1. Siamese feline.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n![\"siamese](\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg)
<\/figure>\n\n\n\nAll together now… “we are Siamese if you please; we are Siamese if you don’t please…” Even if you aren’t a huge “Lady and the Tramp” fan, you probably know the song and the feline breed behind the song. So does everybody else, as it turns out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Named for their country of origin – then Siam, now Thailand – this feline was originally bred to be companion to royalty. Maybe this is why the Siamese remains one of the all-time most popular feline breeds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2. Persian feline.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\nWhat do you call a feline with a flat face, the world’s most plush coat, is sweet, gentle, quiet and will literally consume hours if not days of your time each week with brushing all that fur? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Persian feline, of course. This perennially popular breed does actually hail from ancient Persia, not modern-day Iran, which is why it still gets to be called the Persian.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
3. Maine Coon feline.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\nWe could just say huge, giant, enormous cat and be done with it. Or we could mention the Maine Coon pet who is reportedly even longer than a baseball bat<\/a> (and one used by adults, not a kiddie bat). <\/p>\n\n\n\nNot surprisingly, Maine Coons originally hail from the state of Maine, where they are the official state feline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
4. Ragdoll feline.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\nGuess how this breed got its name? Imagine picking up a feline that loves to be held so much it literally goes limp in your arms. You just imagined the Ragdoll. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Like many of the felines on this list, Ragdolls are often credited with “dog-like” personalities. Of course, if you wanted a dog, you would just get a dog, but still, having a dog in a feline body is arguably cuter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
5. Bengal feline.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\nThe Bengal is definitely the feline breed of choice for anyone who has ever fantasied about watching a wild animal walk – no, slink – through their kitchen. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
While today’s Bengal felines are fully domestic (i.e. no wildcat crosses) the first Bengals were domestic felines crossed with Asian Leopard cats. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
6. Abyssinian feline.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\nLike the Persian, the Abyssinian breed gets to keep its hard-to-spell ancient breed name, since the breed was developed back when modern-day Ethiopia was still Abyssinia. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
This feline breed is often nicknamed the “Aby” for obvious reasons. Abys are energetic, smart, playful but not much for lap-sitting, if you’re into that sort of thing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
7. Birman feline.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\nBirmans look a lot like Siamese, but with one important difference. They have a single hair coat so they don’t shed as much as most felines. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
This alone has gained them a place on “most popular cat breeds” lists around the world. Add to it that they are chill felines who like kids, dogs and other pets and making this list is pretty much a slam dunk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
8. Oriental Shorthair feline.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\nOriental shorthairs are often mixed up with Siamese, a breed that was also incorporated in this breed’s development. It is the slanted eyes that are the source of most cases of confusion – these felines have the most amazing almond-shaped up-turned green eyes you have ever seen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Add to that their enormous bat-like ears, super-charged personalities and tendency to not just tolerate but actually like other family cats, and it is easy to see how this breed makes the list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
9. Sphynx feline.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\nThe Sphynx breed doesn’t have any hair, so basically it is bald. The cause is a genetic mutation that breeders have carefully developed by cross-breeding with American shorthair and Devon Rex felines. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sphinxes are, in a word, clingy. Perhaps this is because they are always cold. But they also don’t do alone-time well. Hence the motto: if one Sphynx feline is great, two is even better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
10. Devon Rex feline.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\nFor animal lovers who also have pet allergies, the Devon Rex is one of those modern breeds that seems nearly too good to be true. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
While it is a bit of a misnomer to claim this feline – or any feline, really – is hypoallergenic, what is true is that the Devon Rex does not shed to the degree most other breeds will.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
11. Himalayan feline.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\nIf you trace the Himalayan\u2019s breed history back far enough, you will find the Persian breed along with the seemingly ever-present Siamese. For this reason, these felines, nicknamed “Himmys,” are still considered to be a sub-breed by some purebred registries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The whole point of developing the Himalayan breed was to get the Persian\u2019s popular flat face with a body that sports Siamese coloration. This they did, and now Himmys are popular in their own right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
