Cat Breeds

Mutation of shortened tail Cobby

📍 Greece

American Bobtail

📍 United States

American Curl

📍 United States

American Shorthair

Natural Lean and muscular

📍 United States

American Wirehair

Mutation Normal

📍 United States

Aphrodite Giant

📍 Cyprus

Arabian Mau

Natural Moderate and muscular

📍 Arabian Peninsula

Asian

Crossbreed between the Burmese and Chinchilla Persians Moderate

📍 United Kingdom

Asian Semi-longhair

Crossbreed between the Burmese and Chinchilla Persians Moderate

📍 United Kingdom

Australian Mist

Crossbreed between the Abyssinian, Burmese, and Australian short-haired cats Moderate

📍 Australia

Balinese

Mutation of the Siamese Semi-foreign

📍 Developed in United States; foundation stock from Thailand

Bambino

Crossbreed between the Munchkin and Sphynx Dwarf

📍 United States

Bengal

Hybrid of the Abyssinian and Egyptian Mau × leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis) Large

📍 Developed in United States, but created in Asia

Birman

The original Birman was crossed with the Siamese and the Persian to create the Birman of today. Cobby

📍 Developed in France; foundation stock from Burma (Myanmar)

Bombay

Crossbreed between the Black American Shorthair and Sable Burmese Cobby

📍 United States and Burma (Myanmar)

Brazilian Shorthair

Natural Normal

📍 Brazil

British Longhair

📍 United Kingdom (England)

British Shorthair

Natural Semi-foreign or semi-cobby

📍 United Kingdom (England)

Burmese

📍 Burma (Myanmar)

Burmilla

Crossbreed between the Burmese and the Chinchilla Persian Semi-cobby

📍 United Kingdom (England)

California Spangled

Crossbreed between the Abyssinian, American Shorthair and British Shorthair Moderate

📍 United States

Chantilly-Tiffany

Hybrid of the Abyssinian × jungle cat (Felis chaus) Normal

📍 United States

Chartreux

Natural Muscular; cobby

📍 France

Chausie

📍 United States

Colorpoint Shorthair

Crossbreed between the Abyssinian, Siamese and short-haired cats Foreign

📍 United Kingdom (England)

Cornish Rex

Mutation Foreign

📍 Cornwall, England, United Kingdom

Cymric, Manx Longhair or Long-haired Manx

Mutation of the Manx (shortened tail) Semi-cobby

📍 Isle of Man, United States, and Canada

Cyprus

Natural Lean and muscular

📍 Cyprus

Devon Rex

📍 Buckfastleigh, Devon, England, United Kingdom

Donskoy or Don Sphynx

Crossbreed between the American Curl, Munchkin and Sphynx Dwarf

📍 Russia

Dragon Li or Chinese Li Hua

Natural Normal

📍 China

Dwelf

📍 United States

Egyptian Mau

Natural Moderate and muscular

📍 Egypt

European Shorthair

Crossbreed between the American Shorthair and Persian Cobby

📍 Continental Europe

Exotic Shorthair

📍 United States

Foldex

Crossbreed between the Exotic Shorthair and Scottish Fold Cobby

📍 Canada

German Rex

Crossbreed between the Siamese and black short-haired cats Semi-foreign

📍 Germany

Havana Brown

📍 United Kingdom (England); foundation stock from Thailand

Highlander

Crossbreed between the Desert Lynx and Jungle Curl Moderate

📍 United States

Himalayan or Colorpoint Persian

Crossbreed between the Persian and Siamese Cobby

📍 United States and United Kingdom

Japanese Bobtail

Mutation of shortened tail Moderate

📍 Japan

Javanese or Colorpoint Longhair

Crossbreed between the Balinese (with some Colorpoint Shorthair), Oriental Longhair and Siamese Oriental

