Cats
pleasing expression.
The Persian is still evolving. The Mink Longhair (Mink Persian) is a Persian Longhair in the
Tonkinese (mink) colour series. Similar cats have been experimentally in different countries
under a variety of names and since about the 1960s. They are attractive cats, but have yet to
attract a serious following or achieve formal recognition. Other names used for this variety
includeBurmalayan, Himbur, Iranese, Layanese, Silkanese, Tibetane/Tibetaan and
Tonkalayan (some resemble Persians, other resemble Tonkinese). Mink Persians would seem
a logical and attractive development. The Napolean Cat Longhair is a short-legged Persian
bred through outcrossing Persians to Munchkins in the 2000s.
To add confusion to the Persian story, there is also the Exotic Longhair. Longhaired
individuals are sometimes born to Exotic Shorthair parents due to the recessive nature of the
gene for longhair
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