Talk:List of cat breeds
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[edit] Questions
Sphinx or Sphynx? http://www.cfainc.org/breeds.html has Sphynx -- Zoe
It's not good sense to say "this is the list of breeds" because it varies widely between the US and the UK, just for starters, and among breeders' groups as well. Also, new breeds are being added to both lists all the time. I don't know how much detail on this is suitable for the Wikipedia. -- Zadcat
Well, when I made the list I copied it from the official catfanciers breed listing, so it should include all of the breeds that they recognise... there's already been some debate about a few of them, which the Cat Fancier's association doesn't recognise, but somebody says are official... but it's a place to start, and if every dog breed known to mankind deserves an article, so do the felines! KJ
[edit] Breeds with Unsual Physical Features
I must admit to being surprised that Bengals, Toygers & Serengeti were included under cats with unusual physical features ... is it because of their wild cat ancestry? Or their spots / rosettes / stripes? Or their glitter?
DottedDreamz 02:23, 7 October 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Incomplete
Is this list complete? I'll add the incomplete tag just in case.
Y'all, I don't know how to fix it, but the "Abyssinian" link doesn't go to the right place. --Onebird —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.168.99.3 (talk)
This list is not complete. Missing are following breeds:
Don Sphynx: natural mutation occurred in Rostov-na-Donu, Russia, in 1987, recognized by TICA as Donskoy, by FIFe, by WCF,
RagaMuffin: recognized by ACFA
Kurilian Bobtail: LH and SH, natural mutation from the Kuril Islands, first shown in 1990, recognized by FIFe in 2003, by WCF in 1995
Asian Shorthair: recognized by GCCF, by WCF; note: under Asian in GCCF not only the Bombay and the Burmilla are recognized, there are also solids and tabbyies, in WCF it's the tabbies
I'll continue this list, there are missing more breeds (as soon, as I have more time to provide also the links to the standards).
Peterbald is a cross-breed between Don Sphynx and oriental-typed cats, St. Peterburg, Russia, in 1994, and not based on a direct natural mutation.
Under Burmese is missing: there are American Burmese and European Burmese, see CFA, CCA, LOOF.
The breederslist, which is mentioned here as source, might be a starting point, but research should be done at least in those organizations, which are member of WCC (World Cat Congress), in which the major organizations are joined since 1994.
The classification is strange, there are cross-breeds like the Ocicat in the Shorthairs, and Peterbald - a cross-breed, man-made breed - in the section of mutations. Evpreiss 11:23, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
- The Peterbald's baldness is a result of a mutation, so that's where it belongs. None of these breeds would exist were it not for man manipulating them. Besides, and Ocicat is a shorthair, and has no wild ancestry in it so that's the right place for it. pschemp | talk 15:10, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Adding breeds
There seems to be some confusion about how this list is organized and maintained. If there is a breed that is not listed here, and is recognized by a cat registry, then add it under the appropriate category. Do not list alternate names for the same breed, that information goes in the individual breed article. Additionally, individual standards for breeds recognized by more than one registry should not be linked, as the Infobox in each article links to the standards and any differences can be discussed in the article. See the Infobox on Turkish Van for an example.
[edit] pictures
I think it might be useful to add in pictures. Pathfinder2006 (talk) 18:45, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
