Download The Egyptian Mau Cat Images. In 1972, a silver egyptian mau female bred by princess troubetskoy became the first egyptian mau to win a canadian cat association grand championship. These cats display exceptional intelligence and exhibit a fierce loyalty to their owners.

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The cats were known in europe before world war ii. The egyptian mau is a small to medium sized cat and has slender, muscular bodies. Heck… even we here at indulgeyourpet find them fascination.

The egyptian mau got its name from the egyption word for cat.

The profile is gentle and nothing on her appears. This breed is the only domestic one of its kind, with the other one being the bahraini dilmun cat. The exotic appearance of the egyptian mau is only the beginning of the magic of the breed. The mau got recognition by the international cat association in 1979.