 A pedigreed cat is one whose ancestry is recorded by a cat fancier organization . A purebred cat is one whose ancestry contains only individuals of the same breed . Many pedigreed and especially purebred cats are exhibited as show cats . Cats of unrecorded , mixed ancestry are referred to as domestic short @-@ haired or domestic long @-@ haired cats , by coat type , or commonly as random @-@ bred , <unk> ( chiefly British ) , or ( using terms borrowed from dog breeding ) mongrels or mutt @-@ cats . 
