What are all the breeds of cats?

Question

like there are breeds of hybrid dogs...what are the breeds in cats;

ex: tabby, persian, calico

Answer 1

There are over 100 recognised breeds of cat and so it would be a long job to name them all. Most are colour variants of a particular physical type. For example The British Short-hair followed by it's colour or markings. The (Colour) Point Siamese.

There isn't any such thing as a hybrid 'breed' of dog or cat! A Hybrid is the result of mating two related species, not two different breeds of the same animal.

A Wolf X Dog or a Domestic cat X Scottish Wild Cat are examples of Hybrids. A cross between a Poodle and Labrador or a Siamese and Persian isn't a Hybrid.

I think people are using the term Hybrid just to make people think they are getting something new and different but in fact all you are getting is a cross breed. It takes several animal generations of breeding to produce a new breed with set characteristics which is why all these crosses with names like Morkies or Labradoodles don't look alike.

Some breeds I do know are

Cornish Rex, Devon Rex, Siamese, Burmese, Persian, Sphinx, Manx, British Short Hair, Russian Blue and Maine Coone.

Answer 2

    * Aegean cat

    * American Longhair

    * Asian Semi-longhair (or Tiffanie)

    * Balinese

    * Birman

    * British Longhair

    * Chantilly/Tiffany cat

    * Himalayan (USA) or Colourpoint (rest of world).

    * Javanese

    * Maine Coon

    * Nebelung

    * Norwegian Forest Cat

    * Oriental Longhair

    * Persian

    * Ragdoll (and Ragamuffin)

    * Somali

    * Siberian

    * Turkish Van

    * Turkish Angora

    * Abyssinian

    * American Shorthair

    * Australian Mist

    * Bombay

    * Brazilian Shorthair

    * British Shorthair

    * Burmese

    * Burmilla

    * California Spangled Cat

    * Chartreux

    * Colorpoint Shorthair

    * Egyptian Mau

    * European Shorthair

    * Exotic

    * Havana Brown

    * Ichabod

    * Korat

    * Ocicat

    * Oriental Shorthair

    * Russian Blue

    * Russian

    * Siamese (and Traditional Siamese or Applehead Siamese)

    * Singapura

    * Snowshoe

    * Sokoke

    * Tonkinese

    * Ukrainian Levkoy

    * American Bobtail

    * American Curl

    * American Ringtail

    * American Polydactyl, aka Hemingway Cat or Mitten Cat

    * American Wirehair

    * Cornish Rex

    * Cymric

    * Devon Rex

    * German Rex

    * Japanese Bobtail

    * LaPerm

    * Manx

    * Munchkin

    * Ojos Azules

    * Peterbald

    * Pixie-bob

    * Selkirk Rex

    * Scottish Fold

    * Sphynx

    * Bengal : domestic Cat / Asian Leopard Cat (Prionailurus                           bengalensis)

    * Bristol : domestic Cat / Margay (Leopardus wiedii)

    * Chausie aka Stone Cougar : domestic Cat / Jungle Cat aka swamp-lynx (Felis chaus)

    * Cheetoh : Ocicat / Bengal

    * Jungle-Bob : Pixie-bob / Jungle Cat aka swamp-lynx (F. Chaus)

    * Jungle-Curl : Hemingway Curl aka American Curl / Jungle Cat aka swamp-lynx (Felis chaus)

    * Layanese : Tonkinese / Himalayan

    * Machbagral and/or Viverral : domestic Cat / Fishing Cat (Prionailurus viverrinus)

    * Pantherette : Pixie-bob / Asian Leopard Cat (Prionailurus bengalensis)

    * Punjabi : (domestic Cat with Indian Desert-Cat aka Asiatic Wildcat (Felis s. ornata)

    * Safari : (domestic Cat with Geoffroy's Cat (Leopardus geoffroyii)

    * Savannah and/or Ashera : (domestic Cat with Serval (Leptailurus serval)

    * Serengeti : Oriental / Bengal

    * Toyger : domestic Cat / Bengal

    * Ussuri (cat) : domestic Cat / Amur Asian Leopard Cat (Prionailurus b. euptailura)

    * Caracat (proposed name) : Domestic Cat / Caracal (accidental Hybridisation, Moscow Zoo, 1998)

    * Oncicat (proposed name) : Domestic Cat / Oncilla (Little Spotted Cat/Tiger Cat)

    * Domestic Cat / Black-footed Cat (F. nigripes)

    * Domestic Cat / Rusty-spotted Cat (Prionailurus rubiginosus) (wild-occurring Hybrids, India)

* Afro-Chausie (proposed name) : Chausie / African Wildcat (F. s. lybica)

    * Euro-Chausie : Chausie / European Wildcat (F. s. silvestris)

    * Scottie-Chausie (proposed name) : Chausie / Scottish Wildcat (F. s. grampia)

Answer 3

There are to many breeds to list! Some main popular breeds are:

1. Moggie

2. Rexes

3. Bengal

4. American Shorthair

5. Siamese

6. Colourpoint

7. Persian

8. British Shorthair

9. Abyssinian

10. Russian Blue

Moggies are most popular. 94% of all the cats in the world are!

P.S. A moggie is a crossbred cat.

