cats are undoubtedly a good companion, but like any other animal, they have different breeds, personalities and appearances. If you plan to adopt or own a cat, you should understand each of their qualities in order to be able to distinguish the type of cat that suits you. This is our discovery of the cutest cat breed in the world!
cats vary depending on its breed, you will recognize them by its characteristics and appearance, and learn about some cats that look cute and attractive.
1-Bengal cat
Bengal leopard cat , originated in the United States, the body has a golden background and black markings, the body weight is about 5.5-9 kg, the body weight is about 5.5-9 kg Strong, short fur. This breed of cat is highly independent, has a changeable temperament, and sometimes shows a wild side, and its hunting ability is better than other breeds of cats.
The early breeding of Bengal cats is quite complicated and complicated, so the number is not very large, and because of the unique markings and breath of this breed, as well as the blood of Asian leopard cats, it is quite curious and fatal to Bengal cats. Bengal cats are currently the only cat breeds with wild cat pedigree, and there are people breeding Bengal cats in California, the United States. Britain once banned the breeding of this cat species to protect wild animals, but the ban was lifted in 2007.
In 1963, a California breeder, Jean Mill, bought a male wild South Asian leopard cat near the Bay of Bengal in India. This leopard cat has black hollow spots and is good at swimming and fishing. Jan Mir used this leopard cat to cross with a silver-black Egyptian cat, and bred a new breed of "Bengal Leopard Cat". This breed has the body and coat color of an ocelot and the character of a domestic cat. The second generation (F2) is produced by backcrossing the females of the first generation (F1) with the males of the previous generation. The nurturing program was interrupted for a while after her husband died. Until 1972, she took over eight female hybrids from Dr. Willard Centerwall, a genetic expert at the University of California.They were developed by Dr. Willard Centerwall in the process of studying feline leukemia (FeLV), crossing ocelots with short-haired domestic cats.
2-Manchekan cat
Since 1940, several short-legged cat records have been found around the world. In 1944, British veterinarian HE William Jones described four generations of short-legged cats, including an eight-and-a-half-year-old female cat, with a fairly healthy record. The record indicated that the female cat’s offspring had all Similar appearance and agile movements. Except for the length of the legs, the other parts are generally similar to cats. However, these cats seemed to disappear during World War II. They were discovered in Russia in 1956 and the United States in the 1970s. Short-legged cat.
1983, Rayville, , Louisiana. Sandra Hochenedel, a music teacher, found two short-legged cats under the pickup truck. After Hochenedel brought the cat home, he found that both cats were pregnant and their legs were extremely short. She took a black cat named Blackberry, which gave birth to short-legged kittens. Among the blackberry kittens, Hochenedel gave one of the male cats named Tolouse to Kay LaFrance in Monroe, Louisiana.
LaFrance allows Tolouse, an unligated male cat, to freely enter and leave his house and outside, so a wild Manchekan short-legged cat appeared near his home in Monroe, Louisiana. Obviously, they can mate with long-legged cats normally, become a breeding sire and establish the Manchecan breed in North America.
Hochenedel contacted LaFrance, Dr. Solveig Pflueger, Chairman of the Genetic Committee of the International Cat Breeding Association (TICA) in the United States.Studies have confirmed that the phenomenon of short legs is caused by mutations in dominant genes that affect leg length, and cats with this gene will have short legs.
The International Cat Breeding Association described Munchkin as "extroverted, smart and responsive, and well coped". Because of his short stature, his personality is curious, active, agile, and running, his short legs did not affect his ability to run and jump.
is medium-sized, female cats are slightly fatter than male cats and medium-sized cats, male cats are usually about 4 to 8 pounds heavier than female cats. The hind legs are longer than the front legs, and the hair length is divided into short-haired manchekan and long-haired manchekan.
In 2014, the Manchekan short-legged cat Pixel from Napa, California was officially certified by the Guinness World Record , and his height was only 13 cm.
Because the short-legged gene is a dominant gene, the kittens born to the parents of Manchecan: 66.6% will be standard short-legged cats, and 33.3% will be non-standard long-legged cats.