12. American Shorthair feline.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\nFull body portrait of big male american shorthair cat looking at camera. He is lying on blue sofa.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nThe only bonafide “born in the U.S.A.” breed on this list of the most popular cat breeds, the American Shorthair has become a household name mostly because it looks like a mixed breed yet isn’t.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Weird, perhaps, but this hardy, sturdy, oh-so-catlike feline is a hit not so much for its looks as for its sociable, amiable personality that easily accommodates kids, seniors, other felines and other even family pets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
13. Rescue feline.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\nCheck out these statistics. An estimated 3.4 million<\/a> felines are relinquished to animal shelters each year. Up to 41 percent of these rescued felines are euthanized because they don’t get adopted before their time is up. SOB.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThe moral of this very sad story is: rescue pets are cool. And rescuing a cat is very cool.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If you are a cat lover, you probably took one look at the title of this post and thought, “Why choose?” Of course, you love cats! But all the same, some feline breeds become more popular than others for very good reasons, like that they love playing dress-up with your toddler, will at least tolerate the family dog, […] More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2277,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"reaction":[],"adace-sponsor":[],"acf":[],"wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/popularwow.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2268"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/popularwow.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/popularwow.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/popularwow.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/popularwow.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2268"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/popularwow.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2268\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/popularwow.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/popularwow.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/popularwow.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/popularwow.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2268"},{"taxonomy":"reaction","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/popularwow.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reaction?post=2268"},{"taxonomy":"adace-sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/popularwow.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/adace-sponsor?post=2268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nAll together now… “we are Siamese if you please; we are Siamese if you don’t please…” Even if you aren’t a huge “Lady and the Tramp” fan, you probably know the song and the feline breed behind the song. So does everybody else, as it turns out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Named for their country of origin – then Siam, now Thailand – this feline was originally bred to be companion to royalty. Maybe this is why the Siamese remains one of the all-time most popular feline breeds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2. Persian feline.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\nWhat do you call a feline with a flat face, the world’s most plush coat, is sweet, gentle, quiet and will literally consume hours if not days of your time each week with brushing all that fur? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Persian feline, of course. This perennially popular breed does actually hail from ancient Persia, not modern-day Iran, which is why it still gets to be called the Persian.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
3. Maine Coon feline.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\nWe could just say huge, giant, enormous cat and be done with it. Or we could mention the Maine Coon pet who is reportedly even longer than a baseball bat<\/a> (and one used by adults, not a kiddie bat). <\/p>\n\n\n\nNot surprisingly, Maine Coons originally hail from the state of Maine, where they are the official state feline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
4. Ragdoll feline.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\nGuess how this breed got its name? Imagine picking up a feline that loves to be held so much it literally goes limp in your arms. You just imagined the Ragdoll. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Like many of the felines on this list, Ragdolls are often credited with “dog-like” personalities. Of course, if you wanted a dog, you would just get a dog, but still, having a dog in a feline body is arguably cuter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
5. Bengal feline.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\nThe Bengal is definitely the feline breed of choice for anyone who has ever fantasied about watching a wild animal walk – no, slink – through their kitchen. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
While today’s Bengal felines are fully domestic (i.e. no wildcat crosses) the first Bengals were domestic felines crossed with Asian Leopard cats. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
6. Abyssinian feline.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\nLike the Persian, the Abyssinian breed gets to keep its hard-to-spell ancient breed name, since the breed was developed back when modern-day Ethiopia was still Abyssinia. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
This feline breed is often nicknamed the “Aby” for obvious reasons. Abys are energetic, smart, playful but not much for lap-sitting, if you’re into that sort of thing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
7. Birman feline.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\nBirmans look a lot like Siamese, but with one important difference. They have a single hair coat so they don’t shed as much as most felines. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
This alone has gained them a place on “most popular cat breeds” lists around the world. Add to it that they are chill felines who like kids, dogs and other pets and making this list is pretty much a slam dunk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
