What is the Messybeast breed list?
This is a world-wide list of all formally recognised breeds, plus unrecognised breeds, varieties, variants, extinct breeds, experimental breeds and a number of notable mutations and cross-breeds. It originated in the mid 1980s and is now maintained in association with the members of Yahoo’s “newbreedcats” mailing list. It is not affiliated to any individual organisation or registry. The breed list is now used by many other sites, both with and without prior permission. Many copies found elsewhere on the web are historical versions of the list. Messybeast does not maintain a list of breeders. Breeders can be found via cat magazines and by using a search engine e.g. www.google.com. Not all breeds will be found in all countries. There is an associated breeds time-line which is more difficult to maintain because different breeds achieved recognition in different places at different times and under different names. The Plain English guide to cat colours is a non-genetics list of different c