3- American curl
American curl is one of the domestic cat breeds. It weighs 3-5 kg and is characterized by upward curling of its ears. Its coat is as smooth as silk and its body is slender and well-proportioned. This breed of cat has the characteristic of curling ears due to mutations in the cat's genetics.
The American curl cat originated in California, USA. The RUGA family in California adopted a curl ear stray cat in 1981, which was then bred by Nancy, and was bred by TICA in 1985. It is recognized that the cat of this breed is currently a rare breed. The American Curl cat has a gentle temperament, has a close relationship with its owner, is athletic, and can live with other dogs, cats and small animals. Sexual maturity at the age of 2 to 3 years. Because this breed is rare, it can mate with normal-eared cats. The cats born may be curly-eared cats or normal-eared cats. The ear cartilage begins to curl on the 4th day after the kitten is born. hardening,The shape will be finalized after 3-4 months.
4- Maine Coon cat
From the 17th to the 18th century, many domestic cats immigrated from Europe to New England in the Americas, where they lived. They all face a very cold winter, and only the strongest and most adaptable cat species can survive. With the constant selection of species (as opposed to breed improvement) year after year, the Maine Coon cat has evolved a huge and sturdy body, and has a blanket-like hair that is resistant to water and fluffy.
There are several theories about the origin of Maine Coon cat species and species names, and they are usually exaggerated stories; one of the stories is that: once a cat went to the wild of , Maine, and ended up with a Coon cross-species mating, so it gave birth to a bunch of offspring with the characteristics of today's Maine Coon cat. Of course, the story is based on the violation of biology and is completely unreliable, but the root of the English name of the Maine Coon cat has "COON", which is similar to the coon "RACCOON"; the second is that the Maine Coon cat has a thick tail. The degree and the hair markings on the tail are almost the same as those of a raccoon, making people in the past believe that the aforementioned story has a certain degree of credibility. Another reason is that the Maine Coon cat was brought to the (Maine) state by a captain named Coon. The captain's trustee is the extravagant Queen Marie Antoinette. She originally planned to flee from France to the United States, but apparently French Revolution 's footsteps were much faster than her fleeing speed.
Anyway, the view of most breeders is that Maine Coon cats came through the combination of native North American shorthair cats and long-haired cat species that came from across the sea. Perhaps it was the New England sailor's long-haired breed. Turkish Angora cat introduces a new world,Or Viking brought the Norwegian forest cat, which is also a long-haired breed, into North America (the reason for the introduction is that the days of ancient sea voyages are more boring than romantic, and can be used as one of the trade projects after landing) . In short, the appearance of the Maine Coon cat is either similar to the Norwegian forest cat or almost the same as . Even the same biological characteristics. (Maine, Norway, and Siberia have slightly different latitudes. In terms of climate, such as humidity, average annual temperature, and even annual rainfall, there are also slight differences. However, the most similarity is winter ; In the severe cold environment, mammals must evolve fluffy and thick hair to isolate the low temperature, and increase the volume to increase the proportion of fat to increase the survival ability at low temperature.)
Maine Coon cats are huge and energetic Male cats sometimes weigh up to 12 kg or 25 lbs. On average, they weigh at least 6-9 kg (13-20 lbs), and female cats weigh 7-11 lbs. The body length of a male cat can grow to nearly one meter; in 2006, a male Maine Coon cat grew to a record-breaking 122 cm. Generally, a cat becomes a cat at the age of one year, and its body size tends to be stable, but it takes four to five years for a Maine Coon cat to grow to full size to complete this process.
5- Siamese cat
The so-called "Siamese cat" generally refers to a manuscript called "The Poem of Cats" ("Tamra Maew") One of several cat breeds described from Siam. This psalm is probably written in the eighteenth century.
Regarding the Siamese cat’s first arrival outside Asia,Most thought it was the British consulate in Bangkok, Thailand (1847-1916) in 1884, who brought a pair of Siamese cats Pho and Mia from Bangkok back to the UK and gave them to his sister Lilian Jane Veley (Veley also became a sister in 1901). One of the founders of Siam Cat Club). However, looking through the records, U.S. President Lesford Keys received a Siamese cat as a gift from the U.S. Consulate in Bangkok in 1878. This is the first time in history that Siamese cats left Asia, six years before they landed in the UK, but they did not breed.