8. Oriental Shorthair feline.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\nOriental shorthairs are often mixed up with Siamese, a breed that was also incorporated in this breed’s development. It is the slanted eyes that are the source of most cases of confusion – these felines have the most amazing almond-shaped up-turned green eyes you have ever seen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Add to that their enormous bat-like ears, super-charged personalities and tendency to not just tolerate but actually like other family cats, and it is easy to see how this breed makes the list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
9. Sphynx feline.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\nThe Sphynx breed doesn’t have any hair, so basically it is bald. The cause is a genetic mutation that breeders have carefully developed by cross-breeding with American shorthair and Devon Rex felines. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sphinxes are, in a word, clingy. Perhaps this is because they are always cold. But they also don’t do alone-time well. Hence the motto: if one Sphynx feline is great, two is even better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
10. Devon Rex feline.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\nFor animal lovers who also have pet allergies, the Devon Rex is one of those modern breeds that seems nearly too good to be true. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
While it is a bit of a misnomer to claim this feline – or any feline, really – is hypoallergenic, what is true is that the Devon Rex does not shed to the degree most other breeds will.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
11. Himalayan feline.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\nIf you trace the Himalayan\u2019s breed history back far enough, you will find the Persian breed along with the seemingly ever-present Siamese. For this reason, these felines, nicknamed “Himmys,” are still considered to be a sub-breed by some purebred registries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The whole point of developing the Himalayan breed was to get the Persian\u2019s popular flat face with a body that sports Siamese coloration. This they did, and now Himmys are popular in their own right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
12. American Shorthair feline.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\nFull body portrait of big male american shorthair cat looking at camera. He is lying on blue sofa.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nThe only bonafide “born in the U.S.A.” breed on this list of the most popular cat breeds, the American Shorthair has become a household name mostly because it looks like a mixed breed yet isn’t.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Weird, perhaps, but this hardy, sturdy, oh-so-catlike feline is a hit not so much for its looks as for its sociable, amiable personality that easily accommodates kids, seniors, other felines and other even family pets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
13. Rescue feline.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\nCheck out these statistics. An estimated 3.4 million<\/a> felines are relinquished to animal shelters each year. Up to 41 percent of these rescued felines are euthanized because they don’t get adopted before their time is up. SOB.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThe moral of this very sad story is: rescue pets are cool. And rescuing a cat is very cool.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If you are a cat lover, you probably took one look at the title of this post and thought, “Why choose?” Of course, you love cats! But all the same, some feline breeds become more popular than others for very good reasons, like that they love playing dress-up with your toddler, will at least tolerate the family dog, […] More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2277,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"reaction":[],"adace-sponsor":[],"acf":[],"wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/popularwow.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2268"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/popularwow.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/popularwow.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/popularwow.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/popularwow.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2268"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/popularwow.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2268\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/popularwow.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/popularwow.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/popularwow.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/popularwow.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2268"},{"taxonomy":"reaction","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/popularwow.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reaction?post=2268"},{"taxonomy":"adace-sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/popularwow.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/adace-sponsor?post=2268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nWhat do you call a feline with a flat face, the world’s most plush coat, is sweet, gentle, quiet and will literally consume hours if not days of your time each week with brushing all that fur? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Persian feline, of course. This perennially popular breed does actually hail from ancient Persia, not modern-day Iran, which is why it still gets to be called the Persian.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
3. Maine Coon feline.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\nWe could just say huge, giant, enormous cat and be done with it. Or we could mention the Maine Coon pet who is reportedly even longer than a baseball bat<\/a> (and one used by adults, not a kiddie bat). <\/p>\n\n\n\nNot surprisingly, Maine Coons originally hail from the state of Maine, where they are the official state feline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
4. Ragdoll feline.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\nGuess how this breed got its name? Imagine picking up a feline that loves to be held so much it literally goes limp in your arms. You just imagined the Ragdoll. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Like many of the felines on this list, Ragdolls are often credited with “dog-like” personalities. Of course, if you wanted a dog, you would just get a dog, but still, having a dog in a feline body is arguably cuter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
