The Bengal breed was created in the 1980s by crossing domestic cats with the Asian Leopard Cat, which is a small wild cat species native to Asia. While life expectancy is fairly consistent across all cat breeds, some breeds tend to live shorter or longer than others. Let’s meet some popular brown cat breeds. Many of the pedigreed cat breeds recognized by the Cat Fanciers Association and The International Cat Association come in brown. Some breeds do not come in brown at all, including the Bombay, Burmilla, Chartreux, Korat, Nebelung, and Russian Blue. Many other popular cat breeds come in brown, but also come in other colors, whether solid, patterned, or pointed. One purebred cat breed comes only in brown-the Havana Brown, which is solidly colored in a rich and even shade of warm brown. Brown cats also come in a variety of different patterns, including solid brown, brown tabby, brown spotted tabby, brown ticked, brown spotted, brown pointed (often called chocolate point), and bi-colored (brown with white). In cats, brown coats come in a range of hues, from very light tan to deep chocolate brown. Some pointed breeds also come in brown colors, such as the seal point Siamese. In some breeds, the solid brown color is called chocolate.

Solid brown cats are somewhat less common, and can be strikingly beautiful. Brown, especially brown tabby (brown with black stripes) is a very common color in cats.

Brown tabby cat