THESE ARE THE 11 SMARTEST CAT BREEDS

Cats are among some of the most intelligent animals on the planet, despite what some people may think about felines.

How else could you explain the cat who plays a tiny piano to notify his owners that it’s feeding time? Or the cat who, somehow, actually called 911 when his disabled owner was in need of emergency services?

They may be deemed untrainable, but the level of intelligence and capability of some cats ring high on the IQ meter. Cats in general have a brain structure that resembles that of the most intelligent animals in the ecosystem, including human beings. In fact, a cat’s cat’s cerebral cortex—the part of the brain that manages rational decision making and complex problem solving—boasts some 300 million neurons, according to Psychology Today. Dogs, one of the most intelligent animals with the highest number of neurons, have about 429 million neurons in the cerebral cortex, according to the science journal Frontiers in Neuroanatomy.

Just like any animal species, there are some cat breeds that are smarter than others. We’ve rounded up a list of the 11 smartest cats of them all.

1. Abyssinian
2. Siamese
3. Burmese
4. Singapura
5. Bengal
6. Cornish Rex
7. Scottish Fold
8. Korat
9. Turkish Van
10. Japanese Bobtail
11. Tonkinese