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Red tabby and white bicolor Arabian Mau Calico Arabian Mau kitten Red tabby Arabian Mau close-up. The Arabian Mau [1] is a formal breed of domestic cat, originated from the early African wildcat, a short-haired landrace native to the Arabian Peninsula. It lives in the streets of the Arabian Peninsula and has adapted very well to its climate.
The Persian cat is depicted in red, which indicates it falls genetically in the European cat population. The modern-day Persian cat breed is genetically closest related to the British Shorthair, Chartreux, and American Shorthair. [16] The Exotic Shorthair is a breed developed in the late 1950s by outcrossing Persian cats with American Shorthairs.
The Exotic has steadily gained popularity among cat fanciers with the help of the devoted advocates of the breed who saw the value in a Persian and Shorthair crossbreed. In 1967, the Exotic Shorthair was first accepted for Championship status by the Cat Fanciers' Association. [2]
A 19th-century drawing of a tabby cat. The English term tabby originally referred to "striped silk taffeta", from the French word tabis, meaning "a rich watered silk".This can be further traced to the Middle French atabis (14th century), which stemmed from the Arabic term عتابية / ʿattābiyya. [4]
Arnold Henry Savage Landor with his two Persian kittens, which he purchased himself in Kerman, Iran (also known as Persia) around 1900 [1]. Traditional Persian is one of several names for a group of cats that are considered to be essentially the original breed of Persian cat, before the variety was selectively bred to have extreme features.
The tabby is utterly nonplussed as her sister tries sticking her paws through holes in the box and pushing up against the lid to free herself, to no avail. Related: 14-Year-Old Senior Cat Sweetly ...
This is a list of the mammal species recorded in the United Arab Emirates. ... Persian trident bat, T. persicus LC [14] Order: ... Sand cat Golden jackal.
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