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standard. Domestic cat (Felis catus) The Bombay cat is a short-haired breed of domestic cat. Bombays are glossy solid black cats with a muscular build, and have characteristic large bright copper-golden eyes. [1][2][3] The breed is named after the Indian city of Bombay (Mumbai), [4] referring to the habitat of the Indian black leopard. [5]
Furthermore, many geographical and cultural names for cat breeds are fanciful selections made by Western breeders to be exotic sounding and bear no relationship to the actual origin of the breeds; [6] the Balinese, Javanese, and Himalayan are all examples of this trend. The domestic short-haired and domestic long-haired cat types are not breeds ...
Calico kitty with predominantly-black coloration. A calico cat (US English) is a domestic cat of any breed with a tri-color coat. The calico cat is most commonly thought of as being 25% to 75% white with large orange and black patches; however, they may have other colors in their patterns. Calicoes are almost exclusively female except under ...
Amber tabby and white adult female in snow. The Norwegian Forest cat is adapted to survive Norway's cold weather. [2] [3] Its ancestors may include cold-adapted black and white British Shorthair cats brought to Norway from Great Britain some time after 1000 AD by the Vikings, and longhaired cats brought to Norway by Crusaders around the 14th century.
Technically, Black Cat Appreciation Day is August 17. But this cat mom celebrates it year-round. My black cat is a gorgeous American shorthair with lanky limbs and bright, yellow-green eyes. Black ...
standard. Domestic cat (Felis catus) The Snowshoe is a rare breed of domestic cat originating in the United States of America in the 1960s. The Snowshoe is a short-haired bicolour colourpoint breed. Snowshoes were first produced when a Siamese breeder's cat gave birth to three kittens with white feet. The breeder, Dorothy Hinds-Daugherty, then ...
Chelsea Clinton's cat Socks (1989–2009) lived in the White House from 1993 to 2001. Socks was a bicolour cat with low-grade spotting, or tuxedo cat.. A bicolor cat (also bi-colour cat, or a more specific term such as black-and-white cat, or a Tuxedo Cat) is a cat with white fur combined with fur of some other colour, for example solid black, tabby, or colourpointed. [1]
Tortoiseshell is a cat coat coloring named for its similarity to tortoiseshell pattern. Like tortoiseshell-and-white or calico cats, tortoiseshell cats are almost exclusively female. [1][2][3][4] Male tortoiseshells are rare and are usually sterile. [a][6][4] Tortoiseshell cats, or torties, combine two colors other than white, either closely ...