Publisher's Synopsis
The Siamese cat is a short haired, medium-sized cat breed, in the beginning from what is now Thailand. The breed is known for its pleasant, playful character, pointed color, lithe build, and exquisite blue eyes.An Ancient Breed from Thailand?Siamese cats descend from an historic breed of Thai cats, and the call Siamese comes from the vintage name for Thailand, Siam. Similar cats can be seen in historic manuscripts relationship lower back to the 14th century called, adorably, The Cat Poems.These cats have been once idea to belong to Siamese royalty and can were so fantastically valued that they were even taken as loot by using Burmese raiders inside the 18th century. However, those reports aren't established and might have been assumed because of the regal look of the Siamese breed.Siamese cats have been first introduced to the rest of the sector in 1878 when President Rutherford B. Hayes received one as a present. The beautiful breed caught on speedy, and those in American and Britain commenced to breed them as pets.In the mid-20th century, Siamese breeders commenced to pick cats that have been greater slim in look, with large ears and greater almond-formed eyes. This sooner or later ended in a break up among the modern Siamese cat, that is now recognized as the breed popular, and the vintage-style Siamese, additionally called the Apple head Siamese for its a lot extra rounded head and blue eyes.These conventional Siamese cats are nevertheless bred nowadays, even though they're a lot less not unusual, except in Thailand wherein they are the norm. In 1990, the conventional Siamese cat turned into recognized as a separate breed, called the Thai cat.
