAPITALIZE per MOS:LIFE; this is not a breed, but a species.--> (''Felis chaus'')||Normal||Short||Solid black, black grizzled tabby and black ticked tabby||[[File:Chausiecatexample.jpg|alt=Chausie|100x100px]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[Colorpoint Shorthair]]
| United Kingdom (England)||Crossbreed between the [[Abyssinian cat|Abyssinian]], [[Siamese cat|Siamese]] and [[Domestic short-haired cat|short-haired cats]]
| Foreign
| Short||Colorpoint||[[File:Tortie-point.jpg|alt=Colorpoint Shorthair|99x99px]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[Cornish Rex]]
| Cornwall, England,
United Kingdom
| Mutation||Foreign
| Rex||All||[[File:Cornish Rex.jpg|alt=Cornish Rex|122x122px]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[Cymric cat|Cymric]], Manx Longhair or Long-haired Manx{{efn|1=The Cymric is often classed as a long-haired variety of the Manx rather than a separate breed, e.g. as the "Semi-longhair Manx Variant" in [[Governing Council of the Cat Fancy|GCCF]].}}
| Isle of Man, United States, and Canada{{efn|1=There may be some dispute to the exact origins of the Cymric. The specific dominant autosomal gene (M) that causes the short tail of the Cymric was found in the cats living on the Isle of Man in the Irish Sea; however, the breed itself was developed by a Canadian breeder named Blair Wright and an American breeder named Leslie Falteisek in the 1960s from the Isle of Man population.}}<ref name="Paragon" />||Mutation of the Manx (shortened tail)||Semi-cobby
| Long||All||[[File:Cymric - Norwegian forest cat presentation show Kotka 2009-02-01 IMG 0687.JPG|alt=Cymric|105x105px]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[Cyprus cat|Cyprus]]
| Cyprus||Natural||Lean and muscular||All||All|||[[File:CyprusShorthair.jpg|alt=Cyprus|100x100px]]
|- D
! scope="row" | [[Devon Rex]]
| Buckfastleigh, Devon, England, United Kingdom||Mutation||Semi-foreign||Rex||All||[[File:Devon rex.jpg|alt=Devon Rex|100x100px]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[Donskoy cat|Donskoy]] or<br />Don Sphynx
| Russia||Mutation
| Semi-foreign
| Hairless||Solid||[[File:Donskoy.jpg|alt=Donskoy or Don Sphynx|108x108px]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[Dragon Li]] or<br />Chinese Li Hua
| China||Natural||Normal
| Short||Ticked tabby||
|-
! scope="row" | [[List of experimental cat breeds#Dwelf|Dwelf]]
| United States||Crossbreed between the [[American Curl]], [[Munchkin cat|Munchkin]] and [[Sphynx cat|Sphynx]]||[[Dwarf cat|Dwarf]]||Hairless||All||
|- E
! scope="row" | [[Egyptian Mau]]
| Egypt<ref name="Paragon" />||Natural||Moderate and muscular||Short||Spotted tabby||[[File:Mau Egytien.jpg|alt=Egyptian Mau|118x118px]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[European Shorthair]]
| Continental Europe<ref name="Paragon" />||Natural||Moderate||Short||All||[[File:Female European shorthair in URK cat show Kirkkonummi 2008-03-02.JPG|alt=European Shorthair|130x130px]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[Exotic Shorthair]]
| United States<ref name="Paragon" />||Crossbreed between the [[American Shorthair]] and [[Persian cat|Persian]]||Cobby||Short||All
| [[File:Nipsu-Nappulan Non-Stop Exotic shorthair (cropped).JPG|alt=Exotic Shorthair|99x99px]]
|- F
! scope="row" | [[Foldex cat|Foldex]]'''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.showcatsonline.com/tc-sco/foldex.shtml |title=The Foldex |work=showcatsonline.com |access-date=6 June 2015 |archive-date=24 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140424105149/http://www.showcatsonline.com/tc-sco/foldex.shtml |url-status=dead}}</ref>'''
| Canada||Crossbreed between the [[Exotic Shorthair]] and [[Scottish Fold]]||Cobby||Short||All||[[File:Cachorro de Gato FoldEx ("Belisario del Laberinto").JPG|alt=Foldex|107x107px]]
