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A Persian cat won the very first “best in show” award at the inaugural cat show, held at Crystal Palace in London in 1871. The Persian beat off some 170 other exhibits to win the prize, in ...
The Persian cat is depicted in red, which indicates it falls genetically in the European cat population. The modern-day Persian cat breed is genetically closest related to the British Shorthair, Chartreux, and American Shorthair. [16] The Exotic Shorthair is a breed developed in the late 1950s by outcrossing Persian cats with American Shorthairs.
Arnold Henry Savage Landor with his two Persian kittens, which he purchased himself in Kerman, Iran (also known as Persia) around 1900 [1]. Traditional Persian is one of several names for a group of cats that are considered to be essentially the original breed of Persian cat, before the variety was selectively bred to have extreme features.
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."
When two such cats mate, there is a 1 in 4 chance of each offspring being longhaired. Longhaired Exotics are not considered Persians by the Cat Fanciers' Association, although The International Cat Association accepts them as Persians. Other associations like the American Cat Fanciers Association register them as a separate Exotic Longhair ...
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A Himalayan-Persian named Colonel Meow became an Internet celebrity in 2012, and entered Guinness World Records 2014 as the cat with the longest fur. Mr. Jinx (also known as Jinxy, or simply just Jinx) from the Meet the Parents trilogy is a seal-point peke-faced Himalayan with an all-black tail.