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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] There is a lot of similarity between Angora and Persian cat. Angora by British and American . In 1903, Frances Simpson wrote in The Book of the Cat: [5]
However, Bell says the Angora "fails to the Persian in head", Angoras having a more wedge-shaped head and Persians having a rounder head. Bell notes that Angoras and Persians have been crossbred, resulting in a decided improvement to each breed, but claimed the long-haired cat of 1909 had significantly more Persian influence than Angora.
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.
The Minuet [1] (also known as the Napoleon [2]) is a hybrid mix of Persian and Munchkin cat breeds. Categorized by The International Cat Association (TICA) as a domestic hybrid, "developed from a deliberate cross between two existing domestic breeds, incorporating characteristics of both parental breeds into the new mix."
Special Needs Turkish Angora Cat Seeks a Forever Home in Texas. Eve Vawter. May 26, 2024 at 10:15 AM.
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 ...
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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.