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Nebelung cats are characterized by a long, graceful neck and body, long legs, long or medium coat, and long tail. Slightly oval eyes are a vivid green color, or sometimes a yellow-green. Large, pointed ears sit atop a modified wedge-shaped head that is more pointed than rounded. The overall appearance is of a long, sturdy, well-muscled cat.
It produces a pattern similar to the Siamese colorpoint, but with a much lower contrast and amber-yellow to green eyes. Mink= c s and c b are codominant, with c b / c s cats having an intermediate phenotype termed mink , [ 29 ] in which the pigment distribution is between sepia and point, and the eye color is blue-green ( aquamarine ).
Roughly 75% of ginger cats are male. [14] Male cats with the gene for orange can be either X°Y ginger or X-Y black or non-ginger tabby. Females with the gene have three possibilities: X-X- black or non-ginger tabby, X°X° ginger, and X-X° tortoiseshell, thus male cats cannot be tortoiseshell unless they have two X chromosomes. [14]
The eyes have an almond shape and their color can be any shade of green, blue and yellow. Aegean cats are noted for their affinity for water and fishing. [2] Because the breed was allowed to develop through natural selection, rather than selective breeding, Aegean cats are free from most feline genetic diseases. [2]
The Himalayan (short for Himalayan Persian, or Colourpoint Persian as it is commonly referred to in Europe), is a breed or sub-breed of long-haired cat similar in type to the Persian, with the exception of its blue eyes and its point colouration, which were derived from crossing the Persian with the Siamese. Some registries may classify the ...
Some people believe that the world is divided into dog and cat people. Of course, there are those that are neither. I personally fall into the dog category. Besides the fact I'm allergic to cats ...
Pyaari, the Russian Blue cat, is without a doubt the favorite child in the family. Her owner's mom used to be certain she didn't want a cat, but now she dresses the patient kitty in all kinds of ...
The white spotting factor is the variable expression of the piebald gene that varies from the minimal degree (1), as in the blue-eyed cats with white tip on the tail to the maximal degree (8–9) that results in a Van-patterned cat, when coloured marks occupy at most 20% of the white background, but the white background in the breed covers ...