Bombay The Black Cat
Bombay Cat | Breed History | Breed Profile | The Black Cat In 1958, a Kentucky (USA) breeder deliberately bred a black American shorthair and a sable-brown Burmese in an effort to creat a domestic cat that resembled the wild Panther. This novel combination successfully produced offspring that resembled the Black Leopard of India, The Bombay name, taken from the Indian city of Bombay (now Mumbai),...
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Bombay Cat | Breed History | Breed Profile | The Black Cat The Bombay is the parlor panther of the cat fancy, the “patent-leather kid with the copper penny eyes.” This lovely breed of cat is the result of the dream of a long-time cat breeder and exhibitor, Nikki Horner of Louisville, Kentucky. The Bombay is the parlor panther of the cat fancy, the “patent-leather kid with the...
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Bombay Cat | Breed History | Breed Profile | The Black Cat The Bombay was developed by Nikki Horner, a breeder in Louisville, Kentucky. She set out to create a “miniature black panther” by crossing sable Burmese with a solid black American Shorthair. Her first attempts in the late 1950′s were disappointing. A few years later, working with different breeding stock, she began to...
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Bombay Cat | Breed History | Breed Profile | The Black Cat The Bombay is a muscular yet agile cat with a black coat. The heads of Bombay cats are rounded and wide with a short tapered muzzle. The eyes, which are of golden or copper color, are rounded and set wide, and their ears are broad, slightly rounded and medium sized and, like the eyes, set wide. The Bombay has a coat that is short, satiny...
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