In 1885 Pho and Mia gave birth to three little Siamese cats Duen Ngai, Kalohom and Khromata. The three kittens and their parents participated in the cat show held at the Crystal Palace in London in the same year. The unique posture and behavior of the Siamese cat impressed the participants deeply. Unfortunately, the three kittens died shortly after the exhibition, but there is no record of the cause of death.
Siamese cat (English: Siamese cat) is one of the oriental shorthair cat that was recognized early. The origin of this species has not yet been determined, but it is believed to be from Southeast Asia. It is said to have originated from cats raised in Siam (present-day Thailand) temples.
is called Wichien-maat (วิเชียรมาศ) in Thailand, which means "moon diamond". Since the 20th century, Siamese cats have become one of the most popular cat breeds in Europe and America.
6-Siberian cat
The cat Siberian was first mentioned in a book by Harrison Weir in 1892, who organized and wrote some of England The earliest cat show.
Mr. Kastan at the Leidenhall market showed me a Siberian cat; this breed is completely new to me. It is a small gray-blue female cat with short body and legs; the head is small and round, and the ears are medium in size. The iris of the eye is dark golden,The contrast with the blue of the fur makes them look brighter; the tail is short and thick, very short at the base, suddenly pointing to the tip. Its nature is particularly timid and wild, and inaccessible; however, as Mr. Castang has observed, this timidity may be "because it does not understand our language and does not know when it is called or spoken". I think crossbreeding with some British breeds will become a valuable cat.
— Harrison Weir, "Our Cats and Everything About They", 1892 edition
Siberian cats first arrived in the United States in 1990. Despite its growing popularity, the cost of importing these cats from Russia makes the breed relatively rare outside of Europe.
In the fantasy of Russian cat , each cat club has designed its own cat standard. When the first Siberians arrived, this fact caused a lot of confusion in the United States and other countries. Many people looked completely different from each other, depending on which region of Russia they came from. One of the earliest written Siberian standards was published in 1987 by the Kotofei Cat Club in St. Petersburg.
7- puppet cat
A domestic cat named Josephine (Josephine or Turkish 8 Span) in the 1960s An unknown Berman cat (or Burmese cat) gave birth to several pairs of cubs. This is the first batch of puppet cats in the world. Ann Baker bought several cubs from the original owner and nurtured them to form the puppet cat.
This variety has been selectively bred for many years to obtain desirable characteristics, such as large size, gentle manner, sharp color, and weakness when picked up.
Among these early cubs, an all-black Burmese male black cat was born,And a seal father Warbuck with white feet. Dad Warbucks gave birth to the founding two-tone female Fugianna, and Blackie gave birth to Buckwheat, a dark brown/black Burmese female. Both Fugianna and Buckwheat are Josephine's daughters. All puppet cats are the offspring of Baker's cat through the mating of Daddy Warbucks with Fugianna and Buckwheat.
Baker rejected the traditional cat raising association in an unusual move. She registered the trademark for Ragdoll and established her own registration agency, the International Ragdoll Cat Association (IRCA) around 1971, and imposed strict standards on anyone who wanted to breed or sell cats under this name. Ragdolls are also not allowed to be registered by other breed associations. Today, IRCA still exists, but on a small scale, especially since Baker died in 1997. IRCA cats are not recognized in any major cat breed organization or cat show.
In 1975, the team led by husband and wife team Denny and Laura Dayton was tied with IRCA in order to gain mainstream recognition by Ragdoll. Starting with a pair of breeding IRCA cats, the team finally formulated the Ragdoll standard, which has been accepted by major cat registries such as CFA and FIFe.
In the early 1960s, during or after the spread of puppet cats in the United States, a pair of puppet cats were exported to the United Kingdom. It was followed by eight other cats to fully establish the breed in the United Kingdom and was recognized by the Cat Fancy Council in the United Kingdom.
