The Longhairs during the 60's had one memorable addition. An effort was made in Sydney to establish Colour Points. Mrs. Russack of South Australia brought in some from English bloodlines and examples of these were shown in Victoria.
Oriental Longhairs can be any of the standard shorthair colours. The range of possible coat colours includes everything from self-coloured (black, blue, chocolate, lilac, cinnamon, caramel, fawn, red, cream and apricot), torty, ...
Oriental Longhairs are bred in:
Self Colours: black, blue, chocolate, lilac, cinnamon, caramel, fawn, red, cream and apricot.
Tortie Colours: black tortie, blue tortie, chocolate tortie, lilac tortie, cinnamon tortie, caramel tortie, fawn tortie.
Asian Semi-Longhairs are so beautiful, they are perhaps better called by their breed's other, prettier name, Tiffanie. True to their breed's name, these cats have hair that is neither very long nor short.
NB Domestic longhairs and shorthairs were used in the development of the breed in the USA and may appear in the background of the pedigrees of imported cats.
To which the longhairs can be added:
Tiffanies which are semi-longhaired cats of the Asian cat group. A recessive gene produces the long hair which makes breeding much harder. These cats have quieter personalities than the shorthairs4.
It appears that longhairs had been appearing in Abyssinian litters for many years and from the 1960s onward several dedicated breeders in Australia, ...
Angora, Oriental Longhairs can be any of the standard shorthair colours.
In Europe, Oriental Longhairs are called Javanese, so searchers from Europe may wish to look at this breeder list as well.
Some longhairs have shortish fur on the body, but all longhairs have long fur on the tail, forming a "plume" or "brush," and most have long fur around the neck forming a "ruff."
mixed breed: A cat of unknown or mixed parentage.
Longhairs may benefit from an occasional brushing to keep the ruff and leg britches looking good when in full coat.
Best Home: Active and unafraid of chaos and noise, the Japanese Bobtail makes an ideal cat for a family with busy children.
She may be anything from six months to two years old, but even if she is an early developer wait until she is a year old so that her body has a chance to mature The foreign breeds usually call' much earlier than the other shorthairs or the longhairs.
British Longhairs also exist, the result of the introduction of too much Persian blood. All colors permissible. The British Blue is the most popular variety.
Fault: Overly fine head, jaws, or skull structure. Oriental eyes. Fine boning.
In 1995, CFA combined the Oriental shorthairs and longhairs into one breed group called the "Oriental," a move that was not without controversy. However, this made breeding, registering and showing longhairs easier.
Pedigree varieties of domestic house cats are divided roughly into 3 groups: longhairs or Persians, shorthairs, and Siamese. The longhairs have round, broad heads, with small ears, thickset bodies, short, thick legs, and short, full tails.
This is one of the easiest to groom semi-longhairs, owing to their lack of a downy undercoat that would tangle with the top coat.
First generation kittens were a mixture of Somali colours and pure whites, mostly semi-longhairs of Somali type. In 1989, Fanny was mated back to her father, producing five White Somali kittens.
Longhair Scottish Fold is known as the Highland Fold in Europe and the same held true in the United States when requests were made to CFA (Cat Fanciers Association, the world's largest registry of pedigreed cats) for the acceptance of the Longhairs ...
Longhairs A term for referring to all cats with long fur. Mittens The pure white feet of certain cats. Muzzle The projecting jaw and nose of the cat.
In North America the breed was named after the colour pattern found on goats and rabbits native to Himalayan Mountains while in Europe they are designated as Colourpoint Longhairs.
Ragdolls are large, loving, laid-back longhairs with beautiful, big blue eyes. The body is light-colored, with darker Siamese-type points on the face, legs, tail and ears. In most patterns, the points are partly covered with white markings.
Mr Stirling -Webb began by crossing pure Siamese with pure longhairs to produce a series of short-haired, black and blue self-coloured "hybrids". Hybrid was then mated with hybrid and from these litters there came a few special kittens.
