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Byron Collins - 12 Oct 2003 12:07 GMT

Hi All,

Is there any other names that people prefer calling
nonpedigreed "mixed breed" cats?
(British name for these cats is - "moggies")

What is the term people use in other countries
to refer to a "mixed breed" cat?

Is there a web site that already provide this information?

Thanks in advance,

Byron Collins
Kentucky, USA

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M.C. Mullen - 12 Oct 2003 14:22 GMT

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| Byron Collins
| Kentucky, USA

In German speaking Europe people tend to just speak of 'cats' when they mean
mixed breeds.
They all usually just belong to the group European Shorthair.
For the purebred ones they use the name of the race like Persian, Siamese
etc.

HTH

Carola

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Don & Lisa - 12 Oct 2003 17:55 GMT

I have always heard them referred as "Domestic Long Hair" or short, which
ever is appropriate. It is usually just initials, DSH or DLH or ever DMH for
medium length hair. This is for the US.
Hope it helps, Lisa.

> Hi All,
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> Byron Collins
> Kentucky, USA

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MaryL - 12 Oct 2003 18:18 GMT

> I have always heard them referred as "Domestic Long Hair" or short, which
> ever is appropriate. It is usually just initials, DSH or DLH or ever DMH for
> medium length hair. This is for the US.
> Hope it helps, Lisa.

These are the three designations for "mixed-breed" cats that my vet uses on
his records.

MaryL

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Ted Davis - 12 Oct 2003 18:40 GMT

>Hi All,
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>Thanks in advance,

I am most familiar with "cat" without a breed modifier to refer to a
cat with mixed or unknown ancestry and either just the breed name or
that followed by "cat" to refer to a purebred.

When I need to make it clear that the cat is not purebred, I generally
use some variation of "random bred", but that usage is influenced by
computer related jargon usage of "random".

T.E.D. (tdavis@gearbox.maem.umr.edu - e-mail must contain "T.E.D." or my .sig in the body)

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Dave - 13 Oct 2003 04:38 GMT

"Mongrel" it is the same for cats as it is for dogs.

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> T.E.D. (tdavis@gearbox.maem.umr.edu - e-mail must contain "T.E.D." or my .sig in the body)

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Byron Collins - 14 Oct 2003 03:48 GMT

> "Mongrel" it is the same for cats as it is for dogs.

Thanks Dave,

"Mongrel" is the word that best describe what I were looking for :-)

I would like to established today, that the type of cat I have is
consider to be an "American Shorthair Mongrel Cat".

Of course, if you have a longhair mix breed - consider calling
it an "American Longhair Mongrel Cat".

Byron

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MaryL - 14 Oct 2003 03:09 GMT

> > "Mongrel" it is the same for cats as it is for dogs.
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> Byron

I think they really call Domestic Shorthair (DSH), Domestic Longhair (DLH),
or Domestic Medium Hair (DMH). I have never heard "mongrel" applied to
cats, only to dogs. Of course, I often just say "mixed breed" ... but that
puts us right back to the original question.

MaryL
(take out the litter to reply)

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Chris Street - 14 Oct 2003 02:39 GMT

>Hi All,
>
>Is there any other names that people prefer calling
>nonpedigreed "mixed breed" cats?
>(British name for these cats is - "moggies")

You will also find the terms Domestic Shorthair or Domestic Longhair
which is what vets in the UK tend to classify non pedigree felines as.

>What is the term people use in other countries
>to refer to a "mixed breed" cat?
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>Byron Collins
>Kentucky, USA

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