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Subject: Types of Cats
Category: Family and Home > Pets
Asked by: overnightcopy-ga
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Posted: 22 May 2006 20:40 PDT
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Question ID: 731529
How many breeds of cats are there in the US and Canada?

What are there names?

Please provide this list in text form
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Subject: Re: Types of Cats
Answered By: bobbie7-ga on 22 May 2006 21:34 PDT
Rated:5 out of 5 stars
 
Hello Overnightcopy,


The Cat Fanciers Association recognizes 39 pedigreed breeds for
showing in the Championship Class, 1 breed in the Provisional Class,
and 1 breed as Miscellaneous (effective with the 2006-2007 show
season).

CFA Breeds

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
www.cfainc.org/breeds.html




?The following list of cat breeds uses a wide interpretation of the
word "breed". Breeds listed here may be traditional breeds with long
histories as registered breeds, rare breeds with their own registries,
or new breeds that may still be under development.?


--------------------------
Longhair and semi-longhair
--------------------------
American Bobtail 
American Keuda 
Angora (British Angora) renamed Oriental Longhair in 2002 
Asian Semi-longhair (or Tiffanie) 
Balinese 
Birman 
British Longhair 
Chantilly/Tiffany cat 
Cherubim (or Honeybear) 
Colourpoint Longhair 
Exotic cat 
Himalayan 
Javanese 
Maine Coon 
Nebelung 
Neva Masquerade 
Norwegian Forest Cat 
Oriental Longhair 
Persian 
Ragdoll (and Ragamuffin) 
Siberian 
Snow Cat 
Somali 
Sterling 
Turkish Van 
Turkish Angora 
York Chocolate cat 

---------
Shorthair
---------
Abyssinian 
American Shorthair 
Antipodean (New Zealand Shorthair) 
Asian Shorthair 
Australian Mist (or Spotted Mist) 
Bahraini Dilmun Cat 
Bombay 
British Shorthair 
Brazilian Shorthair 
Burmese 
Burmilla 
Chartreux 
Colorpoint Shorthair 
Cornish Rex 
Egyptian Mau 
European Shorthair 
Havana Brown 
Jungala 
Khao Manee 
Korat 
Kucing Malaysia 
Malayan 
Oriental Shorthair 
Russian Blue 
Savannah 
Seychellois 
Siamese (and Traditional Siamese or Applehead Siamese) 
Templecat 
Tonkinese 


-------------------------------------
Breeds with unusual physical features
-------------------------------------
American Bobtail 
American Curl 
American Ringtail 
American Wirehair 
Bengal cat 
California Spangled Cat 
Chausie 
Cornish Rex 
Cymric 
Desert Lynx 
Devon Rex 
Don Sphynx 
Foldex Cat 
German Rex 
Japanese Bobtail 
Kurilian Bobtail Longhair 
Kurilian Bobtail Shorthair 
LaPerm 
Manx 
Mojave Spotted 
Munchkin 
Ocicat 
Ojos Azules 
Peterbald 
Pixie-bob 
Savannah 
Selkirk Rex 
Serengeti 
Singapura 
Sphynx 
Scottish Fold 
Snowshoe 
Sokoke 
Toyger 
Ussuri

Answers.com
http://www.answers.com/topic/list-of-cat-breeds


Here is a list of 72 cat breeds.

Abyssinian 
American Bobtail 
American Curl 
American Shorthair 
American Wirehair 
Angora 
Australian Mist
Bahraini Dilmun Cat 
Balinese 
Bengal cat 
Birman 
Bombay 
British Longhair 
British Shorthair 
Burmilla
California Spangled Cat 
Chantilly/Tiffany cat 
Chartreux 
Chausie 
Chinchilla Longhair (breed) 
Cornish Rex 
Cymric 
Devon Rex
Don Sphynx
Egyptian Mau 
European Shorthair 
Exotic cat
Foldex Cat 
Foreign White
Havana Brown 
Himalayan 
Japanese Bobtail 
Javanese 
Korat
Maine Coon 
Manx 
Minx cat 
Munchkin 
Nebelung 
Neva Masquerade 
Norwegian Forest Cat
Ocicat 
Ojos Azules 
Oriental Shorthair 
Oriental cat
Persian 
Pixie-Bob 
Points (coat color)
Ragamuffin 
Ragdoll 
Rex cat 
Russian Blue
Savannah 
Scottish Fold 
Selkirk Rex 
Serengeti Cat 
Siamese 
Siberian 
Singapura 
Snow Cat 
Snowshoe 
Sokoke 
Somali 
Sphynx 
Sterling 
Tonkinese 
Toyger 
Turkish Angora 
Turkish Van 
Tuxedo kitty
York Chocolate cat

Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Cat_breeds



Here is a list of over 500 Cat Breeds (Recognized/Unrecognized,
Common/Obscure, Experimental, Mutation, Extinct, Mythical, Proposed.),
Variants, Mutations, Hybrids, Archaic/Alternate Names.

