United Kingdom cat breeds (18) | MyCatBreeds

tabby cat

Tabby

The Tabby isn’t a cat breed but rather a certain cat pattern. So the Tabby has lots of different coat colors and patterns and the cat comes in differe..

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Asian

Known also as the Malayan, the Asian cat is likened to the Burmese but just with different coat patterns and colors. This particular cat breed was ..

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asian semi longhair cat

Asian Semi-Longhair

Similar to the Asian Shorthair, the Asian Semi-Longhair with its semi-long fur was developed in the UK in the 1980s and isn’t recognized by any U.S. r..

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british longhair cat

British Longhair

The British Longhair cat hails from Great Britain. The cat is a longer-haired variety of the British Shorthair. These British Shorthairs were inter..

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british shorthair cat

British Shorthair

A cat breeder, Harrison Wier took a street cat of Britain and with an intensive breeding program, transformed it to the British Shorthair. The Brit..

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british semi longhair cat

British Semi-Longhair

The British semi-Longhair cat is exactly like the British Shorthair except when it comes to the coat length - the hair is longer. During the 20th c..

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colorpoint shorthair cat

Colorpoint Shorthair

The Colorpoint Shorthair is a Siamese cat that came about when the Siamese cat was used with the red American Shorthair to bring about new colors. ..

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cornish rex cat

Cornish Rex

Cornwall is the birthplace of the unusual Cornish Rex cat – a curly-coated cat. A kitten was born in 1950 and belonged to Nina Ennismore and Winifr..

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cymric cat

Cymric

The Cymric is a naturally tailless cat although having said that, not every Cymric is completely tailless. It’s actually a long-haired Manx cat thi..

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devon rex cat

Devon Rex

The Devon Rex is a cat known for its large ears and its curly, soft coat. It hails from England, emerging in the 1950s. The cat is recognized by qu..

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havana brown cat

Havana Brown

The rare Havana Brown cat seems to be a result of a planned breeding between Siamese and domestic black cats. It was in the 1950s that cat fanciers..

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oriental longhair cat

Oriental Longhair

Your Oriental Longhair cat has his foundations in the Siamese breed. The Siamese came from Thailand to the UK in the 1800s. Sometimes a litter of S..

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oriental shorthair cat

Oriental Shorthair

This domestic cat is also related to the Siamese Cat. Orientals come from a diverse group of cats, but they have their foundation in the Siamese breed..

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manx cat

Manx

The Manx cat is a domestic cat originating on the Isle of Man, with a short tail. It is one of the oldest cat breeds. The cat is actually known as ..

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Red Point Siamese

The Siamese cat remains one of the most famous among the cat breeds. The Red Point is also known as the Flame Point Siamese cat. This breed of Siames..

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scottish fold cat

Scottish Fold

The Scottish Fold is a domestic cat that has an owlish look to it. This is because of the natural dominant-gene mutation that affects cartilage in the..

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siamese tabby cat

Siamese/Tabby

Lynx point Siamese cats are believed to also be known as Tabby point Siamese in the UK. Breeding of these cats began in about the 1940s and the first ..

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smoke cat

Smoke

A Smoke cat is a domestic long-haired cat. The beautiful coat coloring usually comes with a silvery undercoat, with the topcoat having color points. ..

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