Chausie

The Chausie () is a hybrid breed of cat that was developed by the hybridisation of wild jungle cats (Felis chaus) with domestic cats (Felis catus). The breed has a lean and athletic built, sporting a black-based coat of a ticked or grizzled tabby, or a solid pattern.

Key facts

Cat breed.name: Chausie
Cat breed.image: ChausieA.jpg
Cat breed.imagecaption: Chausie with favoured head conformation
Cat breed.ticastd: https://www.tica.org/breeds/browse-all-breeds?view=article&id=1815
Cat breed.x: F. chaus
Cat breed.stock: Abyssinian, Oriental Shorthair, random-bred domestic cats, jungle cat

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: cat breed
Subclass of: pet
Image: ChausieA.jpg

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Commons category: Chausies
hybrid of: Cat

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Encyclopedic overview

14 sections

Contents

History
Breed registration
Hybrid registry codes
Outcrosses
Characteristics
Appearance
Body
Coat colours and patterns
Behaviour
Health
Legal restrictions
See also
References
Notes

In 1995, the Chausie was officially recognised and pedigreed by The International Cat Association (TICA) under the "non-domestic hybrid source breed"-category. Because Chausies are mostly descended from domestic cats, by about the fourth to fifth generation, they are fully fertile and domestic in temperament.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chausie” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.