Abyssinian
Abyssinian Bobtail
Abyssinian-Oncilla Hybrids
Abyssinian-Persian Crossbreds
Abyssinian Variant
Accicat
Aegean Cat
African Shorthair
Alaskan Snow Cat
Albino Siamese
Algerian Cat
Allergen-Free Cat
Alpaca Cat
Alpine Lynx
American Blue
American Bobtail
American Burmese
American Cornish Rex
American Curl
American Forest Cat Longhair
American Forest Cat Shorthair
American Keuda
American Longhair
American Lynx
American Mystery Cat
American Polydactyl
American Ringtail
American Shag
American Shorthair
American Snughead
American Wirehair
Anatolian (Turkish Shorthair, Anadolu Kedisi)
Ankhara 
Anglesey Bobtail
Angola 
Angora (British Angora)
Angora German Rex
Annamese
Antipodean
Appaloosa
Apple (Round) head Siamese

Archangel
Asian Longhair (Asian Semi-Longhair)
Asian Miniature Cat
Asian Shorthair
Australian
Australian Curl
Australian Mist
Australian Mist Longhair
Australian Tiffanie
"Authentic"
Bagral
Bahraini Dilmun Cat
Balinese
Bambino
Benedictine
Bengal
Bengal Longhair
Bengal Variants
Bengal x Bobcat hybrids
Berkshire Brown
Birman
Birman Shorthair
Black Bengal
Black Somali
Blonde Havana
Bohemian Rex (Bohemia Rex)
Bombay (Asian Black Shorthair)
Bombay Longhair(Asian Black Longhair)
Bondanese
Bonx
Brazilian Shorthair
Bristol
British Angora
Britanica
British Longhair
British Shorthair
British Tick
Brooklyn Wooley (Brooklyn Rex)
Buckfast Blue (Buckfast Rex)
Bunny Cat
Burmalayan
Burmali
Burmanx
Burmese
Burmilla
Burmoire
Butterfly Rex
Cabbit
Californian Rex
California Spangled
California Toyger
Calimanco / Calamanco
Canadian Hairless
Canella
Canon Girdlestone's Breed
Cape Breton Bobtail
Cashmere
Catenoid (IRCA)
Celonese (Ceylon Cat)
Celtic
Certosino (Italian)
Chantilly/Tiffany
Chartreuse Cat
Chartreux
Chausie
Cheetoh
Cheops
Cherub
Cherubim
Chinchilla Longhair
Chinese Cat
Chinese Hairless Cat
Chinese Harlequin
Chinese Lop
Chinese White
Chocolate Siamese
Classicat
Clippercat
Cloud
Colorado Rex
Colorpoint Longhair (US)
Colorpoint Shorthair (US)
Colourpoint British Shorthair
Colourpoint Longhair (UK)
Colourpoint Shorthair (UK)
Contemporary Burmese
Coodle
Cornelian
Cornish Rex (European Cornish Rex, British Cornish Rex)
Cornwall Cat
Copper
Cotton Snowshoe
Cougarin
Coupari
COURICS?
Criollo
Cunny Cat
Curly Abyssinian (Abyssinian Rex)
Curly Persian
Curly Tailed Cat
Cymric
Cyprus/Cypress
Czech Curly Cat
Dakota Rex
Desert Lynx
Devon Rex
Dilmun
Doll (Open) Faced Persian (traditional style Persian)
Domestic Longhair (Moggy Longhair)
Domestic Shorthair (Moggy Shorthair)
Don Sphynx (Don Hairless/Don Bald Cat/Donskoy/Donsky)
Dragon Li
Dutch Rex (Wirehair Rex)
Dwelf
Edinburgh Tailless
Egyptian Hairless Cat
Egyptian Mau
Elizabethan
English Rex
Ethiopian
Euro Chaus
Euro Chausie
European Albino
European Burmese
European Shorthair
 Exotic Fold (Exofold)
Exotic Longhair
Exotic Shorthair (Shorthair Persian)
Feral Domestic Hybrid
Flame Concha
Focicat
Foldex
Foreign Burmese
Foreign Shorthair
Foreign Longhair
Four-Eared Cat
French Sphynx
Gao Taem
Genuine Ragdoll
Geoffroy's Cat x Domestic Hybrids
German Rex
Golden Siamese
Golden Chechong
Habari
Hare Cat
Havana (UK)
Havana Brown (Havana (US)) 
Hawaiian Hairless 
Hebridean 
Hemingway Curl
Hemingway Fold
Hemingway Sphynx
Hemingway Spotted
Hemingway Thai
Hemingway's Breed
Highlander
Highland Fold
Highland Lynx
Himalayan
Himalayan Reflection
Himalayan Rex
Himbur
Honeybear
Hoosier Rex
Household Pet
Icelandic Shorthair
Il Gatto Color Cioccolato
Indian Cat
Indian Mau
Indian Rex
Iowa Rex
Iranese
Irish Shorthair
Irish Shortear
Israel Rex
 Italian Rex
Jakarta Pink
Jaguarundi Curl
Japanese Bobtail (Shorthair)
Japanese Bobtail Longhair
Javanese (US)
Javanese (NZ)
Javanese (UK/Europe)
Jungle Bob
Jungala
Jungle Cat Hybrids
Jungle Curl
Jungle Lynx
Kanaani (Canaan Cat)
Kangaroo Cat
Karel Bobtail (Karelian, Karellian)
Karakul Cat
Kashmir
Kellas Cat
Keltic Shorthair
Khao Manee
Khao Plort
Khmer
Kinkalow
Kohana Kat 
Korat
Kucing Malaysia
Kurdish Van
Kuril Bobtail (Curilsk)
La-Lang
Lambkin
LaMerm
LaPerm (Dalles LaPerm)
