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A rare predominantly black cat with odd eyes. The odd-eyed colouring is caused when either the epistatic (recessive) white gene or dominant white (which masks any other colour genes and turns a cat completely solid white) [3] or the white spotting gene (which is the gene responsible for bicolour coats) [4] prevents melanin granules from reaching one eye during development, resulting in a cat ...
The Khao Manee is an ancient cat breed comparable to the Siamese, Thai, Korat, Suphalak, and other natural cat breeds from Thailand.The Khao Manee is mentioned in the Tamra Maew (Cat Book Poems) that also mention the Siamese cat breed and other different coat coloured cats endemic to Thailand, or Siam, as it was previously known.
Normal eyed cat and heterochromic or 'odd-eyed' cat. Rarely, a Japanese Bobtail, especially a predominantly white specimen, may have heterochromia, or eyes of different colors. Regardless of breed, cats with this trait are known as odd-eyed cats. In this breed, one iris is blue ("silver" in Japanese breeding terms) while the other is yellow ...
A Turkish Van may have blue eyes, amber eyes, or be odd-eyed [2] (having one eye of each colour, a condition known as heterochromia iridis). The breed typically has very large ears when it is a kitten, growing into its ears over time.
The Bengal cat breed was created by crossing the Asian leopard cat (ALC) with domestic cats to produce a gorgeous spotted cat breed. This took place in the 1970s and their popularity has increased ...
An odd-eyed Van kitten. Van cats are all-white, [5] or sometimes mostly white with amber markings around the tail and ears. Locals to the Van area identify only the all-white type as Van cats, according to a 1991 BBC documentary, Cats, written and presented by Roger Tabor.
A chilled cat who has the odd burst of activity, ... With their blue, silver-tipped coats and piercing emerald green eyes, the Russian Blue is a handsome cat indeed. Elegant and aristocratic, this ...
[6] [7] The zoo particularly prized odd-eyed specimens; [7] however, the cats were chosen only for their colour – no other criterion was applied. [citation needed] The Turkish Angora, which was brought to Canada in 1963, was accepted as a championship pedigreed breed in 1973 by the Cat Fanciers' Association. [8]