In 1994, due to increasingly strict breeding restrictions, the second team decided to leave IRCA and set up its own team. The group later established the Ragamuffin (cat) variety. Because Baker owns the right to the name "Ragdoll", until 2005, the "Ragdoll" trademark was not renewed, and no branch could legally call it "Ragdolls".
The largest international puppet variety club is the International Muppet Club (RFCI).
Ragdoll is a breed of domestic cat.It has soft and slender hair, which needs to be combed and washed frequently to prevent knotting. This breed was bred by the American Ann Baker in the 1960s. It was named after the docile, soft puppet . It is quite common in the country of origin in the United States and the United Kingdom, because it is docile and very clingy, and it is named dog-like cats, Puppy cats or puppy-like cats locally.
Siamese cats and puppet cats have the lowest birth survival rate among all kinds of domestic cats, with a life span of 15-25 years. 40% of puppet cats are the product of inbreeding.
8-Turkish Angora
Like all domestic cats, the Turkish Angora is a descendant of the African wild cat (Felis silvestris lybica). Their ancestors were one of the first cats domesticated in the Fertile Crescent of .
As early as the end of the 16th century, longhair cat was introduced to Britain and France from Asia Minor , Persia and Russia. By the 17th century, Turkish Angola was recognized as a unique breed in Europe. However, there is a strong connection between Angolans and Persians. In the book "Animals Extracted from Nature and Carved in Aqua-tinta" published in 1788 by Charles Catton, "Persian cat" and " Angora" are regarded as the same breed. Alternative name.
Persian cats were developed by British and American cat breeders from the mutation of the Turkish Angora. In 1903, F. Simpson wrote in The Book of the Cat:
"When classifying all long-haired cats as Persian cats,I may be wrong, but the difference between Angora and Persian is obviously almost the same. The nature is so good. If I ignore the cats that are usually called Angora, I must be forgiven. This seems to gradually change from Disappeared among us. Of course, in our large-scale exhibition, Angola has no special classification, and in response to many inquiries from animal lovers, I have not been able to obtain exact information about the difference between a Persian cat and an Angora cat.
Angora cats in the 20th century were used to improve the coat of Persian cats, but their species has always been different from Persian cats-especially in the past few decades, the flatter and flatter Persian cat has been developed.
At the beginning of the 20th century, Ataturk Forest Farm and Zoo started a breeding program to protect and preserve pure white Angora cats. The zoo cherishes odd eye specimens. However, cats are selected only based on color-no other criteria are applied
The Turkish Angora was brought to Canada in 1963 and was accepted as a champion purebred breed by the Cat Lovers Association in 1973. However, until 1978, only the white Angora was recognized. Today, all North American registries accept more Turkish Angora dogs of different colors and patterns. Although their number is still relatively small, the gene bank is growing.
Turkish breeders believe that the fine-bone version of this natural breed of cat cannot represent the real Turkish cat, the latter is stronger. American "Turkish" Angolans have very few remnants of the original Ataturk forest and zoo DNA, and they are only "purebreds on paper".
9- Russian blue Cat
Different from many modern cat species, the Russian blue cat is a naturally occurring cat species that has not been artificially bred. It is believed to have originated in Arkhangelsk, Russia ( Translated as "Port of Archangel"). In the 1860s, the Russian Blue Cat was brought to Northern Europe and the United Kingdom by Russian sailors from the port.It was only registered as the Akhanger cat in the Crystal Palace in England in 1875. It was not until 1912 that the Russian blue cat was given a formal grade distinction when compared with other blue cats (such as the British blue cat, the French Chartres, and the Thai Corat cat).
At first, it was not until after World War II that other regions outside Russia and Scandinavia began to breed Russian blue cats; due to traffic interruption during World War II, the blood of purebred blue cats was narrowed, so some breeders started Perform a mixed mating of Russian blue cats and Siamese cats. Although this hybrid cat already existed in the United States before World War II, it would have to be bred by breeders after the war into the so-called "modern version" of the Russian blue cat in the United States today.
is based on the excellent genetic characteristics of the Russian blue cat, so it is often used to breed new cat species, such as Havana brown cat (named after its coat color is close to Havana cigars, with the pedigree of Siamese cat ) Or adjust the genes of existing cat species, such as Nebel chinchilla (its name is derived from the famous German medieval epic Nibelungen Song). The pedigree of Russian blue cats is often found in gray-blue and short-haired cat breeds.
