This document provides information on various cat breeds. It describes the physical characteristics and origins of breeds such as the American Curl, known for its curled ears; the Bengal, which lives mainly in India; and the Burmese cat, which has short hair and a muscular build. It also discusses other breeds like the Siamese, Scottish Fold, Ragdoll, and American Shorthair. In total, over 40 different cat breeds are outlined in the document.

1. Cat Family
By: Dan Adrian N. Camaligan
Romy Kenn Pacis

2. American Curl
American curl cats are known for
their curled ears. They are
medium-sized cats with long, silky
coats.

3. Bengal
The Bengal lives mainly in India. It is an endangered
species that is protected by wildlife laws.

4. Burmese Cat
Burmese cats have short
hair, golden eyes, a muscular
build, and a rounded head.

5. Balinese Cat
They are extremely affectionate and
love to be in contact with their people.

6. Abbysinnian Cat
This is an affectionate intelligent
cat, very people
orientated, extremely active and a
cat that thrives on interaction and
play

7. Leopard
The leopard (Panthera pardus) is
a member of
the Felidae family with a wide
range in some parts of Africa and
tropical Asia.

8. Cheetah
The cheetah (Acinonyx
jubatus) is a large feline
(family Felidae, subfamily Feli
nae) inhabiting most
of Africa and parts of
the Middle East.

9. Felidae
Felidae is the biological family of the cats; a
member of this family is called a felid.

10. Lion
The lion (Panthera leo) is one
of the four big cats in
the genus Panthera and a
member of the familyFelidae

11. Tiger
The tiger (Panthera tigris) is the
largest cat species, reaching a total
body length of up to 3.3 m (11 ft) and
weighing up to 306 kg (675 lb).

12. Jaguar
The jaguar Panthera
onca, is a big
cat, a feline in the
Panthera genus, and is
the
only Panthera species
found in the Americas.

13. Farm Cat
Also known as barn cats, are cats
kept primarily for the purpose of
catching the smaller vermin found
on farms and ranches.

14. Havana Brown
The Havana Brown, also
known as the Swiss
Mountain cat, is a breed
of cat well known and
shown in England in the
1890s

15. Japanese Bobtail
The earliest written evidence of cats
in Japan indicates that they arrived
from China or Korea at least 1,000
years ago.

16. Manx
The Manx breed originated on the
Isle of Man (hence the
name), where they are common.
They are called stubbin in the Manx
language

17. Minx
The term is a common error or
colloquially used by people
unfamiliar with the Manx cat, a
tailless breed of cat originating
from the Isle of Man, Great
Britain

18. Ocicat
Is a new and still-rare
breed of cat which has
spots resembling a 'wild'
cat and the
temperament of a
domestic animal,
named for its
resemblance to the
ocelot.

19. California Spangled Cat
Inspired by the poaching
death of a leopard. A
domestic cat resembling a
small leopard, and that this
would emphasize how
important it is to preserve
the leopard.

20. Cymric
The name comes from Cymru
(pronounced KUM-ree), the
indigenous Welsh name of
Wales, though the breed is
not associated with Wales in
any fashion

21. Devon Rex
The Devon Rex is a
relatively new breed of
cat with a
sparse, curly, very soft
coat similar to that of the
Cornish Rex.

22. Don Sphynx
A
breed of cat known
for its lack of
a coat.

23. Egyptian Mau
The Egyptian Mau is often
said to be descended from
African wild cats, and a
descendant of the cats
seen in wall paintings of
Ancient Egypt.

24. Scottish Fold
The original Scottish Fold was a
long-haired white-haired barn
cat.

25. Savanna
A domestic hybrid
cat breed. It is a cross
between a serval and a
domestic cat.

26. Selkirk Rex
The Selkirk Rex originated
in Montana, America in
1987, with a litter born to
a rescued cat.

27. Siamese
The exact origins of the
breed are unknown, but
it is believed to be from
Southeast Asia.

28. Siberian
While Siberians are a fairly
recent introduction to the
US(1990) and thus relatively
rare, though popular, the
breed can be seen in
Russian paintings and
writings hundreds of years
old.