|- G
! scope="row" | [[German Rex]]
| Germany<ref name="Paragon" />||Mutation||Semi-foreign
| Rex||All||[[File:German Rex.jpg|alt=German Rex|100x100px]]
|- H
! scope="row" | [[Havana Brown]]
| United Kingdom (England);<br />foundation stock from Thailand||Crossbreed between the [[Siamese cat|Siamese]] and black [[Domestic short-haired cat|short-haired cats]]||Semi-foreign
| Short||Solid brown|||[[File:Havana Brown.jpg|alt=Havana Brown|103x103px]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[Highlander cat|Highlander]]
| United States||Crossbreed between the [[List of experimental cat breeds#Desert Lynx|Desert Lynx]] and [[List of experimental cat breeds#Jungle Curl|Jungle Curl]]||Moderate||Short/long||All||[[File:Highlander-7.jpg|alt=Highlander|100x100px]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[Himalayan cat|Himalayan]] or<br />Colorpoint Persian{{efn|1=Some registries, such as [[Cat Fanciers' Association|CFA]] and [[The International Cat Association|TICA]], classify the Himalayan as a colorpoint variety of the Persian. Others classify it as a long-haired sub-breed of the Siamese. [[World Cat Federation|WCF]] has combined the Himalayan, the Colorpoint Shorthair and the Javanese/Colorpoint Longhair into a single breed, the Colourpoint.}}
| United States and United Kingdom<ref name="Paragon" />||Crossbreed between the [[Persian cat|Persian]] and [[Siamese cat|Siamese]]||Cobby||Long||Colorpoint||[[File:Sonny Bunny.jpg|alt=Himalayan or Colorpoint Persian|151x151px]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[Japanese Bobtail]]
| Japan{{efn|1=Due to artifacts and prints dating from as early as the 11th century found in many Eastern countries, there is some likelihood these cats may have originated in China, then were brought to Japan. However, the first known importation of Japanese Bobtails was from Japan in the 1960s.}}<ref name="Paragon" />||Mutation of shortened tail||Moderate||Short/long||All||[[File:JapaneseBobtailBlueEyedMi-ke.JPG|alt=Japanese Bobtail|100x100px]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[Javanese cat|Javanese]] or<br />Colorpoint Longhair{{efn|1="Colorpoint Longhair" [[Colorpoint Longhair (disambiguation)|has multiple meanings]] and "Javanese" has been used for at least one other breed; [[World Cat Federation|WCF]] uses the "Javanese" name for the [[Oriental Longhair]] (not colorpointed). WCF has also merged the colorpointed Javanese/Colorpoint Longhair, the Himalayan and the Colorpoint Shorthair of other registries into a single breed, the Colourpoint. In [[Cat Fanciers' Association|CFA]] and [[The International Cat Association|TICA]], and some other registries, the Javanese/Colorpoint Longhair has been merged back into the Balinese as a breed division.}}
| Developed in United States<ref name="Paragon" /> and Canada;<br />foundation stock from Southeast Asia||Crossbreed between the [[Balinese cat|Balinese]] (with some [[Colorpoint Shorthair]]), [[Oriental Longhair]] and [[Siamese cat|Siamese]]||Oriental||Long||Colorpoint||[[File:Javanese cat.jpg|alt=Javanese or Colorpoint Longhair|133x133px]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[Kanaani cat|Kanaani]]
| Israel<ref name="Baggaley, Goddard & John, 2014" />||Hybrid of [[Domestic short-haired cat|short-haired cats]] ×&nbsp; [[African wildcat]]<!--DO NOT CAPITALIZE per MOS:LIFE; this is not a breed, but a species.--> (''Felis lybica'') ||Semi-foreign
| Short||Solid black, chocolate spotted tabby or cinnamon spotted tabby||
|-
! scope="row" | Karelian Bobtail
