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Flickr/Stevevoght The snowshoe cat is known for its strange pattern of coloring. In general, its body and musculature are average, its skull is a simple, equilateral triangle, and its limbs are all proportionate to its body. Its coat, however, is something unique, with white paws that travel up their wrists and shins, almost like long, elegant gloves. They have white faces except for dark, colored areas around their eyes, giving them a slightly raccoon-ish look. They have fluffy, white underbellies, while the rest of them is much darker, especially at the points. According to the American Cat Fanciers' Association, snowshoes are a relatively new breed of cat, first discovered in 1960 when ...

Flickr/Chris Isherwood One of the most well-known cat breeds, the Siamese is a naturally occurring breed that originated in Thailand, which was Siam when the cats were first discovered. Siamese cats have triangular skulls with almond shaped eyes, and very large, thin ears and they come in two varieties: modern and traditional. The modern Siamese is lanky and long in every part of its body, with well-developed musculature beneath its very short fur. The Thai, or traditional, Siamese are much less lanky, with an apple shaped head, and rounded limbs and torso. Both types of Siamese are distinguished by their distinctive color-point pattern -- the coloration on their face and ears, hands and ...

Flickr/fabiogis50 Birmans are beautiful cats, so round and evenly colored that they often resemble stuffed animals. They have long silky, thin hair which rarely mats; a golden, pale body with dark points; and blue eyes. Despite its coat's similarities to the Siamese, the Birman's body is much stockier and larger. One of the most distinctive traits of Birmans is that they have completely white paws, no matter what the color of their forelimbs. Birmans most likely originated in Burma (they appear in Burmese myths), but no one can be sure as to their true origin. The first modern appearance of a Birman was during World War I, when a pair of the cats were shipped from Burma to France, thus ...

Sarahna Cats of Pennsylvania To put it simply, a Balinese cat is similar to a Siamese cat, but the Balinese are less talkative and have long, silky coats. Balinese are traditionally round and full, with long hair all over. Since the breed's origination, some Balinese have bred strains that are more Siamese looking, with triangular skulls, lanky limbs, and blue eyes. What makes these cats strictly Balinese and not Javanese is that they come in seal point, blue point, chocolate point and lilac point. Any other color is a Javanese cat. The Balinese breed first originated, like most other cats, as a spontaneous mutation in a Siamese litter, creating a cat that was generally Siamese in ...