Cat Breeds of the World
Desmond Morris
Viking
Nonfiction, Pets
Themes: Felines
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Description
There are many domestic cat breeds, from the common Persians to the rare York Chocolate. This book offers pictures and descriptions, from new efforts to possibly extinct lines.
Review
Yet another treasure found for a greatly reduced price in the Barnes & Noble bargain shelves. I trimmed this one a point for not going into more depth in some of the more unusual breeds listed. If Morris was going to bother mentioning a breed, I thought he should at least attempt to explain what it is, and how it's different from other breeds (or one-generation oddities, which more than one "breed" appears to be.) Other than that, it's a very interesting and up-to-date cat breed book, describing in greater detail cats that other books gloss over or mention only in footnotes. I know there are other breeds out there not covered, at least as obscure as (and sometimes less obscure than) some of those mentioned here.