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Persian
- 1st
- long fluffy hair
- stocky body with a flat face
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Maine Coon
- 2nd
- Origin: Maine
- long, shaggy coat
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Exotic
- 3rd
- persian with short hair
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Siamese
- 4th
- blue eyes
- light body
- colored points
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Ragdoll
- 5th
- large, medium haired, blue eyes
- males 15-20lbs
- laid-back
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Abyssinian
- 6th
- oldest known breed
- short hair
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Birman
- 7th
- Origin: Burma
- sacred, companion
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American Shorthair
- 8th
- first recognized in 1906
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Oriental
- 9th
- foundtion from Siamese breed
- 300 different colors and patterns
- short hair
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Sphynz
- 10th
- Origin: Toronto
- 1966
- hairless
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British Shorthair
- 12th
- Origin: England
- round wisker pads (smile)
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Scottish Fold
- 18th
- ears folded forward and down
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American Curl
- 22nd
- ears curled back
- 1981
- mutation traces back to one stray cat
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Manx
- 23rd
- no tail
- Mutation: heterozygous (homozygous causes early embryonic death)
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