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What are the native cats in China? Your cat, right?
We usually call cats without breeds pastoral cats. Pastoral cats breed naturally without any human intervention. Although it is not a precious variety, it has certain regional characteristics. Just as humans in every region have certain characteristics, cats in different regions also have very unique characteristics, which also forms local cat breeds.

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China Civet Cat is the only native cat in China that has been certified by CFA. It looks like an American shorthair cat. Civet cats have a long history. Remember the story of "Civet cats for princes"? This is a civet, which means that civet existed in China in the Song Dynasty. Civet cats are very independent and don't like being changed, so it takes a lot of patience to raise such cats.

Sichuan Jianzhou cat

As can be seen from the name, Sichuan Jianzhou Cat is a cat born in Sichuan, China. This is a very old cat breed. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, rats were seriously infested, and cats were rarely kept as ornamental. Generally speaking, cats that can catch mice will be kept. Sichuan Jianzhou cat became very popular at that time.

Sichuan Jianzhou Cat is an expert in catching mice. It is said that it was once dedicated to the emperor at that time. As a royal tribute, we are not sure if this is true, but now we can identify Jianzhou cat in Sichuan from a small feature, that is, the cat's ears. Sichuan Jianzhou cat has a small gap in its ears, which looks like two small ears, so "four ears" is the biggest feature of Sichuan Jianzhou cat.

Shandong lion cat

Shandong lion cat lives in Linqing City, Shandong Province, China, so it is also called Linqing lion cat. Its biggest characteristics are long hair and mandarin duck eyes. Of course, not all local cats are like this, but the Shandong lion cat with white hair and eyes is the most precious.

Tracing back to the history of Shandong lionfish, it is said that it is a cat of Persian descent, but Shandong lionfish does not have the short nose of Persian cat, but it is large and somewhat similar to Persian cat. Shandong lion cat is also an expert at catching mice, but now people prefer to keep it as a pet.

An orange cat

There are two kinds of orange cats: orange and orange and white. There are M-stripes on the top of the head, and most orange cats have short hair. They are lively, gluttonous and easy to get fat.