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Our collection of Ocicat images features champions and best of breed. Whether you are a specialist looking for stock images of breed examples, a designer looking for a striking picture, or you're simply an Ocicat fan, we're confident we'll have the image you're looking for.
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Ocicat overview
Developed in the USA from crosses between Abyssinians, Siamese and American Shorthairs. Bred in the UK from imports and outcrosses to Abyssinian. Given Preliminary recognition by GCCF (Governing Council of the Cat Fancy) in June 1997.
A quiet and friendly cat, who needs little grooming.
Origin
United States
Breed number/code
No 73 (GCCF) / OCI (FIFe)
Biological data
Size
Medium to large.
Build
Long but substantial.
Hair quality
Short and close-lying.
Colours
Tawny (73)
Blue (73a)
Chocolate (73b)
Lilac (73c)
Cinnamon (73k)
Fawn (73r)
Silver (73s)
Blue Silver (73as)
Chocolate Silver (73bs)
Lilac Silver (73cs)
Cinnamon Silver (73ks)
Fawn Silver (73rs)
Eye colours
Any colour except blue.
Patterns
Spotted tabby.
Ocicat links we are happy to endorse
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Ocicat – Breed standard
The below links are external
GCCF, FIFe, TICA, CFA, AACE, ACFA, ACF, CCA
Ocicat references and further reading
USA
Ocicat Info
UK
Ocicat Cat Club
Please get in touch
If you are an animal photographer, an expert on Ocicat cats or a breeder, we would love to hear from you. We strive to have all the latest, most helpful and accurate information on our website, but nobody is perfect, so we do ask for your feedback if we can improve our website.
Please get in touch
Associations and Specialists – We are happy to link to your Ocicat association or specialist area, all we ask is for you to return the favour.
Photographers – Please visit our 'join us' page to learn about working with us.
Experts – Spotted some detail that isn't right? Please email us your thoughts.
Breeders – We work with many great cat photographers such as Helmi Flick, Alan Robinson and Tetsu Yamazaki and we'd love to build our contact list of leading breeders. Who knows when you might get a call. Please email us your details.
