Depending on the organization that tracks all the different breeds of cats in the world, there could be at least 44 cat breeds (CFA) or even 73 (TICA). Population numbers are not public, which makes tracking them that much harder. Still, each year these organizations release a ranked list with population numbers for each cat breed, while tracking is mostly based on the number of cats born by year. Roughly 25 million years ago cats had evolved into a separate family called Felidae. In ancient Egypt, people had believed that cats were magical creatures, bringing luck to ones who take care of them. Egyptians fed their cats like royalty and dressed them in jewels. In the end when they die they would mummify them. Today, we still look at large wild cats as awe-inspiring and majestic, though mostly our house cats are just little lovely proud fluffs. Somehow, it is easy to forget that there are many unique and extremely rare cats in the world (Unfortunately due to unauthorized hunting). Today we will share with you some the most intriguing and the most endangered cat breeds in the world to celebrate these fascinating animals.
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Canadian Lynx
Black-footed Cat – Looks like Mort from Madagascar
Iberian Lynx
Pallas Cat
Serval – looking like a lama cat
Kodkod
Sand Cat
Caracal
Bay Cat – basically a monkey cat?
Jaguarundi – basically a Koala cat?
Chinese Mountain Cat – should we say a cat with a raccoon tail?
Clouded Leopard
Asian Golden Cat
Pampas Cat
Ocelot
Flat-headed Cat
