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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 | Verismo’s Leonetti Reserve Red (Leo) - a Maine Coon who weighs in at 35 pounds and measures 48 inches 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 breed is the Ragdoll. Males weigh 12 to 20 pounds, with
females weighing 10 to 15 pounds. |
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| Least fur breed |
The
Sphynx cat came into existence in 1966. It is a hairless breed. |
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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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Himmy, 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
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. |
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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 |
Litty, 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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