Most breeders today believe that the breed originated in matings between pre-existing shorthaired domestic cats and overseas longhairs (perhaps Angora types introduced by New England seamen, or longhairs brought to America by the Vikings).
Longhairs should be groomed, starting as a kitten, from 10 to 30 minutes a day. If not brushed or combed daily their coats become matted. Then you'll have to pay the vet or professional groomer a price for neglecting your longhaired companion.
longhairs.? Also confusing was the tendency of cat fanciers to call any longhair a Persian or Angora, despite its bloodline. Persians, Angoras, and Russian Longhairs were bred together indiscriminately.
Later, the Governing Council of the Cat Fancy decided that all long haired breeds should be simply called 'longhairs'. Also confusing was the tendency of cat fanciers to call any longhair a Persian or Angora, despite his bloodline.
Longhairs have a medium coat up to 2 inches in length with a softer, silky texture. Like the wild bobcat they are bred to resemble, some Pixiebobs have lynx tips on their ears.
The Exotic Shorthair can be shown at all major UK cat shows and are included in the longhair section along with the Persian Longhairs. They do tend to be in the minority but well presented are striking cats to look at.
They are also known as "domestic shorthairs" or "domestic longhairs." Domestic shorthairs and longhairs vary tremendously in looks and personality.
Some people prefer longhairs over shorthairs, calicoes over gray tabbies or hairless over bobtails. Looking for a beautiful cat is no problem, but make sure your kitty is more than just gorgeous.
It is also possible that the ancestors of the Skogkatt are Turkish longhairs, since several Byzantine emperors had Scandinavian guards in their employ.
Some say that at least one Chinese tapestry depicts pointed longhairs. The Cat Fanciers Federation (CFF) had a longhair Siamese (which is what Balines actually are and what they were originally called) registered in 1928.
" However, only in the mid 1950's was the term "Persian" adopted as a breed name. All longhairs simply continued to be registered as longhairs, even though the cat world had been calling them Persians for more than half a century.
Longhair: A cat with relatively long fur. Though the length of the fur can vary, all longhairs have long fur on the tail, known as a plume or brush, and they usually have long fur around the neck, known as a ruff.
In Britain, these cats are called Longhairs, and each coat color is classed as a different breed. Accordingly, a cat that is considered to be a Black Longhair in Great Britain, is simply a black Persian in the United States.
Coat Type, Color & Grooming: Curls may be longhaired or shorthaired; in both varieties, the undercoat is sparse, which means that even longhaired Curls are not likely to develop matted coats. Longhairs have a silky, semi-long, ...
Types Available - Curls come in every color from gorgeous blue-eyed colorpoints, calicos, tabbies, bi colors, solids in either shorthair, found mostly on the west coast, and longhair (as the original American Curl) on the east coast. Longhairs are ...
Helen Smith of MerryMews Cattery in New York, both found longhairs in their Siamese litters and were quite taken by their beauty. Rather than putting them out as others had done, they began line breeding to produce longhair Siamese.
Manx cats are stocky and bubbly in appearance, with short backs and long hind legs which makes them look like rabits. The thick coat can be either short or semi-long, though in some consider the longhairs as Cymrics.
The Persian variant has a pure white chest and chin, and the rest of the coat is solid colored with silver tips. The Persian breed variants are referred to as "color point longhairs" in the United Kingdom, ...
elongated heads to stocky, thickset animals with short heads that are somewhat like those of the Persian cats. These differences in body type are most pronounced among the various pure breeds, ranging from slender Siamese to stocky longhairs. ...
Eye color - green preferred in all Oriental Longhairs except whites. White will have blue eyes only. In other colors, hazel or amber eyes allowed. Depth of color preferred over tone. Muzzle/Wedge: Muzzle is fine, moderately long, wedge shaped.
 See also: Persians, Champion, CFA, Cat Fancy, Ruff
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