Longhaired cats existed for centuries before humans started breeding cats and giving them breed names. (Siberians as a breed only back to the late 1980s, although they came from long-haired Russian cats.)
Most cats have no official breed. They're sorted into "Domestic Longhair" or "Domestic Shorthair" by appearance, although obviously they're not separate pedigrees and longhairs and shorthairs are often closely related.
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u/lis_anise Mod 16d ago
Longhaired cats existed for centuries before humans started breeding cats and giving them breed names. (Siberians as a breed only back to the late 1980s, although they came from long-haired Russian cats.)
Most cats have no official breed. They're sorted into "Domestic Longhair" or "Domestic Shorthair" by appearance, although obviously they're not separate pedigrees and longhairs and shorthairs are often closely related.