Cat Breeds British
Gccf recognises 40 different cat breeds of which the most popular currently is the british shorthair.
Cat breeds british. The following list of cat breeds includes only domestic cat breeds and domestic wild hybrids the list includes established breeds recognized by various cat registries new and experimental breeds landraces being established as standardized breeds distinct domestic populations not being actively developed and lapsed extinct breeds. As of 2019 the international cat association tica. With the rise of cat shows during the victorian era cat fanciers began to breed the cats to a particular standard and keep pedigrees for them. County recent active breeders.
The british shorthair one of our native cat breeds the british shorthair remains popular year on year and is one of the breeds most commonly bred for showing. Here you can browse a list of cat breeds or use our selector to find the perfect kitten breeds to suit your lifestyle. Surname county breed no. At the earliest cat shows british shorthairs were the only pedigreed cats exhibited.
Home all breeds wallpapers. They are reasonably large cats with a cobby powerful build and short plush coat that is very strokeable. All others were simply described by coat type or color. A quarter of all kittens registered with the gccf each year are british shorthairs making the british the most popular pedigree cat in the uk.
The breed has also been developed in a wide range of other colours and patterns including tabby and colorpoint. Whether you are looking for a specific breed of cat or you are simply looking to see what cat breeders are local to your area you can be sure to find the very best in the field within the cat breeders association search facility. Size smallest small medium large largest coat hairless short hair medium hair long hair characteristics hypoallergenic cutest fluffy best house rare wild exotic color white. The british shorthair is native to england.
Of kittens uebele oxfordshire. The british shorthair has a thick plush coat that just begs to be stroked and is a stocky muscular cat with a solid build and rounded appearance. The british shorthair is the pedigreed version of the traditional british domestic cat with a distinctively stocky body dense coat and broad face the most familiar color variant is the british blue a solid grey blue coat orange eyes and a medium sized tail. The british shorthair the british shorthair is one of the best known british cat breeds and is also one of the most widely owned of our pedigrees.
Maine coon ragdoll british silver spotted.