Hello 77sunshine,
Thank you for your question.
There are 37 pedigreed breeds for showing in the Championship Class, 3
breeds in the Provisional Class, and 1 breed as Miscellaneous
(effective with the 2005-2006 show season) according to the Cat
Fancier's Society
Abyssinian
American Bobtail
American Curl
American Shorthair
American Wirehair
Balinese
Birman
Bombay
British Shorthair
Burmese
Chartreux
Colorpoint Shorthair
Cornish Rex
Devon Rex
Egyptian Mau
European Burmese
Exotic
Havana Brown
Japanese Bobtail
Javanese
Korat
LaPerm
Maine Coon
Manx
Norwegian Forest Cat
Ocicat
Oriental
Persian
RagaMuffin
Ragdoll
Russian Blue
Scottish Fold
Selkirk Rex
Siamese
Siberian
Singapura
Somali
Sphynx
Tonkinese
Turkish Angora
Turkish Van
Other common breeds include:
Bengal
Exotic Shorthair
Himalayan
Munchkin
Nebelung
Pixie-Bob
Savannah
Snowshoe
Sokoke
Toyger
About.com notes:
"...There are currently over 70 breeds of cats recognized by one cat
registry or another..."
They continue:
"...The IPCBA (International Progressive Cat Breeders Alliance)
recognizes 73 feline breeds, while the more conservative CFA (Cat
Fanciers' Association) gives the nod to only 41..."
We now have 51 in the lists above. Others include (not including
experimental, extinct or alternative names for the same breed):
Chausie
Sphynx
Oriental Shorthair
Burmilla
Tiffanie
Aegean Cat
Alaskan Snow Cat
American Burmese
American Keuda
American Lynx
American Ringtail
Antipodean
Apple (Round) head Siamese
Asian Longhair
Asian Shorthair
Australian Mist
Britanica
California Spangled
Chantilly/Tiffany
Cherubim
Chinese White
Classicat
Clippercat
Colorpoint Longhair
Contemporary Burmese
Cymric
Desert Lynx
Doll (Open) Faced Persian
Domestic Longhair
Domestic Shorthair
Don Sphynx
Dragon Li
European Shorthair
Foreign Shorthair
Foreign Longhair
Geoffroy's Cat
German Rex
Havana
Highland Lynx
Honeybear
Javanese
Jungala
Karel Bobtail
Kucing Malaysia
Kuril Bobtail
Mandalay
Marbled Mist
Mekong Bobtail
Mexican
Minskin
Miracle
Moggy
Neva Masquerade
Peterbald
Ragdoll
Russian Black
Russian Shorthair
Russian White
Sterling
Templecat
Tiffany/Chantilly
Turkish
Van Kedi
So, the complete list of current breeds totals 112. Here they are
alphabetically in case that is of use to you:
Abyssinian
Aegean Cat
Alaskan Snow Cat
American Bobtail
American Burmese
American Curl
American Keuda
American Lynx
American Ringtail
American Shorthair
American Wirehair
Antipodean
Apple (Round) head Siamese
Asian Longhair
Asian Shorthair
Australian Mist
Balinese
Bengal
Birman
Bombay
Britanica
British Shorthair
Burmese
Burmilla
California Spangled
Chantilly/Tiffany
Chartreux
Chausie
Cherubim
Chinese White
Classicat
Clippercat
Colorpoint Longhair
Colorpoint Shorthair
Contemporary Burmese
Cornish Rex
Cymric
Desert Lynx
Devon Rex
Doll (Open) Faced Persian
Domestic Longhair
Domestic Shorthair
Don Sphynx
Dragon Li
Egyptian Mau
European Burmese
European Shorthair
Exotic
Exotic Shorthair
Foreign Longhair
Foreign Shorthair
Geoffroy's Cat
German Rex
Havana
Havana Brown
Highland Lynx
Himalayan
Honeybear
Japanese Bobtail
Javanese
Javanese
Jungala
Karel Bobtail
Korat
Kucing Malaysia
Kuril Bobtail
LaPerm
Maine Coon
Mandalay
Manx
Marbled Mist
Mekong Bobtail
Mexican
Minskin
Miracle
Moggy
Munchkin
Nebelung
Neva Masquerade
Norwegian Forest Cat
Ocicat
Oriental
Oriental Shorthair
Persian
Peterbald
Pixie-Bob
RagaMuffin
Ragdoll
Russian Black
Russian Blue
Russian Shorthair
Russian White
Savannah
Scottish Fold
Selkirk Rex
Siamese
Siberian
Singapura
Snowshoe
Sokoke
Somali
Sphynx
Sterling
Templecat
Tiffanie
Tiffany/Chantilly
Tonkinese
Toyger
Turkish
Turkish Angora
Turkish Van
Van Kedi
Search Strategy:
"breeds of cats" OR "cat breeds"
I trust my research has provided you with a useful answer. If a link
above should fail to work or anything require further explanation or
research, please do post a Request for Clarification prior to rating
the answer and closing the question and I will be pleased to assist
further.
Regards,
-=clouseau=- |