LaPerm x Manx Crossbreeds
Layanese
Legend Cat
Leopardette
Limau Kohlum
Lion Cat
Little American
Longhair (UK)
Longhair Rex
Longhaired Cornish Rex
Longhaired Devon Rex
Longhaired German Rex
Lop­Ear
Louisiana Creole Cat
Lowlander
Machbagral
Mahogany
Maine Cat
Maine Coon (American Longhair)
Maine Coon Rex (Maine Rex/Maine Wave)
Maine Trick Cat
Malayan
Malayan Persian
Malay Cat
Malaysia Cat
Malaysiana
Maltese 
Mandalay
Mandalan Jaguar
Mandarin
Manilla
Manx
Manxamese (Colorpoint Manx)
Manxilla
Manxkin
Manx Rex
Marbled Mist
Marcel
Masked Silver
Mau
Maugal
Mei Toi
Mekong Bobtail
Mexican
Mexican Hairless
Miniature Persian
Mini-breeds
Mini­Himalayan
Mini-Keuda
Mini-Munchkin
Mini ? Persian/Himalayan
Mink Longhair, Mink Persian
Minskin
Minx
Miracle (Miracle Ragdoll)
Missouri Rex
Moggy
Mojave Spotted
Moon Cat,
Moonstone Cat
Munchamese
Munch-Bob
Munchinese
Munchkin
Munchkin Polydactyl
Mynx
Nanus Rex
Napolean Cat
Native American Rex
Nebelung
Nepali
Neva Masquerade
New Zealand Shorthair
Nile Cat
Ninlaret
Non-Pointed Himalayan
Norwegian Forest Cat (Norsk Skaukatt/ Skogkatt)
Ocelette
Ocicat
Ocicat Longhair
Ocicat Variants
Ocicat x British Tipped
Ohio Rex
Ojos Azules
old style Siamese
Opal
Oregon Rex
Oriental Bobtail
Oriental Fold
Oriental Longhair (US)
Oriental Longhair (UK)
Oriental Pastel
Oriental Shorthair (UK/Europe)
Oriental Shorthair (US)
Original Ragdoll
Owyhee Bob
Palomino Cat
Pantherette
Panthurette
Paraguay Cat/South American Dwarf Cat
Pardino
Pavane
Peach Russian
Peke-Faced Persian
Persian (Persian Longhair)
Per-Manx
Persian Ticked
Peterbald (Peter Bald, Petersburg Hairless Cat)
Piawaian Kucing Malaysia (Malaysian Piawaian Cat)
Pig-Faced Persian
Pixie-Bob
Pixie? Persian/Himalayan
Pocket Persian/Himalayan
Poly-Bob
Poly-Chaus, Poly-Chausie
Polydactyl
Polyfynx
Poodle Cat (Pudelkatze)
Poodlekin
Prairie Rex
Prussian Rex
Punjabi (Punjabi Desert Cat)
Puppykat
Rabbit Cat
Racekatte
Ragamuffin
Ragdoll
Ragdoll (IRCA [International Ragdoll Cat Association])
Ragdoll-Persian Crosses
Ratana Kampon
Reading Brown
Refrigerator Cat
Renegade
Rex
Ringtailed Sing-a-Ling (Trademarked)
Royal Cat (of Siam)
Royal Siamese
Ruffle
Rugkatt
Russian Angora
Russian Black
Russian Blue
Russian Blue Longhair
Russian Colourpoint
Russian Longhair (1)
Russian Longhair (2)
Russian Peach (Peach Russian)
Russian Red
Russian Shorthair
Russian White
Sable Bombay
Sacred Cat of Burma
Safari
Savannah (UK)
Savannah (US)
Scottish Fold
Scottish Longhair
Scottish Lop
Scottish Shorthair
Scottish Shorthair
Selkirk Rex
Seltic
Serengeti Cat
Serenti
Seychellois
Si-Aby (Siassinian)
SiaCoon
SiaFold
Siamalayan
Siamese (Classic Siamese)
Siamese/Manx
Siamali
Siamilla
Sianx (Colorpoint Manx)
Siberian
Si-Bir
Si-Bob (Colorpoint Bobtail)
Sieburg Rex
Si-Burm
Silkanese
Silver Laces Cat
Si­Manx
Singapura
Singapura Bobtail
Singapura Longhair
Singhasep
Si-Rex
Si­Sawat
Skookum
Sno-Bob
Snow Cat (Alaskan Snow Cat)
Snowshoe
Snowshoe Siamese
Socotranese
Sokoke (Sokoke Forest Cat)
Somali
Somilla
Soriano
Spanish Blue
Spanish Bobtail
Sphynx
Sphynxamese
Sphynxkin
Spotted Mist
Squitten
Stalingrad Kangaroo Cat
Sterling
Stone Cougar
Superscratcher
Suqutranese
Sumxu
Supalek (Supilak)
Swiss Mountain Cat
Tasman Manx
Teacup Persian (1)
Teacup Persian/Himalayan (2)
Templecat
Tennessee Rex
Texas Roan
Thai Bobtail (Thaibob)
Thai Bobtail (2)
Thai Copper
Thai Lilac
Thai Pointed
Thai Siamese
Thong Daeng
Tibetan
Tibetane
Tibetan Temple Cat
Tiffanie
Tiffany/Chantilly
Tonkalayan
Tonkanese
Tonkaxotic
Tonkinese
Tonkinese Longhair
Toy Bobtail (Toybob)
Toyger
Toy Persian
"Traditional"
traditional style Balinese
traditional style Burmese
traditional style Siamese 
traditional style Persian
Tsjechian
Tsuncat
Tulips
Turkish
Turkish Angora
Turkish Van
Twisty Cat (Twisties)
Ultra Type Persian
Ukrainian Levkoy Cat
Urals Rex
Ussuri
Van Kedi
Van Shorthair
Vanese
Vichien Mas
Victoria Rex
Vienna Woods
Viverral
White Ringtail
Wild Abyssinian
Wirehair Rex
Wooley (Brooklyn Wooley)
Yankee Cat
York Chocolate
Zibeline

