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Key facts
- Other names
- Siberian Forest Cat , Moscow Semi-longhair
- Origin
- Russia
- Cfa
- standard
- Fife
- standard
- Tica
- standard
- Wcf
- standard
- Ffe
- standard
- Acf
- standard
- Acfa caa
- standard
- Cca afc
- standard
- Gccf
- standard
- Loof
- standard
- Nzcf
- standard
- Sacc
- standard
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- Murmur's Siberian Cat siberiano golden (cropped).JPG
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- Siberian (cat)
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The Siberian is a centuries-old landrace (natural variety) of domestic cat in Russia, and recently developed as a formal breed with standards promulgated the world over since the late-1980s. Since 2006, the breed is recognised for registry and championship status with all major cat registries.
The formal name of the breed is Siberian Forest Cat, but it is typically referred to as the Siberian or Siberian cat. Formerly, sometimes the names Moscow Semi-Longhair and Russian Longhair were also used. The colourpoint variant or sister breed, called the Neva Masquerade, is categorised as a separate cat breed by some registries, including FIFe, WCF, and ACF.