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Egyptian mau have several unique anatomical features other than just their beautiful spots. Affectionate playful energetic and intelligent kitten price range. Size smallest small medium large largest coat hairless short hair medium hair long hair characteristics hypoallergenic cutest fluffy best house rare wild exotic color white black grey blue.

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Egyptian mau exotic cat breeds. Believed to be the domesticated descendants of african wildcats they where nearly lost as a breed until several cats where brought back from egypt in the 1950 s. In other paintings a scarab often marks the forehead of cats. In 1972 a silver egyptian mau female bred by princess troubetskoy became the first egyptian mau to win a canadian cat association grand championship. The word mau in ancient egypt meant both sun and cat and a popular cat headed god was also named mau.

6 scottish fold. The egyptian mau is the most popular of all egyptian cat breeds. Home all breeds wallpapers. Cats were highly revered in egypt since time imemorial.

Spotted or marbled coats and patterns outlined in black chocolate or grey silver coat. We specialize in the hybrid exotic savannah cat breed and egyptian mau cat. During those early years because of the lack of breeding stock the mau was likely outcrossed with selected domestic cats along with some inbreeding. The breed was recognized by the cat fanciers federation in 1968 followed by the cat fanciers association cfa in 1977 and the international cat association tica in 1979.

The barring and mascara markings are unique only to a few cat breeds including the mau. These are the domestic cats found in the tombs in egypt. The famous book of the dead depicts the sun god ra as a tabby cat. These cats were the basis of the current breed.

As such these cats are limited to the colors that occurred naturally silver bronze smoke and black as well as the dilute versions of these colors blue silver blue spotted blue smoke and blue. Most popular exotic cat breeds. 8 15 lbs color. Inherent to the egyptian mau is the word natural the egyptian mau is the only naturally spotted breed of domestic cat.

It s recognized by most associations today. There were records transcriptions and stories of great pharaohs sultans and kings who had an egyptian mau as their constant companion. To ensure the breed s survival troubetskoy developed a standard and began breeding the egyptian maus. 2 british shorthair.

Our family has a deep love and respect for these captivating breeds and each and every one of our cats is truly a member of our own family. Princess troubetskoy came to the united states in 1956 with this cat and began a breeding program to preserve the breed. Asian leopard x domestic cat egyptian mau abyssinian weight. They are the only domestic cat that has naturally occurring spots giving them an exotic appearance.

Similar looking spotted cats are depicted in ancient egyptian paintings and described in hieroglyphs suggesting that the origins of the mau go way back to when cats were first domesticated.