Luna
Moon.
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- A dependable celestial name for cats that feel calm, glossy, or quietly dramatic.
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Ragdoll
The Ragdoll is a breed of cat with a distinct colorpoint coat and blue eyes. Its morphology is large and weighty, and it has a semi-long and silky soft coat.
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Maine Coon
The Maine Coon is a large domesticated cat breed. The breed is selectively bred from one of the oldest landraces in North America, and is pedigreed in all major cat registries worldwide.
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British Shorthair
The British Shorthair is the pedigree version of the landrace of British domestic cat, with a distinctively stocky body, thick coat, and broad face. The most familiar colour variant is the "...
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Persian
The Persian cat, also known as the Persian Longhair or simply Persian, is a long-haired traditional breed of cat characterised by a round face and petite, but not flat and not smashed in, mu...
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Siamese
The Siamese cat is one of the first distinctly recognised breeds of domestic cat. It is selectively bred since the end of the 19th-century from the Wichianmat landrace, one of several variet...
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Bengal
The Bengal cat is a breed of hybrid cat created from crossbreeding an Asian leopard cat to domestic cats, especially the spotted tabby Egyptian Mau. Bengals have varying appearances.
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Siberian
The Siberian is a centuries-old landrace of domestic cat in Russia, and recently developed as a formal breed with standards promulgated the world over since the late-1980s. Since 2006, the b...
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American Shorthair
The American Shorthair (ASH) is a breed of domestic cat believed to be descended from European cats brought to North America by early settlers to protect valuable cargo from mice and rats. A...
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Scottish Fold
The Scottish Fold is a breed of domestic cat characterised by a naturally occurring autosomal dominant mutation associated with feline osteochondrodysplasia (FOCD). This genetic health condi...
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Sphynx
The Sphynx cat also known as the Canadian Sphynx, is a breed of cat known for its lack of fur. Hairlessness in cats is a naturally occurring genetic mutation, and the Sphynx was developed th...
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Abyssinian
The Abyssinian, or Abys, is a standardised breed of cat with a distinctive "ticked" tabby coat, in which individual agouti-hairs are banded with different colours. The breed's distinctive ap...
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Birman
The Birman, also called the "Sacred Cat of Burma", is a domestic cat breed. The Birman is a long-haired, colour-pointed cat distinguished by a silky coat, deep blue eyes, and contrasting whi...
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Oriental Shorthair
The Oriental Shorthair is a breed of domestic cat that is developed from and closely related to the Siamese cat. It maintains the modern Siamese head and body type but appears in a wide rang...
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Norwegian Forest
The Norwegian Forest Cat is a pedigreed breed of domestic cat originating in Northern Europe. This landrace breed is adapted to a very cold climate, with a top coat of long, glossy hair and...
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Burmese
The Burmese cat is a pedigreed breed of domestic cat, originating in Burma, believed to have its roots near the ThaiBurma border, and developed by selective breeding in the United States and...
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Russian Blue
The Russian Blue cat, commonly known as the Russian Blue, is a pedigreed cat breed characterised by a solid blue coat that has been the breeds defining feature for over a century. The Russia...
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Devon Rex
The Devon Rex is a tall-eared, short-haired breed of cat that emerged in England during the late 1950s. The breed is known for its atypical appearance, with an oddly shaped head, large eyes,...
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Cornish Rex
The Cornish Rex is a breed of domestic cat. The Cornish Rex only has down hair.
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Exotic Shorthair
The Exotic Shorthair is a breed of cat developed as a short-haired version of the Persian. The Exotic is similar to the Persian in appearance with the exception of the short dense coat.
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American Curl
The American Curl is a cat characterised by its unusual ears, which curl back from the face toward the center of the back of the skull. The breed originated in Lakewood, California, due to a...
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American Bobtail
The American Bobtail is an uncommon breed of domestic cat which was developed in the late 1960s. It is most notable for its stubby "bobbed" tail about one-third to one-half the length of a n...
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Bombay
The Bombay cat is a short-haired breed of domestic cat. Bombays are glossy solid black cats with a muscular build, and have characteristic large bright copper-golden eyes.
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Himalayan
The Himalayan, is a breed or sub-breed of long-haired cat similar in type to the Persian, with the exception of its blue eyes and its point colouration, which were derived from crossing the...
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Chartreux
The Chartreux is a rare breed of cat from France, and is recognised by a number of registries around the world. The Chartreux is large and muscular with relatively short, fine-boned limbs, a...
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Savannah
The Savannah is a breed of hybrid cat developed in the late 20th century from hybridisation of a serval with a domestic cat. This hybridisation typically produces large and lean offspring, w...
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Turkish Angora
The Turkish Angora is a breed of domestic cat. Turkish Angoras are one of the ancient, natural breeds of cat, having originated in central Anatolia.
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Turkish Van
The Turkish Van is a semi-long-haired, standardised breed of domestic cat, which was developed during the 1950s the United Kingdom from a selection of cats obtained from various cities of mo...
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Manx
The Manx cat is a breed of domestic cat originating on the Isle of Man, with a mutation that shortens the tail. Many Manx have a small stub of a tail, but Manx cats are best known as being e...
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Burmilla
The Burmilla is a breed of domestic cat, that originated in the United Kingdom in 1981. It is a cross between the Chinchilla Persian and Burmese cats.
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Tonkinese
Tonkinese is a domestic cat breed produced by crossbreeding between the Siamese and Burmese. Members of the breed are distinguished by a pointed coat pattern in a variety of colors.
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Balinese
The Balinese is a long-haired breed of domestic cat with Siamese-style point coloration and sapphire-blue eyes. The Balinese is also known as the purebred long-haired Siamese since it origin...