MessyBeast
http://www.messybeast.com/breeds.htm



Search terms used: 
Breeds of cats

I hope the information provided is helpful!

Best regards,
Bobbie7

Clarification of Answer by bobbie7-ga on 22 May 2006 21:42 PDT
The Fanciers Breeder Referral List (FBRL) provides a list of 68 breeds.

Abyssinian  
American Bobtail  
American Curl  
American Shorthair  
American Wirehair  
Anatolian  
Asian  
Australian Mist  
Balinese  
Traditional Balinese  
Bengal  
Birman  
Bombay  
British Shorthair  
Burmese  
Burmilla
Chartreux  
Chausie  
Colorpoint LH
Colorpoint SH 
Cornish Rex  
Cymric
Devon Rex  
Don Sphynx Don Hairless  
Egyptian Mau  
European Burmese  
Exotic   
Havana Brown  
Himalayan  
Japanese Bobtail  
Javanese  
Korat  
LaPerm  
Maine Coon   
Manx  
Munchkin  
Napoleon Cat  
Nebelung  
Norw. Forest Cat  
Ocicat  
Ojos Azules  
Oriental Longhair  
Oriental Shorthair  
Persian  
Peterbald  
Pixie-Bob  
Ragamuffin  
Ragdoll   
Russian Blue  
Savannah  
Scottish Fold  
Selkirk Rex  
Serengeti  
Seychellois  
Siamese   
Trad. Siamese   
Siberian   
Singapura  
Snowshoe  
Sokoke  
Somali  
Sphynx   
Spotted Mist
Tiffanie
Thai Bluepoint  
Tonkinese  
Turkish Angora  
Turkish Van  

http://www.breedlist.com/breed.html
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Comments  
Subject: Re: Types of Cats
From: probonopublico-ga on 22 May 2006 21:39 PDT
 
Amazing!

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