Cat History – Timeline
Date Origin/discovery/event | Cat breed or Event | Area
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|——2200—The domestic cat in the USA is now by law a full time indoor cat. Cats are breed without claws. The small, passive, single coated, hypoallergenic, furr ball of a full-time indoor cat without claws is called a “Furby”. The term “domestic cat” is dropped.
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|——2060—Wild Cougar extinct in USA but doing well (commercially) in captivity.
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|——2050—Wild Cougar (Panther) extinct in the wild in Florida. The parks where this wild cat now lives in 2008 are reduced to a large zoo.
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|——2030—The CFA (in USA now an amalgamated association) introduces standards and schemes in respect of cat breeder catteries to manage cat breeding.
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|———2030—–Declawing of cats is banned in the United States. |
|——2030—Merger of three major cat associations, CFA, TICA and ACFA. Others follow.——————————————————————–USA
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|——2025—regulations have been introduced to make it obligatory to microchip and insure all non-feral domestic cats. The operation is run by local authorities in conjunction with veterinarian surgeries. The funding is a chargeable fee to cat owners. Excess monies (monies recovered after operation costs are deducted) are put into State managed trap, neuter and return schemes.—————–——————————————————–USA
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|——2020—Bengal tiger extinct in the wild and confined to zoos where the animal is exploited and inbred. It is already exploited in captivity (2010).
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|——-2009 (12-12-09)–Declawing banned in the USA in 8 Calif. cities.
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|——-2008——-Elf cat———————USA
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|——-2005—Est.2.1 million cats killed in animal shelters (source) —-USA
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|——-2004—Estimated 70 million feral cats (National Geographic News)– USA
|——-2004—Est. 7.7 million domestic cats in UK (source)————UK
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|——-2000—Est. 3 million feral cats in Los Angeles—–USA
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|——-1998——Minskin———————-USA
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|——-1996—-Est. 60 million feral cats & 60 million pet cats (source) —USA |
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|——-1994——Serengeti——————-USA
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|——-1993——RagaMuffin——————USA
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|——-1990s—–Peterbald——————Russia
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|——-1987——Sekirk Rex——————-USA
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|——-1986——Savannah cat—————-USA
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|——-1984——Ojos Azules—————–USA
|——-1984——Nebelung——————–USA
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|——-1980s—–Pixie-bob——————-USA
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|——-1980——Toyger———————-USA
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|——-1980——Seychellois——————UK
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|——-1983——Munchkin——————-USA
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|——-1982——LaPerm———————USA
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|——-1981——Burmilla——————–UK
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|——-1978——Sokoke———————Kenya
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|——-1971——California Spangled———USA
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|——-1970s—–Safari Cat——————-USA
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|——-1970s—–Singapura——————-USA
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|——-1960s——Chausie——————–USA
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|——-1967——Tiffany———————-USA
|——-1966——American Shorthair———USA
|——-1966——American Wirehair———-USA
|——-1966——Exotic Shorthair————USA
|——-1966——Sphynx———————USA
|——-1964——Ocicat———————-USA
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|——-1963——Bengal———————USA
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|——-1961——Scottish Fold—————-UK (Scotland)
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|——-1960——American Bobtail———–USA
|——-1960——Devon Rex——————UK
|——-1960——Snowshoe——————-USA
|——-1960s—–Cymric——————–Canada
|——-1960s—–Javanese——————UK/USA
|——-1960s—–Ragdoll———————USA
|——-1960s—–Siamese (Modern)————-USA
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|——-1958——Bombay———————-USA
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|——-1955——American Cat Fanciers Association formed—USA
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|——-1955——Turkish Van—————-UK
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|——-1953——Munchkin——————-USA
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|——-1953— Est.6 million domestic cats in Great Britain (source)—UK
|——-1953—200,000 cats destroyed at shelters (source) ——-UK
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|——-1951——Havana Brown————–UK
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|——-1950’s—-Egyptian Mau———–Egypt and Italy (see note)
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|——-1950s—-Appearance of Siamese cat begins to change—–USA
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|——-1950s—–Tonkinese——————-USA
|——-1950s—–Somali———————USA/Canada
|——-1950s—–Oriental Shorthair———-UK
|——-1950——Cornish Rex—————–UK
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|——-1948——Cat Litter “invented”———-USA |
|——-1940s—–Balinese——————–USA
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|——-1930s—–Ultra Persian—————USA
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|——-1919——Birman———————France
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|——-1910—-Governing Council of the Cat Fancy (GCCF) formed –UK
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|——-1906—–Cat Fanciers Association created (CFA) —-USA
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|——-1887——-Countess cat lover in court—-London, UK
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|——-1884——First Siamese imported———UK
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|——-1871——-2nd National Cat Show———UK
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|——-1870s—–British Shorthair————UK
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|——1869—-French biologist lists 8 cat breeds: Angora, Manx, Chinese cat, Chartreuse, Persian, Rumanian, red cat of Tobolsk, red and blue cat of the Cape.
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|——-1860s—–Russian Blue—————Russian
|——-1860——Abyssinian cat————Ethiopia
|——-1860s—–Maine Coon—————USA
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|——-1851——-Crystal Palace Opened———-UK
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|——-1800s—–Kurilian Bobtail————-Kurilian Islands
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|——-1800s (early) almost entire Cougar pop. gone from Eastern USA—USA
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|——-1798—–Origins of phrase, “Kilkenny cat”—-Ireland
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|——-1730——Manx——————–Isle of Man, UK
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|——-1599——Nowegian Forest Cat formally made a cat breed in 1930 (German cat show) ——Norway
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|——-1500s—–Persian——————-UK, Europe
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|——14th Century—Burmese—————-Thailand
|——14th Century—Korat——————–Thailand
|——14th Century—Chartreux—————France
|——14th Century—Siamese (Traditional)—Siam (Thailand)
|——14th Century—Turkish Angora————Turkey
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|——13th Century—Siberian cat————–Russia
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|——5th Century—Japanese Bobtail——–Japan
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|——1600 BC——Turkish Van—————Turkey
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|——2000 BC—–Egyptian Mau————-Egypt – see note
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Painting from the tomb of Nebamun built in about 1400 BC in ancient Egypt showing a cat that has similarities to the modern day feral Egyptian Mau.
Some experts think that the ancient Egyptian trained cats for use in catching birds. This picture is in the public domain.
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|——10,000 years—–Cougar becomes extinct North America?
|——10,000 years —-Saber Tooth tiger becomes extinct
|——10,000 years—wild cat becomes domesticated for first time
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|——–750,000——–Lion——————-Western Africa
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|The cat history dates below are estimates and imprecise.
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|——–1.5 million—-Jaguar—————–Europe
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|——–1.5-2 million—Tiger
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|——–2 million—–Leopard——————France
|——–2 million—–Leopard–common ancestor of this cat
|——–2 million—–Jaguar—common ancestor of this cat
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|——–2.5 million—Leopard——————North America
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|——–3.5 million—-Lion (this conflicts with the above date)
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|——–4 million——Lynx-early descendants
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|——–10 million—-modern wild cats (felids) inhabited the world
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|——–40 million—-Miacis—weasel like animal predates the cat
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