29. Singapura
The original home of the
Singapura is the island of
Singapore, with the breed
taking its name from the local
Malay name for the island —
meaning 'Lion City'.

30. Skookum
The Skookum was
developed from crosses
between Munckins and
LaPerms with the aim of
creating a short legged
cat with a curly coat

31. Smoke
Smoke cats will look solid
coloured until they
move, when the white
undercoat becomes
apparent.

32. Snowshoe
A rare breed of cat originating in
the United States of America in the
1960s.

33. Sokoke
A more recently
developed natural breed
of felid hybrid domestic
cats, recognized by two
major cat pedigree
registry organizations as
a formal cat breed.

34. Somali
The breed appeared
spontaneously in the
1950s from Abyssinian
breeding programs when
a number of Abyssinian
kittens were born with
bottle-brush tails and long
fluffy coats.

35. Toyger
The Toyger is a breed of
cat, the result of breeding
domestic shorthaired
tabbies.

36. Turkish Angora
Like all domestic cats, Turkish
Angoras descended from the
African wildcat. The
mountainous regions of Eastern
Anatolia isolated cats brought
by traders from Egypt

37. Turkish Van
The Turkish Van is a
rare, naturally occurring
breed of cat from the Lake
Van region of present-day
Turkey.

38. Tortoise Seashell
Describes a coat coloring found
almost exclusively in female
cats. Also called Torties for
short, they combine two colors
other than white, either closely
mixed or in large patches.

39. Tonkinese
Tonkinese cats are a recent
cross between the Siamese and
Burmese cat breeds, although
some assert that Tonkinese-like
cats have existed since at least
the early 1800s.

40. Tigercat
Also known as the little spotted
cat, tigrillo, or tiger cat, is a
small spotted felid found in
the tropical
rainforests of Central and South
America.

41. Stone Cougar
The Stone Cougar is a jungle
cat hybrid developed by Mandal
Exotic Cats to resemble the
American cougar. In addition to
the cougar-like color, the body is
thick and low to the ground, the
tail is thick and the ears are small.

42. Ragamuffin
The Ragamuffin is one of the
newest breeds of domestic cat. It
was created in 1994. The exact
development of this breed is
cloudy and will likely remain a
mystery

43. Ragdoll
Ragdolls were first bred in the 1960’s by
Ann Baker, a Persian breeder in
California. Some of the original stock
consisted of sturdy, free-roaming cats

44. Peterbalds
Peterbalds have an elegantly slim
graceful and muscular build. They
have a narrow and long head with
a straight profile, almond-shaped
eyes, wedge-shaped muzzle, and
big set-apart ears.

45. Nebelung
is a rare breed of the domestic cat.
Nebelungs have long bodies, wide-set
green eyes, long and dense fur, and
mild dispositions.

46. Norwegian Forest Cat
The breed is very old, and occurred
as a natural adaptation to the cold
climate of the region, but it was not
regarded as anything other than a
standard house-cat until the late
1930s

47. Oriental Shorthair
The Siamese cat was imported to
Britain from Siam (Thailand) in the later
half of the 1800s. According to
reports, both pointed and solid colors
were imported

48. Oriental Longhair
is a breed of cat that features a
tubular, Siamese-style body (known
in the cat fancy as oriental type)

49. Oriental Bicolour
is any cat of Oriental type, either
longhaired or shorthaired and in
any pattern
including colourpoint, which has
white areas on its coat caused by
the white spotting gene.

50. American Shorthair
The breed is believed to be
descended from English cats (the
forebears of today's British Shorthairs)
brought to North America by early
European settlers to protect valuable
cargo from mice and rats.

51. American Longhair
The American Longhair / Maine Coon is
a large-sized cat. Its coat is can come
in a different variety of colours. Like the
breed name suggests, they have long
hairs