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The modern Tonkinese breed is a reconstruction of a breed brought to the West in the 19th century. [1] These cats were originally known as 'chocolate Siamese'. [2] Breeders working with imported cats from Malaysia noticed some cats have aquamarine eyes and darker coats than the Siamese.
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.
Snowshoes were first produced when a Siamese breeder's cat gave birth to three kittens with white feet. The breeder, Dorothy Hinds-Daugherty, then began a breeding program to produce what were originally called "Silver Laces", [1] crossing the strangely marked Siamese cats with bicolour American Shorthair cats and other breeds. Despite having ...
The Thai or Wichien Maat (Thai: วิเชียรมาศ, [wí.tɕʰīan.mâːt] ⓘ, RTGS: wichianmat, meaning "diamond gold") is a newly renamed but old cat breed, related to but different from the Western, modern-style Siamese cat. This natural breed is descended from the cats of Thailand, and, among various groups of breeders in ...
The Havana Brown is an established breed created by crossing Siamese and European black cats and has a different standard. Domestic cat ( Felis catus ) The Suphalak ( Thai : ศุภลักษณ์ , RTGS : Supphalak ) or Thong Daeng ( ทองแดง 'copper') is a cat variety originating in Thailand .
Although the Abyssinian cat is considered to have ancient origins, the modern Aby nonetheless owes its ancestry to several different breeds, including the Siamese, burmese, and Russian blue, and ...
These days the breed develops in the direction of modern Oriental and Siamese body-types, that is to say a long muzzle, large set-apart ears, flat cheekbones, and an elegant body on long legs. Therefore, all standards for this breed encourage mating with Oriental and Siamese cats and semi-longhair variations of those (such as Balinese and ...
Cat owners have been urged to avoid the newly emerging “bullycats,” a hybrid breed that resembles the controversial XL bully dogs. Breeders in the US have created the new cat breed by mixing ...