Himalayan (Colourpoint Persian)
- Origin
- A Persian with Siamese colouring, made in the USA and Britain from the 1930s–1950s by crossing the two breeds.
- Coat & genes
- The long Persian coat with colourpoints; blue eyes. 📎 OMIA · colourpoint / sepia (TYR)
- Registries
- FIFe, GCCF and WCF count it as a colour of the Persian ("Persian / Colourpoint"); some registries list it on its own. 📎 FIFe · recognised breeds · WCF · EMS breed list
- Did you know
- Same body — and the same health story — as the Persian. 📎 O'Neill et al. 2019 · Persian cats in UK practice
🩺 Welfare & health
As in the Persian: a flat face can cause breathing, eye and dental problems; PKD — a DNA test lets breeders avoid it. 📎 O'Neill et al. 2019 · Persian cats in UK practice · UC Davis VGL · PKD1
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Sources
- OMIA · colourpoint / sepia (TYR)
- FIFe · recognised breeds
- WCF · EMS breed list
- O'Neill et al. 2019 · Persian cats in UK practice
- UC Davis VGL · PKD1
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