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World’s oldest cat breed?

April 13, 2021 by Michael Broad

Some websites confidently state that the world’s oldest cat breed is the Egyptian Mau but I disagree with the authors of these websites. Before you decide the world’s oldest cat breed you have to decide what a ‘cat breed’ is. And that, funnily enough, is quite a tricky question. I’ll explain why. Before about …

Timeline of the Cat | PoC

January 13, 2015 by Michael Broad

Timeline of the Cat | PoC. Please click on the above link to see a cat timeline. This is a cross-post from a page on this site to blog post. “Pages” don’t come up as a blog so the page is not relayed to subscribers whereas this post will be. I wanted to cross-post …

Cat History

December 23, 2023May 25, 2012 by Michael Broad

Cats evolved from a fierce sabre-toothed predator that prowled North America 42 million years ago, according to new research

Cat History – The height of modern, sophisticated cat breeding below – Miss Kate (photo copyright Helmi Flick) a Maine Coon cat champion next to the skull of a Saber Tooth tiger, extinct 10,000 years ago. Please note that this long page has been split up into several sections and at the base of …

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