CatBreedsDB
102 cat breeds with temperament, coat, lifespan, and origin data. From sleek Siamese to fluffy Persians.
Popular Breeds
Persian
One of the oldest cat breeds, brought to Europe from Persia in the 1600s. Flat-f...
Siamese
One of the oldest recognized breeds, originating in Siam (Thailand) where they w...
Maine Coon
The largest domesticated cat breed, with males weighing up to 11 kg. Native to M...
Bengal
Created by crossing Asian Leopard Cats with domestic cats. Their wild-looking ro...
Ragdoll
Named for their tendency to go limp and relaxed when picked up, like a ragdoll. ...
Sphynx
Not truly hairless — they have a fine peach-fuzz coat. Originated from a natural...
British Shorthair
The oldest English cat breed, descended from Roman street cats. Their round face...
Scottish Fold
Named for their distinctive folded ears, caused by a genetic mutation affecting ...
Cobby (11)
Persian
One of the oldest cat breeds, brought to Europe from Persia in the 1600s. Flat-f...
British Shorthair
The oldest English cat breed, descended from Roman street cats. Their round face...
Scottish Fold
Named for their distinctive folded ears, caused by a genetic mutation affecting ...
Exotic Shorthair
Essentially a short-haired Persian, created by crossing Persians with American S...
Manx
Famous for being tailless, caused by a natural genetic mutation on the Isle of M...
Himalayan
A cross between Persian and Siamese, combining Persian body type with Siamese co...
Cymric
The longhaired version of the Manx, tailless or with any of the four Manx tail l...
Bombay
Bred to resemble a miniature black panther, created in the 1950s from Burmese an...
British Longhair
The semi-longhaired version of the British Shorthair, sometimes called the Lowla...
Highland Fold
The longhaired division of the Scottish Fold, sharing the same folded-ear gene t...
Scottish Straight
Scottish Fold litters include kittens whose ears never fold, registered as Scott...
Foreign (21)
Abyssinian
One of the oldest known breeds, resembling cats depicted in ancient Egyptian art...
Russian Blue
Believed to have originated in the port of Arkhangelsk, Russia. Their plush doub...
Devon Rex
Named after Devonshire, England where the first one appeared in 1960 as a natura...
Cornish Rex
First appeared in 1950 on a farm in Cornwall, England, as a natural mutation. Th...
Somali
Essentially a long-haired Abyssinian. Appeared naturally in Abyssinian litters a...
Bobtail (Japanese)
Known as the beckoning cat (Maneki-neko), a symbol of good fortune in Japan. The...
Korat
Named after the Korat province in Thailand. Considered a symbol of good fortune ...
Turkish Angora
One of the oldest natural breeds, documented in Turkey for centuries and a likel...
Singapura
The smallest domestic cat breed, with females sometimes under 2 kg. Known in Sin...
Mekong Bobtail
A pointed breed with a naturally short kinked tail, named for the Mekong River r...
Khao Manee
A pure white Thai breed treasured for centuries and described in the ancient Tam...
Snowshoe
A Siamese-type cat with white paws and an inverted V face marking, first produce...
Havana Brown
A rich mahogany brown cat developed in postwar Britain from Siamese and black sh...
Nebelung
A longhaired Russian Blue lookalike created in Denver in the 1980s. The name com...
Ojos Azules
A rare breed named with Spanish words for blue eyes, prized for intense blue eye...
Sokoke
A rare natural breed from the Sokoke Forest region of coastal Kenya, where it li...
Chantilly-Tiffany
A semi-longhaired golden-brown cat once thought lost after the original 1960s br...
Suphalak
An ancient solid chocolate-brown Thai breed described alongside the Korat in the...
Kanaani
A young breed created in Israel and standardized in Germany, blending local Midd...
Lykoi
The so-called werewolf cat, with a partially hairless black roan coat and patchy...
Bohemian Rex
A curly-coated breed from Persian lines in the Czech Republic, discovered in the...
Oriental (11)
Siamese
One of the oldest recognized breeds, originating in Siam (Thailand) where they w...
Oriental Shorthair
Developed from Siamese cats by breeders who wanted the Siamese personality in mo...
Balinese
Essentially a long-haired Siamese, named after the graceful dancers of Bali. The...
Colorpoint Shorthair
Developed by crossing Siamese with red tabby American Shorthairs and Abyssinians...
Peterbald
Created in Saint Petersburg in 1994 by crossing Donskoy with Oriental Shorthairs...
Ukrainian Levkoy
A newer breed combining the Donskoy hairless gene with folded ears of Scottish F...
Thai
The old-style Siamese, preserving the rounder head and moderate body of early im...
Seychellois
A rare breed combining Siamese points with white spotting, first conceived after...
Javanese
A longhaired variant of the Colorpoint Shorthair, with points in red, cream, lyn...
Oriental Longhair
The longhair division of the Oriental breed, once called the British Angora. Sam...
Elf Cat
A designer hairless breed crossing Sphynx with American Curl for backward-curled...
Large (15)
Maine Coon
The largest domesticated cat breed, with males weighing up to 11 kg. Native to M...
Ragdoll
Named for their tendency to go limp and relaxed when picked up, like a ragdoll. ...
Norwegian Forest Cat
A natural breed from Norway, adapted to survive harsh Scandinavian winters. Thei...
Savannah
A hybrid cross between a serval (wild African cat) and a domestic cat. First pro...
