Chausie
A chausie is a hybrid of a domestic cat and a jungle cat and is also known as felis chaus. This alternate name became the origin of the name “chausie” given to this hybrid. The jungle cat is native to the Nile River Delta so the chausie can trace its roots to the ancient Egyptian civilization. These cats were greatly respected in those times, enough to even be mummified.
The domestic cats and the jungle cats may have interacted back then to produce chausies, but in modern times, these two animals were crossed to produce hybrids during the 1990s under a dedicated program.
