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Abyssinian
The Abyssinian is one of the oldest cat breeds. Abyssinians did not necessarily originate in Ethiopia, which was once called Abyssinia, as their name implies…
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American Wirehair
The first American wirehair was born in 1966 in a Verona, New York barn. He was the only one in a litter of six American shorthair cats to display the wiry…
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American Curl
The American curl came about in Lakewood, California in 1981. A stray black female cat with the unusual and intriguing curled ears was taken into the home of…
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Arabian Mau
For an ancient breed that has developed naturally over several centuries, consider the rare Arabian mau. This cat evolved and adapted to become a friendly…
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American Shorthair
American shorthairs originated as a breed in the United States, but their ancestral roots hail from Britain. The shorthaired house cats from Britain were…
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American Polydactyl
The first polydactyl cats most likely made their way into the northeastern United States aboard the English Puritan sailing ships of the colonial era. For…
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Australian Mist
The Australian mist is the first pedigreed cat breed to have originated in Australia. In 1977, Dr. Truda Straede of Nintu Cattery began breeding cats to…
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Ashera
The Ashera could be mistaken for a small leopard but it is a mix of the African Serval, the Asian Leopard Cat, and the domestic cat. They are very large and…
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Asian Cat
The Asian cat came about by accident in Britain when, in 1981, a male chinchilla bred with a lilac Burmese. The resulting litter of kittens had the build and…