Oriental Longhair Breed Description

Oriental Longhair Breed Description

Oriental Longhair Cat | Breed Profile | Breed Description The Oriental Longhair in the United States is the latest in the group of Siamese-derived breeds of the Oriental body type, originating from an accidental mating of a Balinese and Oriental Shorthair in the 1980s. It was accepted as a division of the Oriental breed by CFA in 1995. The Oriental is a man-made breed and comes in both a...

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Oriental Longhair Breed Profile

Oriental Longhair Breed Profile

Oriental Longhair Cat | Breed Profile | Breed Description This breed is the semi-longhaired variety of the Oriental Shorthair. Like the other Oriental breeds, it has the slender body and active, people-oriented temperament of the Siamese. It appears in a variety of solid and tabby colors, similar to the Oriental Shorthair. General: The ideal Long Hair Oriental cat should be the same as the...

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Oriental Longhair Cat

Oriental Longhair Cat

Oriental Longhair Cat | Breed Profile | Breed Description The Oriental Longhair, formerly known as the British Angora, is a breed of cat that features a tubular, Siamese style body (known in the cat fancy as oriental type), but with a longer coat than the short-haired Siamese. The coat can also come in a variety of colors and patterns, including tabby, “tortie”, and solid. In 2002,...

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