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The British Shorthair is the pedigree version of the traditional British domestic cat, with a distinctively stocky body, thick coat, and broad face. The most familiar colour variant is the "British Blue", with a solid grey-blue coat, pineapple eyes, and a medium-sized tail.
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.
Bicolor patterned black colorpoint-and-white British Shorthair with symmetrical color distribution and a white blaze on its face. The cat labelled "bicolor" or "true bicolor" is the preferred pattern in show-quality bicolor purebred cats. Bicolor patterned cats have medium grade white spotting (generally approximately 50%-25% white). [1]
Like the Persian the Exotic Shorthair is a brachycephalic breed, meaning that it has problems as a result of having the nose and eyes in close proximity to each other, giving the appearance of a pushed-in face. [5] Some conditions common in the Exotic Shorthair are listed below. 12-week-old white female Exotic Shorthair
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.
A domestic long-haired cat is a cat of mixed ancestry – thus not belonging to any particular recognized cat breed – possessing a coat of semi-long to long fur. Domestic long-haired cats should not be confused with the British Longhair, American Longhair, or other breeds with "Longhair" names, which are standardized breeds defined by various registries. [8]
The Highlander (also known as the Highlander Shorthair, and originally as the Highland Lynx) is a new breed of cat.The unique appearance of the Highlander comes from the deliberate cross between the Desert Lynx and the Jungle Curl breeds, also recently developed.
The Oriental Shorthair was accepted as an actual breed for championship competition in the US-headquartered CFA in 1977. [6] In 1985, the CFA recognized the bicolor variant. [ 12 ] Two decades later, the breed was finally recognized by the UK -based Governing Council of the Cat Fancy (GCCF) in 1997, but with some differences from CFA on coat ...