Cats
"Catus Angorensis".
An apparently now extinct longhaired cat from China was known as the Sumxu, a fold-eared
cat which was reported from the area around Peking, China. It was a longhaired cat with
white fur and pendulous ears. It was described (mostly with regard to its folded ears) several
times in the 1700s, with the final report being in 1938; though evidently extinct it indicates
the presence of longhairs in China.
In the late 18th century, longhair cats with coarser, denser coats, and a stockier build were
imported into Britain from Persia, Afghanistan and Russia. Cats imported from Turkey were
mostly whites with a short, soft, silky top coat and little undercoat (and no woolliness in the
undercoat). Those from Russia, Afghanistan and Persia were mostly black or blue and less
foreign in type. The Angora has a ruff, breeches and a plumy tail, but unlike the later Persian,
its coat followed the lines of its body due to the absence of woolly "padding" beneath. The
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