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The Turkish Angora was recognised as a distinct breed in Europe by the 17th century. [3] However, there is a strong connection between Angoras and Persians. Charles Catton, in the 1788 book Animals Drawn from Nature and Engraved in Aqua-tinta, gave “Persian cat” and “Angora cat” as alternative names for the same breed. [4]
Oriental Longhairs have the same wedge-shaped heads as modern Siamese cats. Oriental Longhairs feature a long, tubular, Oriental-style body with a longer silky coat.The range of possible coat colours includes everything from self-coloured (black, blue, chocolate, lilac, cinnamon, caramel, fawn, red, cream and apricot), tortoiseshell, smoke (silver undercoat), shaded or tipped, tabby or white.
Called simply the Turkish cat at this point, [7] the name was changed in 1979 in the UK (1985 in the US) to Turkish Van [2] [8] to better distance the breed from the Turkish Angora cat (originally called simply Angora, [1]: 35 an old spelling of Ankara). The Turkish Van began to be imported into America in the 1970s.
Norwegian Forest Cat. Norwegian Forest Cats (a.k.a. skogkatt or forest cat in Norway), are a breed of long-haired domestic cats known for its large size, strong muscular body, and double coat of ...
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Angora wool, from an Angora rabbit; Angora rabbit, one of at least 11 breeds of rabbit; Angora goat, a breed of goat; Peruvian guinea pig, formerly known as the Angora; Angora ferret, a long-haired breed of ferret; Turkish Angora, a breed of cat originally known as just Angora; Oriental Longhair, a breed of cat formerly known as the British Angora
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These were based on solid-colored cats with the body of a Siamese, bred by Baroness von Ullmann over the 1950s. [3] [4] An "Oriental Shorthairs International" was formed in 1973, [2] and Peter Markstein presented the breed to the 1976 Annual Cat Fanciers Association, at the same time as the Havana Brown was presented by Joe Bittaker. [5]