Cats
aristocratic, attached to humans and a coddled lap-child! He also noted the need to groom its
hair to prevent matting ("a horrible, inextricable felt ball") and the need to wipe the eyes
clean.
In a footnote to his lengthy notes on the Angora, Bungartz added a short statement about the
Persian: "The Khorassan or Persian cat seems to be a modification of the Angora cat, their
hair is somewhat more woollier and curlier, but nevertheless still especially long. The colour
is dark bluish gray. In terms of beauty, she is quite close to the Angora cat, but is far rarer. "
By 1903 the Persian had replaced the Angora and by the 20th century the Turkish Angora was
virtually unknown outside of Turkey. In Turkey, they were seen in many colours
e.g. sarman (red tabby), teku (silver tabby), Ankara kedi/Van kedi (odd-eyed white), brown
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