Cats
Over time, it appears to have lost out to the
Balinese.
BIRMAN
The Birman has the colourpoint pattern with the addition of white bootees/gauntlets. The
Birman arrived in Europe around 1920 and has also been known as the Tibetan Temple Cat
and the Sacred Cat of Burma. Modern Birmans are descended from a pair brought to Europe
by Mr. Vanderbilt. It is also reported that 2 Englishmen, Major Gordon-Russell and August
Pavie, then living in France, received a pair of Birmans from the Kittah people in 1919 as
gratitude for their part in saving the temple from being overrun by invaders. The remainder of
the tale is the same: the male unfortunately died during the voyage, but the female was
pregnant. Of her kittens, only a female survived. This meant two female Birmans and no
male. To re-establish the type, these cats were crossed to Siamese, Colourpoints and White
Longhairs.
In 1927, judge Mrs Basnett reported on the Paris Cat Show held on 14th and 15th of January
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