Which Cat breeds come in Harlequin?

Club breed standards describe Harlequin for the American Curl, Balinese, British Longhair, British Shorthair, Cornish Rex, Devon Rex, Donskoy, European Shorthair, Exotic Shorthair, German Rex, Japanese Bobtail, and Kurilian Bobtail, and 15 more breeds.

Cat pattern

Harlequin

A patchwork of color on white: the torn black patches of a harlequin Great Dane, the mostly white harlequin cat, the alternating color bands of harlequin rabbits, the frosted Welsh Harlequin duck.

30 Cat breeds list Harlequin. It is in a club standard for 29 breeds.

Breeds whose standards accept Harlequin

Breed	FIFE	GCCF	WCF	TICA
American Curl	Standard (“harlequin”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Balinese	Standard (“harlequin”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
British Longhair	Standard (“harlequin”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
British Shorthair	Standard (“harlequin”)	Standard (“Harlequin Pattern”)	Standard (“harlequin”)	No ruling
Cornish Rex	Standard (“harlequin”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Devon Rex	Standard (“harlequin”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Donskoy	Standard (“harlequin”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
DonskoySkin and scales	Standard (“harlequin”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
European Shorthair	Standard (“harlequin”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Exotic Shorthair	Standard (“harlequin”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
German Rex	Standard (“harlequin”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Japanese Bobtail	Standard (“harlequin”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Kurilian Bobtail	Standard (“harlequin”)	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“harlequins”)
LaPerm	Standard (“harlequin”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Lykoi	Standard (“harlequin”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Maine Coon	Standard (“harlequin”)	No ruling	Standard (“harlequin”)	No ruling
Napoleon	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“harlequin”)	No ruling
Norwegian Forest Cat	Standard (“harlequin”)	Standard (“Harlequin Pattern”)	Standard (“harlequin”)	No ruling
Oriental Bicolor	Standard (“harlequin”)	Standard (“Harlequin”)	No ruling	No ruling
Oriental Longhair	Standard (“harlequin”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Oriental Shorthair	Standard (“harlequin”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Persian (modern)	Standard (“harlequin”)	No ruling	Standard (“harlequin”)	No ruling
Peterbald	Standard (“harlequin”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
PeterbaldSkin and scales	Standard (“harlequin”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Selkirk Rex	Standard (“harlequin”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Siamese (modern)	Standard (“harlequin”)	No ruling	Alternate (“Harlequin”)	No ruling
Siberian ( Siberian Forest, Neva Masquerade [colorpoint variety])	Standard (“harlequin”)	No ruling	Standard (“harlequin”)	No ruling
SphynxSkin and scales	Standard (“harlequin”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Turkish Angora	Standard (“harlequin”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Snowshoe	No ruling	Alternate (“Harlequin”)	No ruling	No ruling

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