| [[Ladoga Karelia]], Russia<ref name="Karelian Bobtail zoomir">{{cite web |title=Карельский бобтейл |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190710190823/https://zoomir.ru/cat/poroda/karelskij_bobtejl |website=zoomir.ru |access-date=2 October 2024}}</ref>||Natural, mutation of shortened tail<ref name="Kaži">{{cite web |title=Кот и пёс / Kaži da koiru |url=https://rk.karelia.ru/special-projects/uroki-karelskogo/kot-i-pyos-kazi-da-koiru/ |website=Республика |access-date=2 October 2024}}</ref>||Medium<ref name="Karelian Bobtail Shorthair">{{cite web |title=Karelian Bobtail Shorthair |url=http://wcf.info/WCF-EN/standard/shorthair/karelian-bobtail.html |website=World Cat Federation |access-date=2 October 2024}}</ref>
| Short/long<ref name="Karelian Bobtail Longhair">{{cite web |title=Karelian Bobtail Longhair |url=https://wcf.de/pdf-en/breed/KAL_en_2010-01-01.pdf |website=World Cat Federation |access-date=2 October 2024}}</ref>||All, except pointed||
|-
! scope="row" | [[Khao Manee]]
| Thailand<ref name="Baggaley, Goddard & John, 2014" />||Natural||Moderate
| Short||Solid white||[[File:Khao Manee "ChaWee".jpg|alt=Khao Manee|158x158px]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[Kinkalow]]
| United States||Crossbreed between the Munchkin and American Curl||[[Dwarf cat|Dwarf]]
| Short||All||[[File:Kinkalow1.JPG|alt=Kinkalow|150x150px]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[Korat]]
| Thailand<ref name="Paragon" />||Natural||Semi-foreign or semi-cobby and muscular
| Short||Solid blue||[[File:Korat Fond Blanc.jpg|alt=Korat|116x116px]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[Korean Bobtail]]
| Korea||Natural, mutation of shortened tail||Moderate
| Short/long||All||[[File:Japanese Bobtail walking.JPG|100x100px]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[Korn Ja]] or Konja<br />{{citation needed|date=December 2023|reason=Even the target article has no source for this.}}
| Thailand||Natural||Small
| Short||Solid black||
|-
! scope="row" | [[Kurilian Bobtail]] or<br />Kuril Islands Bobtail
| [[Kuril Islands]], North Pacific<ref name="Baggaley, Goddard & John, 2014" />||Natural, mutation of shortened tail||Semi-cobby||Short/long<ref name="Baggaley, Goddard & John, 2014" />||All||[[File:Kurilian bobtail.JPG|alt=Kurilian Bobtail or Kuril Islands Bobtail|100x100px]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[Lambkin cat|Lambkin]]
| United States<ref name="Paragon" />||Crossbreed between the Munchkin and Selkirk Rex||[[Dwarf cat|Dwarf]]||Rex||All||
|-
! scope="row" | [[LaPerm]]
| United States<ref name="Paragon" />||Mutation||Moderate||Rex||All||[[File:Laperm LH blacktabby white.jpg|alt=LaPerm|119x119px]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[Lykoi]]
| United States||Mutation||Moderate
| Sparse haired||Black roan||[[File:8-month-old male Lykoi.jpg|alt=Lykoi|132x132px]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[Maine Coon]]
| United States<ref name="Paragon" />||Natural, crossbreed||Large||Semi-long/long||All excluding chocolate and colourpoint||[[File:Maine Coon female.jpg|alt=Maine Coon|100x100px]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[Manx cat|Manx]]
| Isle of Man<ref name="Paragon" />||Mutation of shortened tail|| Moderate||Short/long||All||[[File:A Rumpy Manx Cat.jpg|alt=Manx|100x100px]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[Mekong Bobtail]]
| Developed in Russia;<br />foundation stock ultimately from [[Southeast Asia]]<ref name="Baggaley, Goddard & John, 2014" />||Mutation of shortened tail||Moderate
| Short||Colorpoint||[[File:Mekong bobtail (Thai bobtail). Chocolate point colour. (cropped).jpg|alt=Mekong Bobtail|100x100px]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[Minskin]]
