This
is a spill
over list of cat breeds. The breeds might be
proposed, experimental, provisional or sometimes alternative names.
Most are not recognized unless the name is an old name or alternative
name of an established cat breed. This is not always the case, however.
Note:
If you've
come to this page first, bypassing the home page and want to
see a list of more "mainstream" cat breeds, you might like to go to the
home page list or if you'd like to see
pictures of the cat breeds to guide
you through the breeds, please start here:
Cat
Breeds A-H (this follows on to
more).
The individual pages describing the breed explains why, where
appropriate the cat breed in question is on the fringes. These breeds
are a testament to the desire to create new cat breeds. It seems that
an extension to the number of breeds is resisted by some cat
assocations such as the CFA, which is, I personally
think, sensible. Others, though might disagree.
The fact that I have listed these cat names/breeds (some are
alternative names
to well known breeds) here and not on the home page is not in anyway
meant to be derogatory. They are here for practical reasons. The
home page
contains links to all the main cat breeds and more. There are many
domestic cat breeds. If you want to know what breed of
cat you live with, you might like to read this:
What
Breed Is My Cat?
People quite often ask, "what breed is my cat" . This might sound
strange but it is possible to answer that question now, with a
reasonable degree of success without seeing the cat....
Here is the list of links to domestic cat breeds or proposed etc.
breeds, which is currently constantly expanding:
The
cats - please
go to home page
for mainstream
breeds