Category: Cat Breeds

The story of the breed They say that the name of this breed comes from the name of the former Vietnamese province – Tonkin. The first representatives of the breed were received in Canada in the early 1960s. The breeders crossed the Siamese and Burmese short -haired cats to get a new cat inherited the […]

The history of the origin of the breed This magnificent breed is also called «Traditional Siamese cat» – Because the Siamese were such until the beginning of the twentieth century, then the exterior was changed, and the breed was chosen to call Thai. The country of origin of Thai cats – Thailand. The first references […]

The story of the breed Toiger – breed of short-haired cats, which got their name because of the unusual «Tiger» appearance. Toygers have a characteristic striped color, which makes them similar to tigers. Hence the name – Toyger – But not a tiger, but «toy» Tiger, from the word toy (toy). This breed – One […]

The history of the origin of the breed Ceylon cat comes from the island of Ceylon, which is easy to guess by name (now the island is called Sri Lanka). These cats calmly lived on the island for many years until Europeans discovered them and were interested in breeding this interesting breed. In the twentieth […]

Origin Turkish Angoras are descendants of the domesticated wild, or African cat (Felis Silvestris Lybica). From the ancient Byzantine city of Angora (now the territory of modern Turkey), those tamed short -haired cats were brought to Egypt, where their further domestication occurred, and subsequent mutations led to the appearance of long -haired animals. According to […]

Origin: Ukrainian left-handed (ULV)- a breed of naked flowering cats with an original exterior, formed as a result of crossing cats with a dominant bloom gene FD (Scottish Fold) and cats with a mutant HRBD unexplored gene (Don Sphinx). Name «Levka» This breed received due to the shape of the ears resembling the same flower. […]

The history of the origin of the breed Turkish van – The breed, long ago formed on the territory of modern Turkey, on one of the shores of the magnificent lake of Van. From here the cat got its unusual name. The new birth of the breed occurred in the middle of the last century […]

Ural Rex — Russian Aboriginal breed of curly cats. The first references to cats with curly wool, who lived in the Ural villages and cities, belonged to the pre -war and military time. After the war, their number was greatly reduced, and they were considered disappeared for a long time, although several fragmentary information came […]

The origin of the breed and habitat Wiever Rybolov cat is represented in nature by two varieties. There is no significant difference in their appearance and behavior, just those animals that come from Southeast Asia (from Sri Lanka to Malacca), they are a little larger. Wyverrs who live on the islands of Java and Bali, […]

Origin: Siberian cat belongs to semi -demon -haired breeds. The first references to them dates back to the 16th century, and the publications of that time called these widespread cats «Bukhara». Now it seems difficult to determine how exactly these animals fell into Siberia. Most likely, they were brought by merchants from neighboring and East […]