| United States<ref name="Baggaley, Goddard & John, 2014" />||Crossbreed between the [[Munchkin cat|Munchkin]], [[Burmese cat|Burmese]], [[Devon Rex cat|Devon Rex]], and [[Sphynx cat|Sphynx]]||[[Dwarf cat|Dwarf]]||Hairless||All|||[[File:Minskin Kitten Female blue tabby color-pattern.jpg|alt=Minskin|100x100px]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[Minuet cat|Minuet]]
| United States||Crossbreed between the [[Persian cat|Persian]] and [[Munchkin cat|Munchkin]]||[[Dwarf cat|Dwarf]]||Short/long||All||[[File:Minuet Cat (cropped).png|alt=Minuet|100x100px]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[Munchkin cat|Munchkin]]
| United States<ref name="Paragon" />||Mutation of [[dwarf cat]]||[[Dwarf cat|Dwarf]]||Short/long||All||[[File:Longhairedmunchkin.jpg|alt=Munchkin|122x122px]]
|- N
! scope="row" | [[Nebelung]]
| United States<ref name="Baggaley, Goddard & John, 2014" />|| Natural, mutation||Foreign
| Semi-long||Solid blue||[[File:Nebelung Male, Aleksandr van Song de Chine.JPG|alt=Nebelung|100x100px]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[Neva Masquerade]] <small>(colorpoint  [[Siberian cat|Siberian]])</small>{{Efn|The [[Neva Masquerade]] is classified as a separate breed in several (inter)national registries, such as [[Fédération Internationale Féline|FIFe]].<ref name="FIFE Neva Siberian">{{Cite web |date=1 January 2023 |title=Breed standards Category 2 – Siberian and Neva Masquerade |url=http://www1.fifeweb.org/dnld/std/SIB-NEM.pdf |work=FIFeWeb.org |publisher=[[Fédération Internationale Féline]] |access-date=20 January 2023 |archive-date=2 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220802053604/http://www1.fifeweb.org/dnld/std/SIB-NEM.pdf |url-status=dead}}</ref> However, other registries classify the Neva Masquerade as a natural colorpoint variety of the [[Siberian cat]].}}
| Russia<ref name="Baggaley, Goddard & John, 2014" />||Crossbreed between the [[Siberian cat|Siberian]] and a colorpoint cat<ref>{{Cite book |author=[[World Cat Congress]] |title=The Royal Canin Cat Encyclopedia |edition=2nd |publisher=[[Royal Canin]] |date=2017}} This is a revised one-volume edition, and was only available through RC retailers.</ref>||Cobby<ref name="Baggaley, Goddard & John, 2014" />||Long<ref name="Baggaley, Goddard & John, 2014" />||Colorpoint||[[File:NevaMasqueradeFiona (cropped).jpg|alt=Neva Masquerade|100x100px]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[Norwegian Forest cat]]
| Norway<ref name="Paragon" />||Natural||Cobby
| Long||Chocolate or orange and white bicolor||[[File:Norskskogkatt Evita 3.JPG|alt=Norwegian Forest Cat|100x100px]]
|- O
! scope="row" | [[Ocicat]]
| United States<ref name="Paragon" />||Crossbreed between the [[Abyssinian cat|Abyssinian]], [[American Shorthair]] and [[Siamese cat|Siamese]]||Large
| Short||Spotted tabby||[[File:Ocicat-Charan.jpg|alt=Ocicat|100x100px]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[Ojos Azules]]<br /><small>(extinct)</small>
| United States<ref name="Paragon" />||Crossbreed
| Moderate
| Short
| All||[[File:Ojos Azules from the USA.jpg|alt=Ojos Azules|135x135px]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[Oriental bicolour|Oriental Bicolor]]
| Developed in United States and United Kingdom, later in Continental Europe;<br />foundation stock ultimately from Thailand||Color variety of the Oriental Shorthair
| Oriental||Short
| Bicolor||[[File:Oriental shorthair 20070130 caroline.jpg|alt=Oriental Bicolor|163x163px]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[Oriental Longhair]]{{efn|name=Oriental}}
| Developed in United States and United Kingdom;<br />foundation stock ultimately from Thailand<ref name="Paragon" />||Crossbreed between the [[Oriental Shorthair]] and [[Domestic long-haired cat|long-haired cats]]