5. Bengal feline.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\nThe Bengal is definitely the feline breed of choice for anyone who has ever fantasied about watching a wild animal walk – no, slink – through their kitchen. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
While today’s Bengal felines are fully domestic (i.e. no wildcat crosses) the first Bengals were domestic felines crossed with Asian Leopard cats. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
6. Abyssinian feline.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\nLike the Persian, the Abyssinian breed gets to keep its hard-to-spell ancient breed name, since the breed was developed back when modern-day Ethiopia was still Abyssinia. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
This feline breed is often nicknamed the “Aby” for obvious reasons. Abys are energetic, smart, playful but not much for lap-sitting, if you’re into that sort of thing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
7. Birman feline.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\nBirmans look a lot like Siamese, but with one important difference. They have a single hair coat so they don’t shed as much as most felines. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
This alone has gained them a place on “most popular cat breeds” lists around the world. Add to it that they are chill felines who like kids, dogs and other pets and making this list is pretty much a slam dunk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
8. Oriental Shorthair feline.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\nOriental shorthairs are often mixed up with Siamese, a breed that was also incorporated in this breed’s development. It is the slanted eyes that are the source of most cases of confusion – these felines have the most amazing almond-shaped up-turned green eyes you have ever seen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Add to that their enormous bat-like ears, super-charged personalities and tendency to not just tolerate but actually like other family cats, and it is easy to see how this breed makes the list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
9. Sphynx feline.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\nThe Sphynx breed doesn’t have any hair, so basically it is bald. The cause is a genetic mutation that breeders have carefully developed by cross-breeding with American shorthair and Devon Rex felines. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sphinxes are, in a word, clingy. Perhaps this is because they are always cold. But they also don’t do alone-time well. Hence the motto: if one Sphynx feline is great, two is even better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
10. Devon Rex feline.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\nFor animal lovers who also have pet allergies, the Devon Rex is one of those modern breeds that seems nearly too good to be true. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
While it is a bit of a misnomer to claim this feline – or any feline, really – is hypoallergenic, what is true is that the Devon Rex does not shed to the degree most other breeds will.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
11. Himalayan feline.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\nIf you trace the Himalayan\u2019s breed history back far enough, you will find the Persian breed along with the seemingly ever-present Siamese. For this reason, these felines, nicknamed “Himmys,” are still considered to be a sub-breed by some purebred registries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The whole point of developing the Himalayan breed was to get the Persian\u2019s popular flat face with a body that sports Siamese coloration. This they did, and now Himmys are popular in their own right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
12. American Shorthair feline.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\nFull body portrait of big male american shorthair cat looking at camera. He is lying on blue sofa.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nThe only bonafide “born in the U.S.A.” breed on this list of the most popular cat breeds, the American Shorthair has become a household name mostly because it looks like a mixed breed yet isn’t.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Weird, perhaps, but this hardy, sturdy, oh-so-catlike feline is a hit not so much for its looks as for its sociable, amiable personality that easily accommodates kids, seniors, other felines and other even family pets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
13. Rescue feline.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\nCheck out these statistics. An estimated 3.4 million<\/a> felines are relinquished to animal shelters each year. Up to 41 percent of these rescued felines are euthanized because they don’t get adopted before their time is up. SOB.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThe moral of this very sad story is: rescue pets are cool. And rescuing a cat is very cool.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If you are a cat lover, you probably took one look at the title of this post and thought, “Why choose?” Of course, you love cats! But all the same, some feline breeds become more popular than others for very good reasons, like that they love playing dress-up with your toddler, will at least tolerate the family dog, […] More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2277,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"reaction":[],"adace-sponsor":[],"acf":[],"wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/popularwow.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2268"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/popularwow.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/popularwow.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/popularwow.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/popularwow.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2268"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/popularwow.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2268\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/popularwow.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/popularwow.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/popularwow.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/popularwow.