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  • Sable-colored Burmese cat filmed on black velvet.
  • This is a unrecognized breed of cat, a bambino. It's a hairless, dwarf cat.
  • These bambino kittens are 3 weeks old.
  • The bride and groom, Thumbalina and Ibin, and their certificate of marriage at a chapel in Reno, NV. Thumbalina is an unrecognized new breed of cat, a bambino - a hairless, dwarf cat. Ibin in a recognized breed, a spynx.
  • Nina Adkins, president of the Dwarf Cat Association presents Thumbalina, a bambino - a hairless, dwarf cat, as a bride to Ibin, a sphinx, at a chapel in Reno, Nevada.
  • Collaring a wildcat in Spain.
  • Street cats eating tuna in a Cairo market.
  • UC Davis geneticist Leslie Lyons examines a Bengal cat.
  • A man walks in front of the Maya Tomb in Saqqara, Egypt.
  • Cat bones are found in the sand near the Maya Tomb in Saqqara, Egypt.
  • Geneticist Leslie Lyons and assistant Jennifer Grahn process cat DNA samples in a lab at UC Davis.

  • Black on Black

    Photograph by Mark Knobil/ NGT

    Sable-colored Burmese cat filmed on black velvet.

  • Wide Eyed

    Photograph by Mark Knobil/ NGT

    This is a unrecognized breed of cat, a bambino. It's a hairless, dwarf cat.

  • Baby Bambinos

    Photograph by Mark Knobil/ NGT

    These bambino kittens are 3 weeks old.

  • Feline Nuptials

    Photograph by Mark Knobil/ NGT

    The bride and groom, Thumbalina and Ibin, and their certificate of marriage at a chapel in Reno, NV. Thumbalina is an unrecognized new breed of cat, a bambino - a hairless, dwarf cat. Ibin in a recognized breed, a spynx.

  • Hairless Happily Ever After

    Photograph by Mark Knobil/ NGT

    Nina Adkins, president of the Dwarf Cat Association presents Thumbalina, a bambino - a hairless, dwarf cat, as a bride to Ibin, a sphinx, at a chapel in Reno, Nevada.

  • In the Wild

    Photograph by Dana Kemp/ NGT

    Collaring a wildcat in Spain.

  • Tasting Tuna

    Photograph by Dana Kemp/ NGT

    Street cats eating tuna in a Cairo market.

  • A Bengal Cat

    Photograph by Mark Knobil/ NGT

    UC Davis geneticist Leslie Lyons examines a Bengal cat.

  • Maya Tomb

    Photograph by Dana Kemp/ NGT

    A man walks in front of the Maya Tomb in Saqqara, Egypt.

  • Cat Bones

    Photograph by Alana Berry/ NGT

    Cat bones are found in the sand near the Maya Tomb in Saqqara, Egypt.

  • DNA Testing

    Photograph by Dana Kemp/ NGT

    Geneticist Leslie Lyons and assistant Jennifer Grahn process cat DNA samples in a lab at UC Davis.
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