Nebelung

The Nebelung is a pedigree breed of domestic cat. Nebelungs have long bodies, wide-set green eyes, long and dense solid blue-coloured fur, and mild dispositions. The Nebelung was developed to resemble the early blue-grey cats imported from Russia in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, combined with a semi-long coat. The cat is related to the Russian Blue, but with longer, silkier hair, and is in fact sometimes (incorrectly) called the Long-haired Russian Blue.

Key facts

Catbreed.image: Aleksandr van Song de Chine.jpg
Catbreed.imagecaption: Nebelung male
Catbreed.altname: Long-haired Russian Blue
Catbreed.country: United States, Russia, the Netherlands
Catbreed.stock: Blue domestic longhair and Russian Blue cats
Catbreed.ticastd: https://tica.org/breeds/browse-all-breeds?view=article&id=1663:the-nebelung-breed&catid=48
Catbreed.wcfstd: https://wcf.de/pdf-en/breed/NEB_en_2010-01-01.pdf
Catbreed.gccfstd: https://www.gccfcats.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Nebelung.SOP_.Template.pdf
Catbreed.loofstd: https://www.loof.asso.fr/download/standards/std_rus_neb-2021.pdf
Catbreed.acfastd: http://www.acfacat.com/Breed%20Standards/NEBELUNG.pdf
Catbreed.acfstd: https://www.acf.asn.au/notices/notices/standards/Group%20One/Nebelung_2020.pdf

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Contents

Origin
Early origins
Development in the US
Russian and European lines
Registration and popularity
Characteristics
Physical characteristics
References
Notes
References

The breed holds full recognition with the ACF and TICA, and enjoys preliminary status with the GCCF. However, given the relatively recent foundation of the Nebelung in the 1980s, it has yet to gain recognition from the other major cat fancier organisations.

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