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The Siamese cat is one of several varieties of cats native to Thailand (known as Siam before 1939). The original Siamese became one of the most popular breeds in Europe and North America in the 19th century. [1] Siamese cats have a distinctive colourpoint coat, resulting from a temperature-sensitive type of albinism.
The Scottish Fold is a distinctive breed of domestic cat characterised by a natural dominant gene mutation associated with osteochondrodysplasia.This genetic anomaly affects cartilage throughout the body, causing the ears to "fold", bending forward and down towards the front of the head.
Their colour will darken with age, even to the point of turning a chocolate brown shade. The eyes are always blue. The tail is medium-sized. Snowshoe cats come in blue, lilac, lynx, fawn, chocolate, and seal points. The Snowshoe is a medium-large cat and its body longer than other cat breeds, with many males reaching 6 kg (14 lbs) or more.
It is almost 45 years since a big cat native to the Americas was captured in the Scottish Highlands. The female puma - later nicknamed Felicity - was caught by a farmer frustrated by a series of ...
The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland said it had successfully captured the two creatures.
There are 40 cat species — not even taking into consideration the various breeds of domesticated cats, which is over 70,— naturally distributed across every continent except Antarctica and ...
Traditional, Classic, or Old-style Siamese; Wichien Maat [h] Developed in Europe; [13] foundation stock from Thailand [11] Natural: Moderate: Short: Colorpoint: Thai Lilac, Thai Blue Point and Thai Lilac Point: Thailand: Color varieties of the Korat: Moderate: Short: Solid lilac and colorpoint (blue point and lilac point only) Tonkinese: Canada ...
The lynx point pattern is formed by mating a colorpoint cat with a tabby cat (or breeding cats that already possess the lynx point pattern). It is characterized by a mixture of the darkening (reduced) of point coloration with distinct tabby striping on the head, tail, and legs, and an otherwise uniform and comparatively pale body.