Answer 4

Cat Fanciers of America is like the AKC, but for cats

Answer 5

FYI what people call "hybrid" dogs are NOT breeds nor are they even hybrids. All breeds of dogs are dogs.  A hybrid would only be if you were mixing another animal with a dog - like a wolf hybrid.  Labadoodles, Maltipoos, etc are NOT breeds. They are MUTTS.  Reputable breeders do not cross breed dogs for profit - backyard breeders do.  Please don't support the breeding of mutts for profit with so many dogs - some even purebred - euthanized at shelters by the millions every year because there's not enough homes for them.

TICA (The International Cat Association) recognizes about 60 breeds.  I'm not going to list them when you can just click the link - http://www.tica.org/english/cats/breeds....

FYI Tabby and Calico are not breeds.  Tabby is a coat pattern and Calico (or Tortie as it's called if you show your cat) is a coat colour.

Answer 6

http://www.affinity-petcare.com/ing/htm/...

Longhair and semi-longhair

    * Aegean cat

    * American Longhair

    * Asian Semi-longhair (or Tiffanie)

    * Balinese

    * Birman

    * British Longhair

    * Chantilly/Tiffany cat

    * Himalayan (USA) or Colourpoint (rest of world).

    * Javanese

    * Maine Coon

    * Nebelung

    * Norwegian Forest Cat

    * Oriental Longhair

    * Persian

    * Ragdoll (and Ragamuffin)

    * Somali

    * Siberian

    * Turkish Van

    * Turkish Angora

[edit] Shorthair

    * Abyssinian

    * American Shorthair

    * Australian Mist

    * Bombay

    * Brazilian Shorthair

    * British Shorthair

    * Burmese

    * Burmilla

    * California Spangled Cat

    * Chartreux

    * Colorpoint Shorthair

    * Egyptian Mau

    * European Shorthair

    * Exotic

    * Havana Brown

    * Ichabod

    * Korat

    * Ocicat

    * Oriental Shorthair

    * Russian Blue

    * Russian

    * Siamese (and Traditional Siamese or Applehead Siamese)

    * Singapura

    * Snowshoe

    * Sokoke

    * Tonkinese

    * Ukrainian Levkoy

[edit] Breeds based on mutations

    * American Bobtail

    * American Curl

    * American Ringtail

    * American Polydactyl, aka Hemingway Cat or Mitten Cat

    * American Wirehair

    * Cornish Rex

    * Cymric

    * Devon Rex

    * German Rex

    * Japanese Bobtail

    * LaPerm

    * Manx

    * Munchkin

    * Ojos Azules

    * Peterbald

    * Pixie-bob

    * Selkirk Rex

    * Scottish Fold

    * Sphynx

[edit] Breeds derived from Hybridisations between domestic Cats & wild Felids

    * Bengal : domestic Cat / Asian Leopard Cat (Prionailurus bengalensis)

    * Bristol : domestic Cat / Margay (Leopardus wiedii)

    * Chausie aka Stone Cougar : domestic Cat / Jungle Cat aka swamp-lynx (Felis chaus)

    * Cheetoh : Ocicat / Bengal

    * Jungle-Bob : Pixie-bob / Jungle Cat aka swamp-lynx (F. Chaus)

    * Jungle-Curl : Hemingway Curl aka American Curl / Jungle Cat aka swamp-lynx (Felis chaus)

    * Layanese : Tonkinese / Himalayan

    * Machbagral and/or Viverral : domestic Cat / Fishing Cat (Prionailurus viverrinus)

    * Pantherette : Pixie-bob / Asian Leopard Cat (Prionailurus bengalensis)

    * Punjabi : (domestic Cat with Indian Desert-Cat aka Asiatic Wildcat (Felis s. ornata)

    * Safari : (domestic Cat with Geoffroy's Cat (Leopardus geoffroyii)

    * Savannah and/or Ashera : (domestic Cat with Serval (Leptailurus serval)

    * Serengeti : Oriental / Bengal

    * Toyger : domestic Cat / Bengal

    * Ussuri (cat) : domestic Cat / Amur Asian Leopard Cat (Prionailurus b. euptailura)

    * Caracat (proposed name) : Domestic Cat / Caracal (accidental Hybridisation, Moscow Zoo, 1998)

    * Oncicat (proposed name) : Domestic Cat / Oncilla (Little Spotted Cat/Tiger Cat)

    * Domestic Cat / Black-footed Cat (F. nigripes)

    * Domestic Cat / Rusty-spotted Cat (Prionailurus rubiginosus) (wild-occurring Hybrids, India)

[edit] Breeds derived from multiple Hybridisations between domestic Cats & Felids

    * Afro-Chausie (proposed name) : Chausie / African Wildcat (F. s. lybica)

    * Euro-Chausie : Chausie / European Wildcat (F. s. silvestris)

    * Scottie-Chausie (proposed name) : Chausie / Scottish Wildcat (F. s. grampia)

[edit] Attempted or unconfirmed Hybridisation between domestic Cats & Felids

    * Jaguarundi Curl (alleged name) aka Mandalan Jaguar (proposed name) : Domestic Cat / Jaguarundi

    * Domestic Cat / Canada Lynx

    * Domestic Cat / Bobcat (Felis rufus)

    * Domestic Cat / Pallas Cat (Otocolobus manula)

Answer 7

Here is a website explaining the different cat breeds.

http://www.cfainc.org/breeds.html