Cat breed
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A
cat breed is an
infrasubspecific rank for the classification of
domestic cats. A cat is considered to be of a certain cat
breed if it is
true breeding for the traits that define that breed. Only three percent of owned cats belong to a cat breed, and an even smaller percentage of those are suitable as
show cats. A registration certificate proves that a cat belongs to a cat breed by showing the cat's
pedigree back to at least four generations. The whole concept of cat breeds is a relatively new one. Two hundred years ago there was no such thing, however today there are almost a hundred cat breeds. Varieties of domestic cat can also be identified by characteristics other than breed.
See selective breeding for more in-depth detail on purebred animals.
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