In the early 1970s, an Australian cat breeder named Mavis Jones bred an all-white Russian blue cat (called "Russian white cat") through Russian blue cats and native white cats. In the late 1970s, Russian white cats and Russian black cats were recognized by Australian cat lovers as one of the Russian cat species. However, even the International Cat Pet Association in Australia, South Africa and the United Kingdom recognized Russian white cats and Russian black cats as The Russian blue cat is a transitional cat breed. The American Cat Lovers Association (CFA) itself refuses to recognize this variant of the Russian blue cat.
The average life expectancy of the Russian blue cat is about 15-20 years old, and it can live up to 25 years. There are few health problems because they often have no genetic problems and are less likely to get sick. The Russian blue cat is a medium-sized cat with an average weight of about 3.5 to 7 kilograms (7.7 to 15.4 pounds) in full growth. Cats are usually older than female cats. Their gestation period is about 65 days.
10-North American shorthair
Spring of 1985,Carol Ann Brewer bought a unique male cat near Mount Baker, Washington, with spots, a short tail, and many claws. In January 1986, she rescued another male cat named Keba. It was large and had a short tail. It was reported to be the offspring of a bobcat . Although the cat is hungry, it still weighs 17 pounds and is high enough to reach Brewer's knee. Soon after she got the big male cat, it mates with the brown-spotted female cat next door. In April 1986, a litter was born from this mating. Brewer eventually raised a female cat, named "Elf", and a year later started a breeding program based on Elf.
In the next few years, Brewer introduced 23 cats from the nearby Cascade range in her plan. She believes that these cats were born from natural mating between bobcats and domestic cats. She coined the term "legendary cat" to refer to this type of cat, and later registered a trademark in the United States to restrict the term to describe the permitted outcrossing used in her breeding program. [5] At the same time, other breeders in the United States are studying the wild-looking barn cats and working with Brewer to establish an extensive genetic basis and lay the foundation for today's elf.
Under the leadership of Brewer, they successfully registered their new breed with the International Cat Association (TICA) and the American Cat Lovers Association (ACFA). Pixie-bob was included in the "exhibition" category by TICA in 1993, promoted to "new varieties and colors" in 1996, and finally won the championship in 1998. Variety”, defined as “a new variety identified by selecting individuals with similar phenotypes from a natural population in a specific geographic area”, but is now classified as an established variety.
Pixie-bob is a completely domesticated species The cat breed is selected and bred to resemble the North American lynx.
The elf may be very large, but on average it reaches about 11 pounds (5 kg), which is similar to larger domestic cats, and only a few breeders can produce Consistent big cats. They are usually big bones and huge. In most cases, males are several times larger than females. The average weight of domestic cats is about 8 pounds (4 kg).Pixie-bobs can grow for 4 years instead of 1 year like most domestic cats.
Most elves have black fur and skin on the bottom of their paws, tip ears, thick ear hair, black lips, and white fur around the eyes, but the eye skin is black. They have a big muzzle with round beard pads and red nose leather. They have white fur on their chins, but they usually have black skin under the white fur. Some of their beards changed from black (root-about 25%) to white (to the tip-about 75% of the beard). Similar to the fur pattern of a lynx, but often mixed with red tones. Most are short-haired, but some are long-haired. The eyebrows should be heavy and the eyes should be triangular. The kitten’s eyes are blue and turn green or gold when they are a few months old. When the legs are stretched, the size of the tail can vary from 2 inches (approximately 5 cm) to the length of the hock. The head is pear-shaped. The head is considered the most important feature.
The genetic similarity that may or may not exist between Pokemon and other tail-suppressing species, such as the Isle of Man, American Bobtail, and Japanese Bobtail, is unclear.
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