Largest Domestic Cat Breed
Largest domestic cat breed? - This page deals with the largest domestic breeds, the smallest domestic breeds and the weight of domestic breeds in relation to the wild cats. See what could be the world's tallest domestic cat. MAGIC is probaby the world's biggest domestic cat. She is certified by the Guinness World Records as the tallest (20-9-09). Watch this space for an update to world's largest. Here is another video of Scarlett's Magic. This shows her size very well too: 
Contents - largest domestic cat breed Discussion on the method employed to find the largest domestic cat breed. Table of Domestic cat weights The weights of nearly all the domestic cat breeds including unrecognized breeds and cat types (as opposed to a breed) in tabular form including small and large weights. Largest and Smallest Domestic cats List of the largest and smallest cat breeds in relation to the various associations and on an open basis. Weight Comparison with Wildcats A comparison between the bigger domestic cats and the small-medium wildcats Comment Some brief thoughts arising out of the process of building this page How Big is Your Cat? We'd love to hear from you Click on this link to have a say. You can tell us if your cat is massive, small or even in between!  Ragdoll cat, the 2nd largest domestic cat breed registered with TICA photograph copyright © Helmi Flick Go to top of page Method The research needed to build this page automatically resulted in finding the smallest domestic cat breed as all the cat breeds are included in the research (although at present only a few are not listed). In fact, in compiling a list of the largest domestic cat breeds you will have to research all the weights of all the breeds. And I am talking weights rather than physical size; meaning physical dimensions. This is because research of domestic cat size nearly always refers to weight and weight is directly related to cat size. The two go hand in hand, provided the weights used are typical.This page therefore looks at the weights of all cat breeds and cats that are not formally a breed because a cat association has not yet (or never will) recognized the cat. As it is interesting to compare domestic with wild cat I have also included a comparison to some small and medium sized wild cats. One of several obstacles is the question as to whether I should adhere strictly to the title of this posting. Should I only look at cat breeds that are formally recognized to full status by the premier cat associations or make the "competition" open and compare all cat breeds. I chose the latter because some of the breeds that are not recognized by all the associations but which are established nonetheless, are interesting, big and it is easy to include them. I set out the largest domestic cat breeds by association at the end plus the breeds that are the largest whether they are recognized or not (the equivalent of "open competition") However, in order to remain loyal to the title I have made a note in the table as to which associations recognize the breed.  Savannah
- TICA's largest
photo ©Helmi Flick I have selected the following associations as the major players and upon which I have decided if a cat is formally a breed or not. If the cat is listed on their websites as recognized, I treat that cat as a breed for the purposes of this analysis:-
Where I have had to make an informed estimate I have limited the information provided to the minimum required to answer the question posed. Full descriptions of all the breeds in the list are on this website. Go to the home page or navbar for a list of links.  The serval (picture above) is a wildcat that is sometimes tamed to become a domestic cat and that is why this cat species is in this analysis. This cat is not a "breed" but a species. It is not the largest domestic cat breed but is one of the largest domestic cats when tamed. Photo is of Martin Stucki with a tame breeding serval at A1 Savannahs, OK, USA. See tame and socialised serval cat as well. Table - largest domestic cat breed Largest
Domestic Cat Breed -
Table - showing cat
breed minimum, average and maximum weights in both pounds and kilograms.
The figures for large cats are not
meant to be maximums as you
will get an exceptional cat but that does not answer the question as to
the Largest
domestic cat breed.
Please note that these are average figures so they are an amalgam of
male and female weights.
Update: I have included weights from The Encyclopedia of the Cat by Dr Bruce Fogle as at May 2010.
 Largest Domestic cat breed GCCF Maine Coon Cat Eres (Evenstar Eresyr van Siduroy) photograph © copyright Dani Rozeboom
Comments - largest domestic cat breed If visitors would like to make comments on this page about the largest domestic cat breed or to make suggested corrections, please go to the Have a Say where you can fill in a simple form. I will be notified and respond if required. Thanks.My Comment on research into the largest domestic cat breed One undeniable fact is that the vast majority of domestic cat breeds are medium sized cats. Within the ranks of medium sized cats there is some variation in size and weight and it is this that I have tried to ascertain and set out in the table. There are one or two outstanding cats in terms of size at the heavy end of the spectrum. At the light end the situation is less clear.Without wishing to overstate the obvious this page does not provide the results of research into the largest domestic (individual) cat. But in order to respond to some visitors who might have arrived here looking for information on that subject, here is some. Stories will pop up from time to time about exceptionally large cats. One is in the papers this morning (11-4-08). It concerns a ginger mixed breed cat called Orazi. I can't show the picture due to copyright issues but he is basically a very big cat anyway and he is overweight. That is why he weighs 35 lbs (16 kg)! He is Italian. Maybe he eats too much pasta. Other record breakers are Sam a British cat weighing 36 lbs (16.3 Kg). He was a fat cat proving the point that individual records are pretty meaningless except to say the people keeping thes cats are overfeeding them. An American cat weighed 41 lbs (18.5 kg) apparently. See also: World's Fattest Cat and Clauz World's Fattest Cat 1950 and World's Biggest Cat.  Chausie
Cat - One of the largest domestic
cat breeds. He is Bwana Buhwah. Photograph © copyright Helmi Flick List of Largest Domestic cat Breed and Smallest by Association
Comparison of the largest domestic cat breeds with Small and Medium Wildcats
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