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The Turkish Angora was recognised as a distinct breed in Europe by the 17th century. [3] However, there is a strong connection between Angoras and Persians. 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]
Turkish Angora Cat. Turkish Angora cats are cute, cuddly with plush coats that require low maintenance grooming, and have a personality that's reminiscent of similar friendly dog breeds.
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.
The breed arose in the 1980s and is a mixture of many different cat breeds including the Abyssinian and Angora as well as some Egyptian and Malaysian street cats!
However, the Persian cat was not only exported to Europe by this time but also to India. In 1885 Edward Balfour describes the Afghan trade of long-haired cats to India: “The long silky-furred Angora cats are annually brought to India for sale from Afghanistan, with caravans of camels, even so far as Calcutta.”
This sweet cat fell 3.5 stories and has a spinal injury. ... Special Needs Turkish Angora Cat Seeks a Forever Home in Texas. Eve Vawter. May 26, 2024 at 10:15 AM.
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.
Though there are instances of hairless cats dating back to the Aztecs, this particular breed is a relatively recent phenomenon. Distinctive for their barely-there coats, the sphynx cat came about ...