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demented-pixie, Flickr Name: Oriental Shorthair/Longhair Appearance: To put it simply, an Oriental cat is a Siamese cat without points, says TheCatSite.com. Like the modern Siamese, Orientals have elongated bodies, long skinny limbs, and a wedge-shaped head with large ears. They can be solid-colored, tabby-patterned, or bi-colored. They can be either short-haired or long-haired, and even in their long-haired form, they are easy to groom and maintain. History: According to Petfinder.com, Orientals share the exact same origin as Siamese cats. The first were written about in Siam (now Thailand) in a work called "The Cat-Book Poems" from somewhere between 1300 A.D. and 1700 A.D. The ...

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 ...

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 ...