| Oriental||Semi-long||All; if colorpoint is considered to be a separate breed, it is called the [[Javanese cat|Javanese]]||[[File:Mandarin.jpg|alt=Oriental Longhair|201x201px]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[Oriental Shorthair]]{{efn|name=Oriental|1=In some registries, including the CFA, the Oriental Shorthair and Oriental Longhair are a single breed, the Oriental, with two divisions (shorthair and longhair).}}
| Developed in United States and United Kingdom;<br />foundation stock ultimately from Thailand<ref name="Paragon" />||Crossbreed between the [[European Shorthair]] and [[Siamese cat|Siamese]]||Oriental||Short||All||[[File:Oriental Fond Blanc.jpg|alt=Oriental Shorthair|127x127px]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[Persian cat|Persian (modern)]]
| Developed in United States and Europe;<br />foundation stock from [[Greater Iran]]<ref name="Paragon" />||Mutation of the Traditional Persian||Cobby||Long||All but colorpoint||[[File:Persialainen.jpg|alt=Persian, modern|140x140px]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[Traditional Persian|Persian (traditional)]]
| [[Greater Iran]]<ref name="Paragon" />||Natural, but some crossbreeding with the [[Turkish Angora]]||Cobby||Long||All but colorpoint||[[File:Persian silver dollface.jpg|alt=Traditional Persian|133x133px]]
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! scope="row" | [[Peterbald]]
| Russia||Crossbreed between the [[Donskoy cat|Donskoy]], [[Oriental Shorthair]] and [[Siamese cat|Siamese]];<br />before this, it was between the [[Balinese cat|Balinese]] and [[Javanese cat|Javanese]]||Oriental||Hairless, velour, brush, or straight coat||All||[[File:Tamila the lilac tabby Peterbald cat.jpg|alt=Peterbald|100x100px]]
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! scope="row" | [[Pixie-bob]]
| United States<ref name="Paragon" />||Mutation (falsely claimed to be a hybrid of the [[Cat|domestic cat]] and the [[bobcat]] (''Lynx rufus'') early on)||Medium
| Short||Spotted tabby||[[File:Jarnac Bepacific feb07.jpg|alt=Pixie-bob|100x100px]]
|- Q R
! scope="row" | [[Ragamuffin cat|Ragamuffin]] or<br />Liebling <small>(obsolete)</small>
| United States||Crossbreed between the [[Ragdoll cat|Ragdoll]] with limited out-crossing to the [[Himalayan cat|Himalayan]], the [[Persian cat|Persian]], and other [[Domestic long-haired cat|long-haired cats]]||Cobby||Long||All||[[File:20050922AmarilloRes.jpg|alt=Ragamuffin|119x119px]]
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! scope="row" | [[Ragdoll]]
| United States<ref name="Paragon" />||Behavioral mutation in a crossbreed, presumed to be between the [[Persian cat|Persian]] or [[Turkish Angora]] and the [[Birman cat|Birman]] or [[Burmese cat|Burmese]]||Cobby||Long||Colorpoint, mitted, or bicolor||[[File:Ragdoll.jpg|alt=Ragdoll|100x100px]]
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! scope="row" | [[Raas cat|Raas]]
| [[Raas Island]], [[Indonesia]]||Natural|| Moderate||Short|| Solid blue, solid cinnamon, or cinnamon colorpoint||[[File:Kucing Busok Jantan.jpg|alt=Raas|100x100px]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[Russian Blue]]
| Russia<ref name="Paragon" />||Natural||Moderate, Oriental
| Short||Solid blue||[[File:Russian Blue 001.gif|alt=Russian Blue|144x144px]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[Russian White, Black, and Tabby|Russian White, Russian Black and Russian Tabby]]
| Developed in Australia;<br />foundation stock from Russia||Crossbreeds between the [[Russian Blue]] and [[Domestic short-haired cat|short-haired cats]] from Siberia, Russia||Moderate
| Short||Solid white, solid black and tabby||
|- S
! scope="row" | [[Thai cat|Sam Sawet]]
| Thailand||Color variety of the [[Thai cat|Thai]]||Moderate||Short||Solid||
