• Psythik@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    The latter. The way I understand it, there are every few cat breeds. Just lots of coat patterns.

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      3 months ago

      There are many breeds. Just to make a few, American Shorthair, British Shorthair, Maine Coon, Canadian Sphynx, Abyssinian, Siamese, Scottish Fold, Devon Rex, Persian, Birman, Ragdoll, Norwegian Forest Cat, Bengal, an my personal favorite, whichever cat is closest to me at this time.

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        3 months ago

        Have you heard of/seen highlanders? They’re one of my personal favorites. (Outside of whatever one is closest to me)

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          3 months ago

          Compared to dogs, sure, it’s barely a fourth that number. There are not “very few cat breeds and just a lot t of coat patterns”, though, I wouldn’t say that anyway.