Top 7 Most Elegant Cat Breeds
Here is a list of the top seven most elegant cat breeds as determined by users of the Internet. Feel free to vote for these or other cat breeds by clicking the button below.
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#1 British Shorthair
British Shorthair is voted the first most elegant cat breeds with 280 votes.
British Shorthair
The British Shorthair is the pedigreed version of the traditional British domestic cat, with a distinctively chunky body, dense coat and broad face. The most familiar color variant is the "British Blue", a solid blue-gray with copper eyes, medium tail, but the breed has also been developed in a wide range of other colours and patterns, including tabby and colorpoint. It is one of the most ancient cat breeds known, probably originating from European domestic cats imported into Britain by the invading Romans in the first century AD.
#2 Russian Blue
Russian Blue is voted the second most elegant cat breeds with 238 votes.
Russian Blue
The Russian Blue is a cat breed that comes in colors varying from a light shimmering silver to a darker, slate grey. They develop close bonds with their owners and are sought out as pets due to their personalities, beauty and coat. It is their short, dense coat which has been the hallmark of the Russian breed for more than a century.
#3 Turkish Angora
Turkish Angora is voted the third most elegant cat breeds with 187 votes.
Turkish Angora
#4 Sphynx
Sphynx is voted the fourth most elegant cat breeds with 169 votes.
Sphynx
The Sphynx cat is a breed of cat known for its lack of coat (fur). It was developed through selective breeding, starting in the 1960s. The skin should have the texture of chamois, as it has fine hairs, or they may be completely hairless.
#5 Asian Semi-longhair
Asian Semi-longhair is voted the fifth most elegant cat breeds with 167 votes.
Asian Semi-longhair
#6 American Shorthair
American Shorthair is voted the sixth most elegant cat breeds with 167 votes.
American Shorthair
#7 Oriental
Oriental is voted the seventh most elegant cat breeds with 166 votes.
Oriental
The Orient is the East, traditionally comprising anything that belongs to the Eastern world, in relation to Europe. In English, it is largely a metonym for, and coterminous with, the continent of Asia, divided into the Near East, Middle East and Far East. Originally, the term Orient was used to designate the Near East, and later its meaning evolved and expanded, designating also the Middle East or the Far East.