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The Russian Blue cat (Russian: Русская голубая кошка, romanized: Russkaya golubaya koshka), commonly referred to as just Russian Blue, is a cat breed with colors that vary from a light shimmering silver to a darker, slate grey. The short, dense coat, which stands out from the body, has been the breed's hallmark for more than ...
The Russian Blue is one of a number of cat breeds whose fur is always Maltese all over. A Maltese cat resting outside The Citadella, Gozo in Malta. A Maltese (Italian: [malˈteːze]) cat is any whose fur is completely or primarily gray (often called "blue" by cat fanciers) and regardless of breed. [1] Maltese is a coat-colour term, not a breed ...
The following list of cat breeds includes only domestic cat breeds and domestic and wild hybrids. The list includes established breeds recognized by various cat registries , new and experimental breeds, landraces being established as standardized breeds, distinct domestic populations not being actively developed and lapsed (extinct) breeds.
The American foundation of this cat breed was laid by the cats Siegfried (1984) and Brunhilde (1985). Cora Cobb, the owner of Siegfried and Brunhilde, was very impressed by the beauty of her blue-grey cats. Siegfried and Brunhilde looked like a Russian Blue but with a semi-long coat. To find out if it was possible to start a new breed with ...
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An early example of the "English type" Blue Shorthair, from Frances Simpson's Book of the Cat, 1903. Selective breeding of the best examples of the type began in the nineteenth century, with emphasis on developing the unusual blue-grey variant called the "British Blue" or "English type" (to distinguish it from the more fine-boned "Russian type").
The Highlander cat is a deliberate cross between the Desert Lynx and the Jungle Curl breeds. The following is a list of experimental cat breeds and crossbreeds [1] that do not have the recognition of any major national or international cat registries, such as The International Cat Association (TICA) in the US, Europe, and Australasia; the Governing Council of the Cat Fancy (GCCF) in the UK ...
Blue Cat may refer to: Russian Blue, a cat breed. Blue Cat Records, a record company. 3000 Whys of Blue Cat, the Chinese animation series, or its main character, Lan Mao. Dougal and the Blue Cat, a 1970 film based on the television programme The Magic Roundabout. In Cat coat genetics, a cat with a type of grey fur.