Tonkinese cats
Tonkinese Stats
Color: Mink (moderate color contrast with aqua eyes), pointed (high color contrast with blue eyes) and full color (least color contrast with green eyes).
Tonkinese Cat Breed
Tonkinese Cats
The Tonkinese originated in Canada, the only cat breed to do so. It came about in the early 1960's; the result of a seal point Siamese and a sable Burmese cross breeding.
Tonkinese Cat Personality
The Tonkinese has a winsome personality, not surprising since the Burmese and Siamese are prized for their temperaments. Faithful followers say the Tonkinese has the best of both breeds.
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General
The Tonkinese cat was originally the result of a Siamese to Burmese breeding. The ideal Tonkinese is intermediate in type, being neither cobby nor svelte.
Tonkinese Appearance
The look of the Tonkinese also draws many people in. It is a medium between the svelte elegance of the Siamese and the cobby boldness of the Burmese.
Tonkinese Behavior/Personality
It is said that Tonkinese cats tend to be the rare cats who actually enjoy playing fetch. Tonkinese cats tend to be vocal, but without quite as piercing a voice as the Siamese cat breed.
Tonkinese Cat Breed
The Tonkinese breed was started by a Canadian breeder by crossing a sable Burmese with a seal point Siamese. Their short, silky, close-lying coat can be one of three patterns - solid, mink or pointed.
Tonkinese are a medium-sized short-volosed cat breed distinguished by points as with Siamese and Himalayans. They are lively, but are happy apartment cats if they have some exercise opportunity. They are commonly referred to as 'Tonks'.
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Tonkinese Cats are a medium-sized short-haired cat distinguished by points as with Siamese and Himalayans. They are commonly known as 'Tonks'.
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Tonkinese Cats - a very lively breed
Tonkinese cats are often thought of as the ideal by those who consider the modern Siamese cat to be somewhat rat like in its appearance, and the Burmese to be too Persian and heavy.
Tonkinese are available in a rainbow of colours intermediate between their Burmese and Siamese parent breeds.
Tonkinese cats are born after breeding a Himalayan cat with a Siamese cat which has only occured in recent years. The Tonkinese breed of cat is actually very strong although that can be hard to tell by looking at it.
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Physical Characteristics
Medium-sized cat; dense and muscular
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Tonkinese have six kittens, on average, in each litter but much larger litters are not uncommon. Tonkinese queens generally make good mothers.
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The Tonkinese is a human designed breed, the result of a crossing of Siamese and Burmese breeds.
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General: The Tonkinese is a short-haired, medium sized, well balanced, muscular cat. Its head is a modified wedge, with a moderately blunt muzzle.
The Tonkinese does not attain final coloring before 16 months and tends to darken throughout life, like the Burmese and Siamese.
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Description / History
The Tonkinese blends the best features of its ancestors into one beautiful, medium-sized cat that is remarkably dense and muscular.
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The only breed to originate from Canada, the Tonkinese was developed in the early 1960's by crossing a Seal-point Siamese and a Sable Burmese. The Tonkinese is an inquisitive, active, loving and responsive cat.
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Originally created by crossing Burmese and Siamese cats, the Tonkinese kept the best of its parent breeds and developed attractive traits all its own.
Tonkinese Domestic House Cat
The Tonkinese domestic house cat developed from a cross between the Siamese cat and the Burmese cat.
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The overall impression of the Tonkinese is that of a well-proportioned and well-muscled cat of medium foreign type, with a firm feel and surprising weight for its size.
Tonkinese that display the pointed or solid pattern are called ?variants? in some associations. The CFA, for example, does not allow variants (called Any Other Variety or AOVs) to be shown for Championship competition.
Tonkinese are a little more "rounder" looking than a Siamese. Natural Mink Tonks all have aqua coloured eyes (not blue like Siamese) - they are the only cat with that colour eye.
Tonkinese come in a variety of colors with patterns of differing intensity: Seal, Chocolate, Cinnamon, Red, Blue, Lilac, Fawn, Cream and the tortoiseshell counterparts of these colors; ...
The Tonkinese blends the best features of its ancestors into one beautiful, medium-sized cat that is remarkably dense and muscular.
The Tonkinese Cat - Why Are They So Popular?
The Tonkinese breed has been around in Australia for quite a while. So why is it only now becoming so popular?
The Tonkinese is a blend of both the Siamese and Burmese breeds. By the ancient texts and in testimonials in books over 100 years old, this type of cat was created by Mother Nature in its native Thailand.
Tonkinese - Overview and History
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Tonkinese cats are generally trim and muscular cats. They are heavier than they appear to be due to their very muscular bodies.
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The Tonkinese is the result of breeding Burmese to Siamese and is said to combine the best qualities of each.
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The Tonkinese cat has an exotic and treacherous history as it came from the Gulf of Tonkin, situated to the south of China and the east of North Vietnam that was historically named Tongking. It was also where ruthless pirates, hot ...
Tonkinese-points - gene-combination cb cs.
The body is coloured with the colour of the points, but the points are clearly visible, because they are darker.
The eye colour is aquamarin.
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A recent short-haired American hybrid, the Tonkinese was created by crossing Siamese and Burmese. In its early days it was sometimes referred to as the Golden Siamese, and this name was used in print as recently as 1961.
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The Tonkinese was produced by crossing the Burmese and Siamese breeds.
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This breed is closely aligned with the Siamese, with a strong dose of Burmese as well. Tonks are sometimes said to have "mink"-like coats, in texture and color.
Tonkinese Cat: A medium-sized, shorthair cat characterized by points as with the Siamese and Himalayans.
Tortie: See Tortoiseshell
Tortoiseshell: A term referring to a coat pattern that is generally a mosaic blend of black and orange.
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The Tonkinese is a shorthaired cat that has a pointed coat pattern being midway between Himalayan point and Burmese point, this gives a distinctive coat colour and texture.
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Breed: Tonkinese Temperament: affectionate and curious Lifespan: up to 15 years Maintenance: low Recommended for: families or anyone who likes friendly felines. History Once called the Golden Siamese, the Tonkinese is in fact...
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The Turkish Angora is a natural breed to the country of their origin, hence their name. They were imported into the US around 1950. Most of the earliest imports were white, but are now seen in many colors.
Tonkinese - The facts every owner of this cat breed should know
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Burmese & Tonkinese
The first Burmese seen in the Western World was the result of a small brown female, almost certainly a Tokinese imported into America in the 1930's and mated with a Siamese, ...
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Tonkinese; A cat that possesses the codominant alleles from the colour point allele and the sepia allele (cs/cb).
Honey mink: the name given to the intermediate brown color of Tonkinese, corresponding to chocolate
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Chocolate, Cinnamon, Caramel and the according dilute colours (Lilac, Fawn, and Apricot) are not accepted in any pattern combinations (solid, bi-colour, tri-colour, tabby or colourpointed.) Burmese or Tonkinese colour restriction are also not ...
Cats with coloured point markings such as the Siamese and various Siamese crossbreeds (including the Balinese, Burmese, Colourpoint Shorthair, Himalayan, Javanese, Ocicat, Oriental Shorthair and Longhair, Snowshoe, and Tonkinese) tend to be ...
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