Turkish Van
Known as the swimming cat — they have a documented love of water unique among do...
Ragamuffin
A variant of the Ragdoll, developed by breeders who wanted more coat colors. The...
Siberian
A natural breed from Siberia, Russia, developed over 1,000 years. Their triple c...
Chausie
A hybrid breed developed from the jungle cat Felis chaus, which appears in ancie...
Pixie-bob
Bred to resemble the North American bobcat, with a naturally short tail, heavy b...
Highlander
Developed as the Highland Lynx with curled ears and a natural bobtail, though no...
Aphrodite Giant
A large natural landrace from the Troodos Mountains of Cyprus, fully recognized ...
Ussuri
A rare natural landrace from the Amur-Ussuri region of the Russian Far East, sha...
Cheetoh
A large spotted breed from crossing Bengal with Ocicat, aiming for a cheetah loo...
Neva Masquerade
The colorpoint variety of the Siberian, named after the Neva River in Saint Pete...
Safari
A hybrid from domestic cats crossed with Geoffroy cats of South America, first b...
Medium (30)
Sphynx
Not truly hairless — they have a fine peach-fuzz coat. Originated from a natural...
Birman
Known as the Sacred Cat of Burma. Legend says they received their golden colorin...
American Shorthair
Descended from European cats brought by early settlers to hunt rats on ships. Th...
Chartreux
An ancient French breed, possibly brought to Europe by Crusaders. Their woolly b...
Burmese
Developed from a single brown cat named Wong Mau brought to San Francisco in 193...
Tonkinese
A cross between Siamese and Burmese, combining the best of both. Their eye color...
Egyptian Mau
One of the few naturally spotted domestic cat breeds. Mau means cat in Egyptian....
Burmilla
Created accidentally in 1981 when a Chinchilla Persian male mated with a Lilac B...
Selkirk Rex
The newest Rex breed, discovered in 1987 in a Montana shelter cat named Miss DeP...
American Curl
Instantly recognized by ears that curl backward in a smooth arc, the result of a...
LaPerm
A rex breed founded on a barn kitten named Curly born in Oregon in 1982. The coa...
Donskoy
Also called the Don Sphynx, developed in Rostov-on-Don from a hairless rescue ca...
Kurilian Bobtail
A natural breed from the remote Kuril Islands between Russia and Japan. The pom-...
Toyger
Designed to look like a tiny tiger, developed from Bengal and domestic shorthair...
Asian
A British breed group with the Burmese body type in coat colors beyond the four ...
Tiffanie
Also called the Asian Semi-longhair, essentially a longhaired Burmilla within th...
Australian Mist
The first pedigree breed developed in Australia, from Burmese, Abyssinian, and d...
European Shorthair
The standardized descendant of common European house cats, with the modern breed...
American Bobtail
A naturally bobtailed breed with a wild-looking shaggy coat, developed from fera...
American Wirehair
Born from a spontaneous mutant farm kitten in upstate New York in 1966. The crim...
Arabian Mau
A natural desert landrace adapted to the harsh Arabian climate, formally recogni...
York Chocolate
A farm breed started in New York State in 1983 from black and white barn cats, p...
Dragon Li
A Chinese landrace from the mousing cats of Beijing and the surrounding countrys...
Aegean
A natural Greek breed from the Cyclades islands and one of the oldest landraces ...
German Rex
The first rex breed recorded, traced to a curly-coated cat named Munk born in 19...
Tennessee Rex
A rex mutation discovered in 2004 in a Tennessee barn cat named Sparkle, produci...
Brazilian Shorthair
The first internationally recognized Brazilian cat breed, developed from street ...
Karelian Bobtail
A natural bobtailed landrace from the Karelia region along the Finnish-Russian b...
Ural Rex
A rex landrace from the Urals region, with wavy coats noted in Sverdlovsk cats s...
American Ringtail
A new breed founded on a California shelter kitten named Solomon in 1998 whose t...
Athletic (4)
Bengal
Created by crossing Asian Leopard Cats with domestic cats. Their wild-looking ro...
Ocicat
Named for a resemblance to the ocelot, yet developed entirely from Siamese, Abys...
Serengeti
Created by crossing Oriental Shorthairs with Bengals to mimic the look of the se...
California Spangled
Developed in the 1980s by screenwriter Paul Casey to look like a miniature leopa...
Dwarf (10)
Bambino
A cross between Sphynx and Munchkin breeds, creating a hairless short-legged cat...
Munchkin
Named after the Munchkins from The Wizard of Oz due to their short legs. Short l...
Minskin
A designer breed crossing Munchkins with Sphynx, plus Devon Rex and Burmese, fir...
Skookum
A dwarf breed crossing Munchkin with LaPerm, combining short legs with a curly r...
Kinkalow
A dwarf breed from crossing Munchkins with American Curls, pairing short legs wi...
Minuet
Also called the Napoleon, a dwarf breed crossing Munchkins with Persians for a s...
Dwelf
An experimental dwarf combining three traits: Munchkin short legs, Sphynx hairle...
Toybob
One of the smallest breeds, a natural mutation found in Russia in the 1980s with...
Lambkin
A rare dwarf breed crossing Munchkin with Selkirk Rex for short legs and a soft ...
Genetta
A dwarf designer breed bred to mimic the African genet, with a spotted and marbl...