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! scope="row" | [[Savannah cat|Savannah]]
| United States<ref name="Baggaley, Goddard & John, 2014" />||Hybrid of the [[Cat|domestic cat]] x&nbsp;[[serval]]<!--DO NOT CAPITALIZE per MOS:LIFE; this is not a breed, but a species.--> (''Leptailurus serval'')<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tica.org/breeds/browse-all-breeds?view=article&id=870:savannah-breed&catid=79 |title=Savannah Breed |date=13 August 2018 |work=TICA.org |publisher=[[The International Cat Association]] |access-date=4 February 2024}}</ref>||Large||Short||Spotted||[[File:Savannah Cat portrait.jpg|alt=Savannah|150x150px]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[Scottish Fold]]
| United Kingdom (Scotland)<ref name="Paragon" />||Mutation of the [[bone]]s and [[cartilage]] of the ears||Cobby||Short/long||All||[[File:Scottish Fond Blanc.jpg|alt=Lilac-coated Scottish Fold|118x118px]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[Selkirk Rex]]
| United States in 1988<ref name="Paragon" />||Mutation/crossbreed between the [[American Shorthair]], [[Persian cat|Persian]], [[Himalayan cat|Himalayan]], [[Exotic Shorthair]] and [[British Shorthair]]||Large and cobby||Short/long (longhair, sometimes in early generations, can appear to be semi-long)||All||[[File:Selkirk Longhair.jpg|alt=Selkirk Rex|100x100px]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[Serengeti cat|Serengeti]]
| United States|| Crossbreed/hybrid between the [[Bengal cat|Bengal]] and [[Oriental Shorthair]]||Oriental||Short||Spotted||[[File:Serengetimalecat.jpg|alt=Serengeti|100x100px]]
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! scope="row" | [[Siamese cat|Siamese]] (modern)
<small>{{Crossreference|selfref=no|(for traditional, see [[#Thai|Thai]]}})</small>
| Developed in United States and Europe;<br />foundation stock from Thailand<ref name="Paragon" />||Mutation of the [[Thai cat|Thai]]||Oriental||Short||Colorpoint||[[File:Siamese cat Vaillante.JPG|alt=Siamese|125x125px]]
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! scope="row" | [[Siberian cat|Siberian]] or<br />Siberian Forest Cat
<small>{{Crossreference|selfref=no|(for colorpoint, see [[#Neva Masquerade|Neva Masquerade]]}})</small>
| Siberian Tundra, Russia.||Natural||Cobby<ref name="Baggaley, Goddard & John, 2014" />||Long<ref name="Baggaley, Goddard & John, 2014" />||All; except chocolate, lilac, cinnamon, and fawn<ref name="FIFE Neva Siberian" />||[[File:Minniecat.png|alt=Siberian|150x150px]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[Singapura cat|Singapura]]
| Developed in United States;<br />foundation stock from Singapore<ref name="Paragon" />||Possibly a mutation of a crossbreed (excluding the [[Munchkin cat|Munchkin]]), solving why they are so small||Small||Short||Ticked tabby||[[File:Singapura.jpg|alt=Singapura|126x126px]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[Snowshoe cat|Snowshoe]]
| United States<ref name="Paragon" />||Crossbreed between the [[American Shorthair]] and [[Siamese cat|Siamese]]||Moderate|||Short||Mitted colorpoint||[[File:Chizhik Cat (cropped).jpg|alt=Snowshoe|150x150px]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[Sokoke]]
| Kenya<ref name="Baggaley, Goddard & John, 2014" />||Natural||Moderate||Short||Ticked tabby||[[File:Sokoke.jpg|alt=Sokoke|103x103px]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[Somali cat|Somali]]
| United States, Canada||Mutation|| Cobby||Long||Ticked tabby||[[File:Сомалийская кошка.jpg|alt=Somali|140x140px]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[Sphynx cat|Sphynx]]
| Canada, Europe<ref name="Paragon" />||Mutation||Oriental||Hairless||All||[[File:Cat Sphynx. img 040.jpg|alt=Sphynx|145x145px]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[Suphalak]]
