Lethathamo la Mefuta ea Likatse
Context:Lethathamo le latelang la mefuta ea likatse le akarelletsa feela mefuta ea likatse tse ruuoang lapeng le tse tsoakiloeng tse ruuoang lapeng le tse hlaha. Lethathamo lena le kenyelletsa mefuta e tsebahalang e amoheloang ke lingoliso tse fapaneng tsa likatse, mefuta e mecha le ea liteko, mefuta ea naha e thehiloeng e le mefuta e tloaelehileng, baahi ba fapaneng ba malapeng ba sa nts'etsopele ka mafolofolo le mefuta e seng e felile (e nyametseng).  Ho tloha ka 2023, The International Cat Association (TICA) e amohela mefuta e 73 e tloaelehileng, Cat Fanciers' Association (CFA) e amohela 45, Fédération Internationale Féline (FIFe) e amohela 50, Lekhotla le Busang la Cat Fancy (GCCF) le amohela 45,'me World Cat Federation (WCF) e amohela 69.  Ho se lumellane ha ho aroloa ha mefuta le ho reha mabitso har'a lirekoto ho bolela hore phoofolo e le 'ngoe e ka nkuoa e le mefuta e fapaneng ke lirekoto tse fapaneng (leha e sa tšoanelehe bakeng sa ngoliso ho tsona kaofela, ho latela hore na ke baholo-holo ba eona ba nepahetseng). Mohlala, TICA's Himalayan e nkuoa e le mebala e fapaneng ea Persia ke CFA, ha Javanese (kapa Colorpoint Longhair) e le phapang ea mebala ea Balinese ho TICA le CFA; mefuta ena ka bobeli e kopantsoe (hammoho le Colorpoint Shorthair) ho ba "mega-breed" e le 'ngoe, Colourpoint, ke World Cat Federation (WCF), e fetotseng lebitso "Javanese" bakeng sa Oriental Longhair. Hape, "Colo[u]rpoint Longhair" e bua ka mefuta e sa tšoaneng e ngotsoeng libukeng tse ling. Ho na le mehlala e mengata ea ho tšoana ha mabitso le ho se tšoane ha mofuta ona. Ho feta moo, mabitso a mangata a libaka le a setso bakeng sa mefuta ea likatse ke likhetho tse iqapetsoeng tse entsoeng ke bahlahisi ba Bophirimela hore li utloahale e le tse sa tloaelehang'me ha li amane le tšimoloho ea' nete ea mefuta; Bali, Java le Himalaya kaofela ke mehlala ea mokhoa ona.  Mefuta ea likatse tse nang le moriri o mokhuts'oane le tse nang le moriri o molelele ha se mefuta, empa ke mantsoe a sebelisoang (ka mopeleto o fapaneng) ho hlalosa likatse tse "mongrel" kapa "bicolor" ka bolelele ba boea, tse sa lumellaneng le mofuta o itseng. Lirekoto tse ling li li lumella ho ba le leloko'me li sebelisitsoe e le motheo oa motheo ho thehoeng mefuta e meng. Ha lia lokela ho ferekanngoa le mefuta e tloaelehileng e nang le mabitso a tšoanang, joalo ka British Shorthair le Oriental Longhair.
Ho itšetlehile ka mehlala e nkiloeng temaneng ena, mphe kakaretso ea palo ea Mefuta e Tloaelehileng ea Likatse e amoheloang ke Mokhatlo oa Machaba oa Likatse (TICA)