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turkish angora cat

Turkish Angora

The Turkish Angora is a very old breed that naturally developed. It is thought that the breed developed in Turkey in the Ankara region formerly known ..

Turkey
turkish van cat

Turkish Van

Hailing from Turkey, the Turkish Van was brought to the UK in 1955 by 2 British women, Laura Lushington and Sonia Halliday. These cats were used as..

Turkey
tuxedo cat

Tuxedo

The Tuxedo cat is essentially a black and white cat and the name comes from him looking like he is dressed in a formal tuxedo. Tuxedos aren’t a new..

United States
ukrainian levkoy cat

Ukrainian Levkoy

The Ukrainian Levkoy is a distinctive looking cat with its folded ears. This is a new breed of cat, only being developed recently early in the 2000s. ..

Ukraine
american bobtail cat

American Bobtail

Bobtailed cats have a naturally shortened tail due to natural genetic mutation. The cat’s original appearance genetics were modified so as to bring ab..

United States
american keuda cat

American Keuda

It is thought that the cat was brought to America by the Spanish to keep the rat population down. The name KEUDA stands for Kitten Evaluation Under..

United States
calico cat

Calico

Nobody can say with certainty where Calico cats originate from, but it is thought they they hail from Egypt, and that they later came to port cities i..

Egypt
cheetoh cat

Cheetoh

The Cheetoh is a beautiful cat whose parent breeds are the Ocicat and the Bengal. It was in 2001 that these two breeds were crossed by breeder Caro..

United States
european shorthair cat

European Shorthair

The European Shorthair is a cat breed that hails from Sweden but it also has roots that go back to the Roman Empire. It is referred to as a natural..

Sweden
ojos azules cat

Ojos Azules

This is a fairly new cat breed that was discovered in New Mexico and its a rare cat. It was in 1984 that the cat was identified. There was a feral ..

Mexico
japanese bobtail cat

Japanese Bobtail

It is believed that these naurally-occuring short-tailed domestic cats in Japan arrived from the Asian continent about 1 000 years ago. It was way ..

Japan
scottish fold cat

Scottish Fold

The Scottish Fold is a domestic cat that has an owlish look to it. This is because of the natural dominant-gene mutation that affects cartilage in the..

United Kingdom

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