| Thailand||Natural||Moderate
| Short||Solid reddish-brown||[[File:Suphalak Female in Thailand named AumDaengManee.jpg|alt=Suphalak|150x150px]]
|- T
! scope="row" | [[Thai cat|Thai]] or<br />Traditional, Classic, or Old-style Siamese;<br />Wichien Maat{{efn|1=Thai is a recently established new name for the original, rounder-faced, thicker-bodied Siamese.}}
| Developed in Europe;<ref name="Baggaley, Goddard & John, 2014" /><br />foundation stock from Thailand<ref name="Paragon" />||Natural||Moderate||Short||Colorpoint||[[File:Тайский кот Луламей Тайская Легенда, Чемпион мира по системе WCF, окрас блю поинт 01 (cropped).jpg|alt=Thai|100x100px]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[Korat#Thai Lilac, Thai Blue Point and Thai Lilac Point|Thai Lilac, Thai Blue Point and Thai Lilac Point]]
| Thailand||Color varieties of the [[Korat]]||Moderate||Short||Solid lilac and colorpoint (blue point and lilac point only)||[[File:The only two Thai Lilac Points in the UK - Clairabelle Pixie Dust & Clairabelle Ninja Rococoa.jpg|alt=Thai Lilac|118x118px]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[Tonkinese cat|Tonkinese]]
| Canada, United States<ref name="Paragon" />||Crossbreed between the [[Burmese cat|Burmese]] and [[Siamese cat|Siamese]]||Oriental
| Short||Colorpoint, mink, or solid||[[File:Tonkinois.jpg|alt=Tonkinese|100x100px]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[Toybob]]
| Russia||Mutation||[[Dwarf cat|Dwarf]]||Short||All||
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! scope="row" | [[Toyger]]
| United States<ref name="Baggaley, Goddard & John, 2014" />||Crossbreed/hybrid between the [[Bengal cat|Bengal]] and [[Domestic short-haired cat|short-haired cats]]||Moderate||Short||Mackerel tabby||[[File:Toyger - Cornish Rex presentation show Riihimäki 2008-11-16 IMG 0101.JPG|alt=Toyger|100x100px]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[Turkish Angora]]
| Turkey<ref name="Paragon" />||Natural||Semi-cobby
| Semi-long||All||[[File:Fantine de l'Empire Ottoman.jpg|alt=Turkish Angora|150x150px]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[Turkish Van]]{{efn|name=Turkish|The [[Turkish Van]] breed, and especially its "Turkish Vankedisi" variant, are often confused with the [[Van cat]] ({{lang|tr|Van kedisi}} in Turkish), a [[landrace]] (not breed) of cats native to the Lake Van region of Turkey. The Turkish Van and recent "Vankedisi" coat pattern have no known connection to cats from this region, but they are often confused due to the name similarity and incorrect claims sometimes made by breeders.}}
| Developed in United Kingdom;<br />foundation stock from Turkey<ref name="Baggaley, Goddard & John, 2014" />||Natural||Semi-cobby
| Semi-long||Van pattern||[[File:Turkish Van Example2.jpg|alt=Turkish Van|100x100px]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[Van cat|Turkish Vankedisi]]<br /><small>(white variety of [[#Turkish Van|Turkish Van]]){{efn|name=Turkish}}</small>
| Developed in United Kingdom;<br />foundation stock from Turkey<ref name="Baggaley, Goddard & John, 2014" />||Natural||Svelte
| Long||Solid white||[[File:Van Cat 2 2015.JPG|alt=Van cat|100x100px]]
|- U V
! scope="row" | [[Ukrainian Levkoy]]
| Ukraine||Crossbreed between the [[Donskoy cat|Donskoy]] and [[Scottish Fold]]
||Moderate
||Hairless||Solid gray
| [[File:Ukrainian Levkoy cat.jpg|alt=Ukrainian Levkoy|100x100px]]
|- W X Y Z
! scope="row" | [[York Chocolate]]
| [[New York (state)|New York]], United States||Natural||Moderate
| Long||Solid chocolate, solid lilac and solid taupe or any of these colors with white||[[File:York Chocolate.jpg|alt=York Chocolate|150x150px]]
|}