The ultimate cat book. Complete, authoritative, up to date. Each breed is described in detail, pictured in full color and discussed in terms of origins, personality, and habits.
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| Introduction | |
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| The Cat | |
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| Origins | |
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| Body shape | |
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| Behavior | |
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| Sexual behavior | |
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| Maternity | |
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| Breeding pedigree cats | |
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| Showing | |
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| Cat care | |
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| Longhaired Breeds | |
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| Longhair | |
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| White | |
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| Black | |
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| Red | |
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| Cream | |
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| Blue | |
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| Blue-cream | |
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| Smoke | |
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| Cameo | |
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| Bicolor | |
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| Tabby | |
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| Tortoiseshell | |
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| Silver and Golden | |
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| Colorpoint | |
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| Solid points | |
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| Tabby points | |
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| Chocolate and lilac | |
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| Semi Longhaired Breeds | |
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| Birman | |
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| Solid points | |
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| Tortoiseshell and tabby points | |
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| Maine Coon | |
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| Solid varieties | |
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| Tortoiseshell and Particolor varieties | |
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| Smoke and shaded varieties | |
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| Tabby varieties | |
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| Ragdoll | |
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| Mitted | |
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| Bicolor | |
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| Colorpoint | |
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| Snowshoe | |
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| Norwegian Forest Cat | |
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| Solid varieties | |
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| Tabby varieties | |
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| Particolor varieties | |
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| Smoke and cameo varieties | |
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| Angora | |
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| Angora varieties | |
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| Turkish | |
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| Shorthaired Breeds | |
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| British Shorthair | |
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| Solid varieties | |
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| Bicolor varieties | |
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| Tortoiseshell varieties | |
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| Tabby varieties | |
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| Other varieties | |
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| Chartreux | |
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| Manx | |
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| Manx varieties | |
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| Cymric | |
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| Scottish Fold | |
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| European Shorthair | |
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| European Shorthair varieties | |
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| American Shorthair | |
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| American Shorthair varieties | |
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| Tabby varieties | |
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| American Wirehair | |
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| Exotic Shorthair | |
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| Solid varieties | |
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| Tabby and Bicolor varieties | |
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| Other varieties | |
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| Foreign Shorthaired Breeds | |
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| Abyssinian | |
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| Abyssinian varieties | |
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| Somali | |
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| Somali varieties | |
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| Russian Blue | |
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| Korat | |
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| Havana Brown | |
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| Egyptian Mau | |
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| Ocicat | |
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| Bengal | |
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| Bengal varieties | |
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| Cornish Rex | |
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| Cornish Rex varieties | |
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| Devon Rex | |
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| Devon Rex varieties | |
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| Sphynx | |
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| Japanese Bobtail | |
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| Burmese | |
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| Solid varieties | |
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| Tortoiseshell varieties | |
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| Tiffanie | |
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| Singapura | |
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| Tonkinese | |
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| Mink varieties | |
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| New varieties | |
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| Bombay | |
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| Burmilla | |
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| Burmilla varieties | |
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| Asian | |
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| Oriental Breeds | |
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| Siamese | |
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| Siamese varieties | |
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| Colorpoint Shorthair | |
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| Colorpoint varieties | |
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| Balinese | |
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| Balinese varieties | |
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| Oriental | |
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| Solid varieties | |
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| Tortoiseshell varieties | |
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| Tabby varieties | |
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| Smoked, shaded, and tipped varieties | |
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| Seychellois | |
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| Javanese | |
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| Index | |
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| Acknowledgments | |