June 03, 2010

Tonkinese

History
 

Note that there is indicated in brown Siamese cat in the 1800s is actually a cat tonkinese. But the first recorded tonkinese named Wong Mau, a cat who was brought from Burma to the United States there in the 1930s.
In the 1950s, a cat owner in New York who named Milan Greer, began mengembangbiakan cat which he called â € œGolden Siameseâ €??. This resulted from the Golden Siamese Siamese with Burmese cats mating. At first, this breeding program aims to produce a cat with a mahogany color and the color of dark points.
Greer produce cats with œgenetik murniâ € â €? this for five generations. Her cats are very popular around the year 1950-1960. Greer produce brown cat with dark brown color or seal point. After five generations, the greer loses his interest to continue breeding her cats.
Coincidentally, around the beginning of 1960, a fan of cats in Canada, named Margaret Conroy, decided to cross the color siamese sealpoint with colored Burmese Sable (dark brown). At that point Siamese cat does not have the genetic properties of pure and stabilized.
With the help of some friends, Conroy wrote a few standard races and took them to paint the Canadian association. In 1960 the race has been recognized in Canada.
Ras tonkinese get to contest the status of the Canadian Cat Association in 1971. New in 1979 races CFA and TICA recognize this to be included in the contest.
In the late 1960s, Margaret Conroy tonkinese no longer breed, but the resulting cats had spread to the United States. In 1965, an American breeder named Jane Barletta began to develop this tonkinese.

Tonkinese characteristics
Tonkinese are cats with short hair, medium body size and muscular. Halfway between the triangular head shape and rounded. Snout slightly rounded, almond-shaped eyes with the color varies depending on the color jars.
Color and color pattern There are four colors tonkinese, namely: the natural is also called seals or Sable (dark brown), champagne is also called chocolate, platinum is often called lilac or frost and blue color (gray).
These colors can be found on the three color patterns are: solid, point and mink. Point â € "like color pattern in Siamese cats, the color contrast with the regional body points (ears, tail, legs) looks very clear. Mink â € "tonkinese hallmark. The contrast between the Siamese and Burmese mid Solid â € "color pattern as in the Burmese, not solid fact.

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