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![]() The biggest, tallest, smallest, etc. Compiled by Glenda Moore of CatStuff Please do not copy or redistribute this article. |
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| Best
Climber |
In
1950,
a four month kitten climbed 14,691 feet to the top of
the Matterhorn in the Alps |
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| Longest | Maine Coon named Stewie was certified as the new record holder after measuring 48.5" from the tip of his nose to the tip of his tail bone. The previous record holder was Verismo’s Leonetti Reserve Red, also a Maine Coon, who measured 48" from nose to tail. (Guinness World Records) | ||
| Shortest/smallest | Tinker Toy - As of 1997, the smallest domestic cat ever; a male blue point Himalayan 2.75" tall, 7.5" long | ||
| Largest breed | The
largest cat breeds are the Ragdoll and Maine Coon. Males weigh 12 to 20
pounds, with
females weighing 10 to 15 pounds. |
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| Least fur breed |
The
Sphynx cat, a hairless breed, came into existence in 1966. |
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| Most toes |
Jake
has
27 toes; another cat, Mooch, is recorded as having 28 toes. |
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| Unusual
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A
cat
named Five
Toes,
was born with two tongues. NOTE: There are many more medical anomalies, but I do not intend to use this page to document them. |
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| Most
mice
killed |
As
of
1997, Towser held the record for
most mice/rats killed: 28,899. Towser
worked for the Glenturret Distillery, and a statue was erected in the distillery grounds in
her honor. |
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| First
munchkin |
Blackberry,
a
female |
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| Longest
fall |
Andy,
companion
of Florida Sen. Ken Myer; fell 16 stories (about 200 feet)
and
survived |
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| Richest |
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Brownie
and
Hellcat became two of the richest cats in the world when owner Dr.
William Grier left them $415,000 in the 1960's - Ben Rea left his cat Blackie £15 million in his will. |
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| Heaviest |
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Himmey,
a neutered tabby living in Australia who weighed 46 lbs, 15.25
oz; died of heart failure - Poppa - an 11-year-old tabby who wieghed 44.5 lbs. - Tiger - a long-haired part-Persian weighing 43 lbs. NOTE: Guinness World Records is no longer documenting this record, as owners were cruelly overfeeding their pets to gain a new record |
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| Lightest | Mr. Peebles is the world's smallest fully-grown cat, weighing in at just 3 lbs. (Guinness World Records) | ||
| First recognized pedigreed breed |
American
Shorthairs
were the first pedigreed breed recognized in the United
States. |
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| First
exhibitor |
Mrs.
Poodles,
the first Siamese exhibited at an English cat show (in 1871) |
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| Most
toes |
Jake, an Ontario, Canada cat with 28 toes, with 7 on each paw (Guinness World Records) | ||
| Longest
whiskers |
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Mingo,
a Maine coon in Turku Finland - with whiskers measuring 6.8
inches in July 2004. (Guinness World Records) - Ellie, living in Woodland Hills, Californiaa brown/black Maine Coon, had the longest single whisker on a cat (measuring 6.5 inches) on Febraury 15, 2004. (Guinness World Records) |
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| Most
expensive
wedding |
In
September
1996, two rare “diamond-eyed” cats, Phet and Ploy, were
married in matching pink outfits at a ceremony in Thailand's biggest
discotheque. It cost Phet’s owner, Wichan Jaratarcha, 410,979 Thai Bhat
($16,241). |
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| Most
kittens
in a litter |
Tarawood
Antigone,
a brown Burmese who holds the records for having 19 kittens
in
one litter on August 7th 1970.
Four were stillborn. Another large letter was born to a
Persian named Bluebell, who gave birth to 14 kittens, all of which
survived. |
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| Most
kittens
in a lifetime |
Dusty,
who
delivered a total of 420 kittens in her life. She gave birth to her last
litter on June 12th 1952. NOTE: This is NOT a record to aspire toward. |
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| Oldest
mother |
Kitty, in
Staffordshire England, gave birth for the last time at age 30. In
her life, she had 218 kittens. |
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| Oldest
cat
living |
The
oldest
cat living is claimed to be Cream Puff
who was born on August 3, 1967 (which made her 38 in 2005 if she was
still alive). |
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| Oldest
cat |
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Puss,
36 years old; died on Nov. 29, 1939 - Ma, a tabby who was 35 when she was euthanized Nov. 5, 1957 - Grampa, 34 years old, a Rex Sphinx; died April 1998 |
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| Longest
travel
home |
Sugar's
family,
the Woods, left him behind when they moved; he left his
new owners and found the Woods' new house 1,500 miles away |
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| Most traveled cat |
Hamlet escaped from his cage on a flight from Toronto, Canada, and traveled 600,000 miles in seven weeks, until he was caught in February 1984. | ||
| Longest
survivor |
On
Dec.
9, 1999, 80 days after an earthquake struck Taiwan, killing an
estimated 2,400 people, a cat was discovered alive in a collapsed
building in Taichung. It was taken to veterinary hospital, where it
made a full recovery. |
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| Longest time
separated from owner |
Ted, a gorgeous black
cat who had an ID microchip implanted under his skin, was returned to
his owner Chris Inglis 10
years after
he jumped out a window and vanished. |
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| Most cats owned |
Jack
and
Donna Wright of Kingston, Ontario, hold the world record for most
cats owned: 689 at one time. |
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| Longest
Post Earthquake Survival |
A cat was discovered
alive in a collapsed building 80 days after an earthquake in Taiwan in
December 1999. |
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