📍 Developed in United States and Canada; foundation stock from Southeast Asia

Korat

Natural Semi-foreign or semi-cobby and muscular

📍 Thailand

Korean Bobtail

Natural, mutation of shortened tail Moderate

📍 Korea

Korn Ja or Konja

Natural Small

📍 Thailand

Kurilian Bobtail or Kuril Islands Bobtail

Natural, mutation of shortened tail Semi-cobby

📍 Kuril Islands, North Pacific

Lambkin

Crossbreed between the Munchkin and Selkirk Rex Dwarf

📍 United States

LaPerm

Mutation Moderate

📍 United States

Lykoi

Mutation Moderate

📍 United States

Maine Coon

Natural, crossbreed Large

📍 United States

Manx

Mutation of shortened tail Moderate

📍 Isle of Man

Mekong Bobtail

Mutation of shortened tail Moderate

📍 Developed in Russia; foundation stock ultimately from Southeast Asia

Minskin

Crossbreed between the Munchkin, Burmese, Devon Rex, and Sphynx Dwarf

📍 United States

Minuet

Crossbreed between the Persian and Munchkin Dwarf

📍 United States

Munchkin

Mutation of dwarf cat Dwarf

📍 United States

Nebelung

Natural, mutation Foreign

📍 United States

Neva Masquerade (colorpoint Siberian)

Crossbreed between the Siberian and a colorpoint cat Cobby

📍 Russia

Norwegian Forest cat

Crossbreed between the Abyssinian, American Shorthair and Siamese Large

📍 Norway

Ocicat

📍 United States

Ojos Azules (extinct)

Crossbreed Moderate

📍 United States

Oriental Bicolor

Color variety of the Oriental Shorthair Oriental

📍 Developed in United States and United Kingdom, later in Continental Europe; foundation stock ultimately from Thailand

Oriental Longhair

Crossbreed between the Oriental Shorthair and long-haired cats Oriental

📍 Developed in United States and United Kingdom; foundation stock ultimately from Thailand

Oriental Shorthair

Crossbreed between the European Shorthair and Siamese Oriental

📍 Developed in United States and United Kingdom; foundation stock ultimately from Thailand

Persian (modern)

Mutation of the Traditional Persian Cobby

📍 Developed in United States and Europe; foundation stock from Greater Iran

Persian (traditional)

Natural, but some crossbreeding with the Turkish Angora Cobby

📍 Greater Iran

Peterbald

Crossbreed between the Donskoy, Oriental Shorthair and Siamese; before this, it was between the Balinese and Javanese Oriental

📍 Russia

Pixie-bob

Mutation (falsely claimed to be a hybrid of the domestic cat and the bobcat (Lynx rufus) early on) Medium

📍 United States

Ragamuffin or Liebling (obsolete)

Crossbreed between the Ragdoll with limited out-crossing to the Himalayan, the Persian, and other long-haired cats Cobby

📍 United States

Ragdoll

Behavioral mutation in a crossbreed, presumed to be between the Persian or Turkish Angora and the Birman or Burmese Cobby

📍 United States

Raas

Natural Moderate, Oriental

📍 Raas Island, Indonesia

Russian Blue

📍 Russia

Russian White, Russian Black and Russian Tabby

Crossbreeds between the Russian Blue and short-haired cats from Siberia, Russia Moderate

📍 Developed in Australia; foundation stock from Russia

Sam Sawet

Color variety of the Thai Moderate

📍 Thailand

Savannah

Hybrid of the domestic cat x serval (Leptailurus serval) Large

📍 United States

Scottish Fold

Mutation of the bones and cartilage of the ears Cobby

📍 United Kingdom (Scotland)

Selkirk Rex

Mutation/crossbreed between the American Shorthair, Persian, Himalayan, Exotic Shorthair and British Shorthair Large and cobby

📍 United States in 1988

Serengeti

Crossbreed/hybrid between the Bengal and Oriental Shorthair Oriental

📍 United States

Siamese (modern)

Mutation of the Thai Oriental

📍 Developed in United States and Europe; foundation stock from Thailand

Siberian or Siberian Forest Cat

Possibly a mutation of a crossbreed (excluding the Munchkin), solving why they are so small Small

📍 Siberian Tundra, Russia.

Singapura

📍 Developed in United States; foundation stock from Singapore

Snowshoe

Crossbreed between the American Shorthair and Siamese Moderate

📍 United States

Sokoke

📍 Kenya

Somali

Mutation Cobby

📍 United States, Canada

Sphynx

Mutation Oriental

📍 Canada, Europe

Suphalak

📍 Thailand

Thai or Traditional, Classic, or Old-style Siamese; Wichien Maat