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2268"},{"taxonomy":"reaction","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/popularwow.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reaction?post=2268"},{"taxonomy":"adace-sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/popularwow.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/adace-sponsor?post=2268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nWe could just say huge, giant, enormous cat and be done with it. Or we could mention the Maine Coon pet who is reportedly even longer than a baseball bat<\/a> (and one used by adults, not a kiddie bat). <\/p>\n\n\n\n Not surprisingly, Maine Coons originally hail from the state of Maine, where they are the official state feline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Guess how this breed got its name? Imagine picking up a feline that loves to be held so much it literally goes limp in your arms. You just imagined the Ragdoll. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Like many of the felines on this list, Ragdolls are often credited with “dog-like” personalities. Of course, if you wanted a dog, you would just get a dog, but still, having a dog in a feline body is arguably cuter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Bengal is definitely the feline breed of choice for anyone who has ever fantasied about watching a wild animal walk – no, slink – through their kitchen. <\/p>\n\n\n\n While today’s Bengal felines are fully domestic (i.e. no wildcat crosses) the first Bengals were domestic felines crossed with Asian Leopard cats. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Like the Persian, the Abyssinian breed gets to keep its hard-to-spell ancient breed name, since the breed was developed back when modern-day Ethiopia was still Abyssinia. <\/p>\n\n\n\n This feline breed is often nicknamed the “Aby” for obvious reasons. Abys are energetic, smart, playful but not much for lap-sitting, if you’re into that sort of thing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Birmans look a lot like Siamese, but with one important difference. They have a single hair coat so they don’t shed as much as most felines. <\/p>\n\n\n\n This alone has gained them a place on “most popular cat breeds” lists around the world. Add to it that they are chill felines who like kids, dogs and other pets and making this list is pretty much a slam dunk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Oriental shorthairs are often mixed up with Siamese, a breed that was also incorporated in this breed’s development. It is the slanted eyes that are the source of most cases of confusion – these felines have the most amazing almond-shaped up-turned green eyes you have ever seen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Add to that their enormous bat-like ears, super-charged personalities and tendency to not just tolerate but actually like other family cats, and it is easy to see how this breed makes the list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Sphynx breed doesn’t have any hair, so basically it is bald. The cause is a genetic mutation that breeders have carefully developed by cross-breeding with American shorthair and Devon Rex felines. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Sphinxes are, in a word, clingy. Perhaps this is because they are always cold. But they also don’t do alone-time well. Hence the motto: if one Sphynx feline is great, two is even better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For animal lovers who also have pet allergies, the Devon Rex is one of those modern breeds that seems nearly too good to be true. <\/p>\n\n\n\n While it is a bit of a misnomer to claim this feline – or any feline, really – is hypoallergenic, what is true is that the Devon Rex does not shed to the degree most other breeds will.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you trace the Himalayan\u2019s breed history back far enough, you will find the Persian breed along with the seemingly ever-present Siamese. For this reason, these felines, nicknamed “Himmys,” are still considered to be a sub-breed by some purebred registries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The whole point of developing the Himalayan breed was to get the Persian\u2019s popular flat face with a body that sports Siamese coloration. This they did, and now Himmys are popular in their own right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The only bonafide “born in the U.S.A.” breed on this list of the most popular cat breeds, the American Shorthair has become a household name mostly because it looks like a mixed breed yet isn’t.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Weird, perhaps, but this hardy, sturdy, oh-so-catlike feline is a hit not so much for its looks as for its sociable, amiable personality that easily accommodates kids, seniors, other felines and other even family pets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Check out these statistics. An estimated 3.4 million<\/a> felines are relinquished to animal shelters each year. Up to 41 percent of these rescued felines are euthanized because they don’t get adopted before their time is up. SOB.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The moral of this very sad story is: rescue pets are cool. And rescuing a cat is very cool.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" If you are a cat lover, you probably took one look at the title of this post and thought, “Why choose?” Of course, you love cats! 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Ragdoll feline.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n\n\n\n5. Bengal feline.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n\n\n\n6. Abyssinian feline.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n\n\n\n7. Birman feline.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n\n\n\n8. Oriental Shorthair feline.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n\n\n\n9. Sphynx feline.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n\n\n\n10. Devon Rex feline.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n\n\n\n11. Himalayan feline.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n\n\n\n12. American Shorthair feline.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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13. Rescue feline.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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