 FACT: When Patience returns Midnight, Ophelia tells her that, "Shes  an Egyptian Mau, the rarest of breeds." The Mau is, in fact,  somewhat rare, but there are other breeds (Selkirk Rex, Korat,  Somali and Havana Brown, for instance) that are far less common. Cat  Fancy Magazine lists eleven US catteries specializing in Maus. The  breed was introduced to the US in the 1950s, not 1940 as mentioned  in the film, although its lineage dates back well over 2,000 years 