Cats
TYRP1, for example, TYRP2, are also possibilities. The other known dilutions in the cat are
the extinct Barrington Brown cats (none of which were bred outside of a laboratory colony)
and the single example of a pink-eyed dilution cat.
UNDETERMINED DILUTION
There are 4 cats of Thai descent whose dilution factor hasn’t been genetically identified.
The first of these is Mai Thong. In January 2015, I received information and photos of a
native Thai cat that TIMBA hoped to use in the Suphalak breeding programme. Nolan
Betterley lives in Thailand and is working on the breeding project to resurrect some of the
rare cats that are described in the ancient cat poem manuscripts. Breeders working on the
Suphalak, which is a solid (i.e. no Burmese pointing) chocolate self, have searched all over
Thailand to find cats suitable to be used in the breeding program. They found cat, Mai Thong,
aged approx 7 months, on the street. Nolan hoped that she was either cinnamon or lilac (these
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