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Colorpoint Shorthair
The Colorpoint Shorthair was developed from the Siamese, with red or cream restricted to points (face, legs, ears, tail, and genitalia). Early crosses with domestic shorthairs, refined by concentrating Siamese genes with red, produced the final Colorpoint Shorthairs. Like many CFA breeds, it is a man-made breed. In the 1940s and 50s, breeders risked deciding the beautiful Siamese should come in more than traditional seal and the most common blue point.
British Shorthair
The British Shorthair is a compact, powerful, easygoing cat with a round face, dense short coat, and large round eyes. With a history tracing to Roman times, it became a recognized breed in 19th-century Britain and is beloved for its calm, friendly, adaptable nature—an ideal companion that gets along with everyone.
Chinchilla
The Chinchilla, with the English name Chinchilla, originates from Britain and descends from the Angora and the Persian. Some call it the artificial cat, hinting it was deliberately bred by humans. Notably, the Chinchilla was the first fully human-bred cat, appearing in 1894.
Oriental Shorthair
The Oriental Shorthair is a distinct breed, unexpectedly produced by breeders while developing another cat. They wanted a pure-white Siamese, so crossed Siamese with pure-white cats, producing today's Oriental. Though born in 1962, it was recognized as a new breed in 1972. Its appearance is close to the Siamese but differs greatly in coat color.
Somali
The Somali cat looks much like the Abyssinian—slender, slightly rounded, with big V-shaped ears and almond eyes—but with a semi-long, soft, dense coat. Developed in the US and Canada from a spontaneous long-haired mutation of the Abyssinian, the Somali is intelligent, gentle, playful, and water-loving, though its abundant coat needs regular grooming.
Korat
The Korat cat, also called the Korat or Si-Sawat, originates from the Khorat Plateau in northwest Thailand and is an ancient breed. Introduced to the US in 1959 and recognized by American cat lovers in 1965, and by Britain 10 years later. Its coat, like the Russian Blue and Chartreux, is solid blue with no shading or pattern, with a silvery sheen, and it has a unique heart-shaped face.
Persian
The Persian cat, also called Persian, Chinchilla, or Himalayan, with the Latin name Persian, represents nobility in people's minds. In China, most people's first pet cat was a Persian. However, most kept Persians are not purebred but non-purebred bred by merchants to meet the market; purebred Persians cost over a thousand dollars. Originating in Persia (Iran), it was developed in Britain over more than 100 years from Afghan longhair and Angora cats.
Abyssinian
The Abyssinian, also called the rabbit cat, Ethiopian cat, or Abyssinian, has the English name Abyssinian and is now distributed around the world. People usually judge a cat's origin by its name, but the Abyssinian's origin seems somewhat distant from Abyssinia. Abyssinia is the old name for Ethiopia, yet many believe the Abyssinian comes from ancient Egypt.
Tabby Cat
The Tabby Cat originated in the United States. It has a copper-brown base coat with pure black tabby pattern markings and a lighter copper-colored ring surrounding them. The neck is relatively short and muscular. The coat is short, thick, and stiff in texture. The personality is independent, lively, and alert. With strong rat-catching ability, it is beloved by ordinary people. It features a classic tabby pattern and red tortoiseshell markings of varying shades, both clearly visible. The paw pads are red or black. The breed trait is that tortoiseshell tabby cats, or 'tortie tabbies,' are very likely to be female only. It is a natural tabby breed formed through thousands of years of natural selection.
Chinese Li Hua
Chinese Li Hua, also known as the Chinese rural cat, is an umbrella term for China's native domestic cats. Among them, the Chinese Li Hua (Li Hua Mao) was officially recognized by the CFA in 2010 as China's own native purebred cat. This article introduces the common varieties of Chinese rural cats, including the Li Hua, tabby, calico, and tuxedo cats.