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Somali
The Somali cat is a pedigree breed of domestic cat. It is genetically similar to the Abyssinian cat.
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American Wirehair
The American Wirehair is a breed of domestic cat originating in upstate New York, which is characterized by its wiry fur and crinkly whiskers caused by a genetic mutation. As of 2017, though...
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Munchkin
The Munchkin is a breed of cat characterized by its very short legs, which are caused by a genetic mutation. Compared to many other cat breeds, it is a relatively new breed, documented since...
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Snowshoe
The Snowshoe is a rare breed of domestic cat originating in the United States of America in the 1960s. Its short-haired coat has a bicolour colourpoint pattern.
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Selkirk Rex
The Selkirk Rex is a cat breed with curly hair that was developed in the United States in the late 1980s. The Selkirk Rex is distinct from the other Rex breeds by the thick quality of its co...
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LaPerm
The LaPerm is a breed of cat. A LaPerm's fur is curly, with the tightest curls being on the throat and on the base of the ears.
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Japanese Bobtail
The Japanese Bobtail is a breed of domestic cat with an unusual bobtail more closely resembling the tail of a rabbit than that of other cats. The breed was first developed in Japan, and regi...
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Kurilian Bobtail
The Kurilian Bobtail is a cat breed originating from the Kuril Islands, as well as Sakhalin Island and the Kamchatka peninsula of Russia. Short- or long-haired, it has a semi-cobby body type...
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Pixiebob
Pixie-bob is a pedigreed breed of domestic cat. Originally they were claimed to be related to bobcat hybrids, but DNA testing showed they are genetically fully domestic cats.
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Ocicat
The Ocicat is an all-domestic breed of domestic cat which resembles a wild cat but has no (recent) wild DNA in its gene pool. It has a spotted tabby coat, and is named for its resemblance to...
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Chausie
The Chausie is a hybrid breed of cat that was developed by the hybridisation of wild jungle cats with domestic cats. The breed has a lean and athletic built, sporting a black-based coat of a...
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Highlander
The Highlander is a new breed of cat. The unique appearance of the Highlander comes from the deliberate cross between the Desert Lynx and the Jungle Curl breeds, also recently developed.
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Donskoy
The Donskoy cat, also known as Don Sphynx or Russian Hairless, is a hairless cat breed of Russian origin. It is not related to the better-known Sphynx cat whose characteristic hairlessness i...
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Peterbald
The Peterbald is a hairless cat breed of Russian origin. It was created in St.
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Lykoi
The Lykoi is a breed of cat derived from a natural mutation causing a form of hypotrichia found in domestic short-haired cats. This mutation results in sparse, patchy fur, particularly aroun...
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Khaomanee
Khaomanee (Khao Manee) is a Thai-origin breed best known for a bright white coat and striking eye color.
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Korat
The Korat cat is a silver-tipped blue-grey, short-haired breed of domestic cat with a small to medium build and a low percentage of body fat. Its body is semi-cobby, and unusually heavy for...
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Singapura
The Singapura, or Kucinta in Singapore, is the smallest breed of cat, noted for its large eyes and ears, ticked coat, and blunt tail. Reportedly established from three "drain cats" imported...
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Thai
The Thai or Wichien Maat is a breed of domestic cat re-established from the 1980s onward after its split off from the Western, modern-style Siamese cat. This natural breed is descended from...
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Havana
The Havana Brown a pedigreed domestic cat breed with a solid chocolate short-haired coat. The breed resulted from a planned breeding between chocolate-carrying Siamese and domestic shorthair...
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Minuet
The Minuet is a hybrid mix of Persian and Munchkin cat breeds. Categorized by The International Cat Association (TICA) as a domestic hybrid, "developed from a deliberate cross between two ex...
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Cymric
The Cymric is a Canadian cat breed. Some cat registries consider the Cymric a semi-long-haired variety of the Manx breed, rather than a separate breed.
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Nebelung
The Nebelung is a pedigree breed of domestic cat. Nebelungs have long bodies, wide-set green eyes, long and dense solid blue-coloured fur, and mild dispositions.
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Australian Mist
The Australian Mist is a breed of cat developed in Australia. It is a cross between the Abyssinian, the Burmese, and domestic shorthair spotted tabby cats.
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Toyger
The toyger is a breed of domestic cat, the result of breeding domestic short-haired tabbies to make them resemble a "toy tiger", as its striped coat is reminiscent of the tiger's. The breed'...
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Cherubim
Cherubim is a TICA breed name associated with large, affectionate, soft-coated companion cats in the Ragamuffin family.
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Tennessee Rex
Tennessee Rex is a developing rex-coated cat type noted for a soft, curly coat texture and outgoing temperament.
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Egyptian Mau
The Egyptian Mau is a small to medium-sized, short to medium-haired rare standardised cat breed. It bears a solid or spotted tabby coat pattern, which makes the Mau relatively unique as it i...
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Atlas
A titan who carried the sky.
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- Best for sturdy cats with broad features or a quietly imposing presence.
Kai
Sea or shell, depending on origin.
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- Short, modern, and easy to fit on confident male or unisex cats.
Loki
A trickster god name.
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- A safe default for mischief-driven cats that are clever enough to cause trouble.
Maple
A tree and its sweet syrup.
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- A soft autumn name that plays well on orange, brown, and cream cats.
Selene
Greek moon goddess.
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- A richer alternative to Luna when you want a more myth-forward moon name.
Milo
A familiar pet name with a gentle sound.
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- One of the safest boy-cat picks when you want something warm and easy.
Jasper
A patterned gemstone.
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- A polished boy-cat option that works on orange, gray, and mixed coats.
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