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The Best Toy Poodle Haircut Styles for a Stylish Pup
The most popular toy poodle haircut styles are the Puppy Cut, the Teddy Bear Cut, and the Lamb Cut, each…
Turkish Van Cat: Water-Loving, Strong, and Uniquely Marked
The van pattern leaves a cat’s body white and puts the color on the head and tail, and the Turkish…
Himalayan Cat: Long-Haired, Blue-Eyed, and Sweet-Tempered
Himalayans are longhaired cats with a Persian’s round body and dense coat, plus the dark points and blue eyes of…
Egyptian Mau Cat: Fast, Spotted, and Gracefully Athletic
Egyptian Maus are medium-sized cats with random spots in silver, bronze or smoke, and CFA’s standard calls the breed the…
Devon Rex Cat: Mischievous, Big-Eared, and Soft-Curled
Every registered Devon Rex descends from one curly-coated male named Kirlee, found in Buckfastleigh, Devon. The curl comes from a…
Cornish Rex Cat: Lively, Curly-Coated, and Full of Fun
The coat is what people notice first on a Cornish Rex: crimped down hair with no guard hairs, on a…
Balinese Cat: Vocal, Graceful, and Highly Intelligent
Balinese cats are Siamese cats with long hair, more or less. They keep the Siamese build and colorpoint pattern, along…
American Wirehair Cat: Rare, Resilient, and Low-Maintenance
Nobody has found the gene behind the American Wirehair’s coat. A 2013 Scientific Reports paper from UC Davis lists the…
American Shorthair Cat: Easygoing, Adaptable, and Hardy
CFA registration data rank the breed 11th among pedigreed breeds for 2023, down from eighth for 2020. Still a common…
American Curl Cat: Affectionate Cats with Unique Ears
Every registered American Curl descends from one stray cat. Shulamith, a longhaired black female, turned up in Lakewood, California, in…
Manx Cat: Tailless, Strong, and Devoted Companions
Manx cats come from the Isle of Man, and most of them arrive with no tail or a short stub…
Persian Cat: Long-Haired, Quiet, and Elegantly Sweet
Persians are the cats with the round head and the pushed-in nose, covered in a dense, glossy coat. They’re quiet,…
Pixiebob Cat: Bobtailed, Doglike, and Wild in Appearance
Pixiebobs are bred to look like bobcats. The short bobbed tail, the brown spotted tabby coat and the tufted ears…
Turkish Angora Cat: Graceful, White-Coated, and Spirited
Central Anatolia gave us the Turkish Angora, a natural longhair with a single silky coat and no undercoat. The name…
Tonkinese Cat: Outgoing, Vocal, and Siamese-Burmese Blend
Tonkinese cats come from crossing the Siamese with the Burmese, and breeders aimed for a middle type that looks like…
Sphynx Cat: Hairless, Affectionate, and Heat-Seeking Pets
A Sphynx has skin oil and nothing to soak it up. Most of the care routine comes from that one…
Somali Cat: Bushy-Tailed, Playful, and Foxlike Felines
Somalis are Abyssinians with medium-length fur, and a recessive longhair gene is the only reason. The ticked coat of the…
Siamese Cat: Sleek, Talkative, and Intensely Social
Cats.com’s breed page gives a Siamese 15 to 20 years. The UK primary-care data say less: life expectancy at birth…
Selkirk Rex Cat: Curly-Haired, Calm, and Lovably Quirky
Every Selkirk Rex gets its curl from one gene. A single splice variant in KRT71 produces it, and one copy…
Scottish Fold Cat: Round-Faced, Fold-Eared, and Sweet
Scottish Folds are known for ears that bend forward and down. The cause is a dominant mutation in the TRPV4…