Cats
strongly marked classic tabby that looked more like a Classic Tabby Oriental with blue eyes.
The breakthrough pattern has become a problem in some Australian lines. Another example
was a lynx-point Siamese female (old-style conformation) in England that looked like a
slightly washed out tabby with blue eyes. Her colour raised questions as to whether she was
genuinely colourpoint or was genetically mink or sepia pattern from Tonkinese lines.
BALINESE/JAVANESE AND SINGHALESE
As with the Siamese, there are 2 types of Balinese - Balinese and the traditional style of
Balinese (Apple- or round-head). In both cases, they are semi-longhaired versions of the 2
different types of Siamese
Semi-longhaired variants have appeared now and again in purebred Siamese litters. There
have been various explanations. The recessive nature of the longhair gene means it can be
carried for many generations without coming to light - in which case the gene was present in