Page two – breeds F – U – of a list of unusual cat breeds at 2012.
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Foldex Cat
A hybrid cat. A cross between the Scottish Fold and the Exotic Shorthair. The result is a round headed, cobby cat with folded ears and a flat face.
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German Rex
Germany’s curly haired cat that was developed from a cat that was found in the grounds of a hospital in the Pankow borough of Berlin in the early 1950s.
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Genetta
A multi-hybrid dwarf cat. Mixing: Munchkin, Bengals, Savannahs, Oriental Shorthairs and domestic shorthaired cats.
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Kanaani Cat
An spotted, hybrid cat and an experimental cat breed that appears to have started in Israel and then developed in Germany. Registered with the WCF.
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Karelian Bobtail
Also called: Karel Bobtail, Karelian or Karellian. A naturally tailless cat that originates from an area near St. Petersburg, Russia.
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Khao Manee
A foreign type cat from Thailand that is white and can have odd-eye color. There is a UK club for this cat breed: Khao Manee Cat Club.
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Mekong Bobtail
A short-tailed traditional Siamese cat that is recognised by the World Cat Federation (WCF).
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Mokave Jag Cat
Starting in 2000 this cat breed is in development. It is a wildcat hybrid: leopard cat, jungle cat and the Bobcat with the domestic cat with the intention of creating a miniature jaguar.
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Nile Valley Egyptian Cat
A natural breed indigenous to the Nile Valley of Egypt (NVE), where the first wildcats where domesticated. 2010: Application made to TICA as experimental breed.
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Poodle Cat
Created 1987 in Germany. A hybrid cat: the Devon Rex, Scottish Fold and European Shorthair cross-bred. A most rare cat breed.
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Squitten
Created in the late 1990s. This is a cat with defective forelimbs produced by a genetic mutation. The limbs are shortened and twisted. The name is an amalgamation of “squirrel” and “kitten”.
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Tennessee Rex
Tennessee’s satin coated curly haired cat that arose from a naturally occuring recessive gene mutation, discovered in 2004.
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Stone Cougar Cat
A wildcat hybrid: domestic cat and the wild Jungle cat (F. chaus) cross.
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Ural Rex
A Russian curly haired cat discovered in the town of Yekaterinburg and developed from there and recognised by the WCF in 2006.
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Ussuri Cat
Meant to be a wildcat hybrid: leopard cat x domestic cat but at 2012 I don’t believe this. The cat pictured does not have the appearance of a wildcat hybrid.
Update: February 2014. A new cat breed has been accepted as an experimental breed by TICA. It is the Lykoi: Lykoi Cat
Update: I’d like to also feature the Toybob. They are a miniature Siamese cat with a bobtail.
Although not unusual cat breeds, for the sake of completeness I am listing teacup cats and stray cats on this page. Teacup cats are popular and stray cats are numerous.
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Teacup cats
Selectively breed to a very small size these are normally chinchilla traditional Persian cats but not a formally recognised cat breed.
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Stray cats
Not a cat breed but there are many millions and MAR, a Japanese photographer has recorded them in his country.
Go to more unusual cat breeds…link. Miscellaneous matters – products, alternative names of cat breeds etc.
Was wondering what kind of cat i have here he is 6 months old very long and tall ??
Hello Julie. Nice to hear from you. Unfortunately, your photograph was too large to upload to a comment. Just below the comment you’ll see a link to instructions as to how to reduce the size of a photograph before uploading it. Please try again and I look forward to seeing your little guy.
In the meantime, you might like to look at this page:
Hi. I was wondering if you could identify the breed or breeds of this little guy. He is a foster kitten and approximately eight weeks old. I have been fostering for three years and have never had a little guy like this. He is beige and gray with a fairly short tail. He is much more round than most kittens and very calm for his age. Any thoughts??
Thanks Sarah for being a lady.
It is only a Snowshoe if it has a pedigree saying it is a Snowshoe. Otherwise it is a mixed breed (“Snowshoe lookalike”). The only way to be more certain of whether it meets the Snowshoe breed standard is to have it assessed by a cat show judge that judges that breed.
I think what fools the shelters, in some cases, is that Snowshoes are born without distinctive markings and don’t get their points until later.
Was wondering what kind of cat i have here he is 6 months old very long and tall ??
Hello Julie. Nice to hear from you. Unfortunately, your photograph was too large to upload to a comment. Just below the comment you’ll see a link to instructions as to how to reduce the size of a photograph before uploading it. Please try again and I look forward to seeing your little guy.
In the meantime, you might like to look at this page:
https://pictures-of-cats.org/what-breed-is-my-cat.html
Hi. I was wondering if you could identify the breed or breeds of this little guy. He is a foster kitten and approximately eight weeks old. I have been fostering for three years and have never had a little guy like this. He is beige and gray with a fairly short tail. He is much more round than most kittens and very calm for his age. Any thoughts??
Thanks Sarah for being a lady.
It is only a Snowshoe if it has a pedigree saying it is a Snowshoe. Otherwise it is a mixed breed (“Snowshoe lookalike”). The only way to be more certain of whether it meets the Snowshoe breed standard is to have it assessed by a cat show judge that judges that breed.
I think what fools the shelters, in some cases, is that Snowshoes are born without distinctive markings and don’t get their points until later.