Note: The walnut shaped eye is best viewed at eye level. Observed from above, when the cat is looking up tends to make the eye appear round.
Body and Tail: ...
In early 1930s, a walnut-brown female from Burma was bred with a Siamese
It was then established that the Burmese was a distinct breed ...
Moderately large, walnut shape, oval on top and round on bottom; set on slight angle between base of ear and tip of nose. Color clear and brilliant; no relation to coat color except blue eyes are required in colorpoint class.
Eyes: Moderately large, walnut shape, and wide set. Color, which must be clear, brilliant, and uniform, has no relation to coat color.
Neck: Medium.
Body: Semi-foreign, length one and one-half times height at shoulder.
The eyes are very large and walnut-shaped which, coupled with a puffy whisker pad, gives the cat its distinctive sweet look. The body is long, rectangular and solid. The tail is long and fully furred.
For self-play the cat can be provided with toys that roll such as ping pong balls or walnuts, toys that dangle, battery-operated and spring-mounted toys, scratching posts, and toys within containers that deliver food when scratched or manipulated.
Joseph Thompson of San Francisco acquired an attractive walnut-brown female from Burma which he named Wong Mau. Through selective breeding to Siamese, it was established that the Burmese is a distinct breed.
The foundation for both American and European Burmese was a dark walnut colored female from Burma named "Wong Mau." In 1930 a female cat named Wong Mau was brought to San Fransisco, USA by a naval doctor Joseph C.
This is a medium-sized cat with a long body, walnut-shaped eyes and triangular ears. Because of a mutation it has short and stubby legs; this is also the cat's most recognizable feature.
" She was walnut-brown in color, with darker brown points. Many breeders considered her a dark Siamese but Dr Thomson thought she was distinctly different. He established a program to isolate and reproduce her distinguishing traits.
The RagaMuffin has a shorter nose than the Ragdoll, and walnut-shaped eyes rather than oval. While the Ragdoll profile exhibits a gentle curve with the final segment straight, the RagaMuffin standard requires an obvious nose dip or scoop.
It has a rounded wedge-shaped head and large, walnut-shaped eyes. This cat's most compelling feature is, of course, the backward-curling ears.
The eyes are the only extreme on the cat and they should be walnut shaped (larger and more rounded than the eye of the Siamese, but not as round as the eye of a Persian) and as bright and as blue as possible.
The nose is straight and the eyes are moderately large, walnut-shaped, and wide set. The legs are medium in length with the forelegs being slightly shorter than the hind legs. The tail is the same length as the body, tapering, and rounded at the tip.
Joseph Thompson crossed a small, walnut-brown female of Burmese origin (named Wong Mau) with a Seal Point Siamese male. Wong Mau is thought to have been a Siamese-Burmese hybrid of the type known today as the Tonkinese.
The eyes of this breed are often described as being walnut shaped, they are of a beautiful blue and often very bright.
Eyes: The RagaMuffins eyes are large, walnut shaped and expressive, and moderately wide set.
Tonkinese were first imported to England in the early 1800s as "Chocolate Siamese" and in the United States, Tonkinese and Burmese can trace their beginnings back to Wong Mau, a small walnut coloured cat imported to California by Dr.
Large, walnut shaped eyes give a sweet appearance. The Ragamuffin has a long, dense and silky coat, like that of a heavily furred rabbit, and the hair grows longer around the face and neck (a ruff), increases in length toward the stomach, ...
The eyes are wide, almost walnut-shaped, medium-wide apart and deeply set under a fleshy brow that contributes to the distinctive wild appearance of the breed. The breeds expression is one of intelligence and alertness.
Joseph Thompson and Wong Mau, a walnut brown female from Burma. In the early 1930's Dr. Thompson and Wong Mau undertook a breeding program with selected Siamese. Soon the Burmese was established as it's own distinct breed.
depicted in "The Cat-Book Poems of Siam" during the Ayudha Period (1358-1767), and imported to England in the early 1800s as "Chocolate Siamese." In the United States, Tonkinese and Burmese can trace their beginnings back to Wong Mau, a small walnut ...
 See also: Wedge, Champion, Behavior, Taper, CFA
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