When it comes to buying cats, many friends will directly say "Boss, I want an English short!" ", at this time the boss is blindfolded, because the British shorthair cat is only a general title, the British shorthair cat includes many varieties of cats, such as our common blue cat, gold, silver gradient, tabby are all belonging to the British shorthair cat, this time we will take a good look at what breeds the British shorthair cat includes, and it will not be embarrassed when we go to buy cats.
This matter should start from 2000 years ago, the Romans brought the shorthair cat to England, which is the ancestor of the British short, after which these cats lived and bred in Britain, its personality is docile and resolute, its voice is quiet, and it has thick and thick hair, which can easily resist the cold in Britain (so, the Short Is not afraid of cold, don't dress the cat and find nothing to do).
By the end of the 19th century, British breeding experts selected the most beautiful cats among these British native cats for breeding, and began a long breeding work, and finally this breed known as the British shorthair cat was born. In 1871, the English shorthair cat participated in the Crystal Palace Exposition in London, and its breed has been named ever since.
In 1901, the English Cat Club was formed, and the English Shorthair cat was still a large and strong blue coat. After 1970, with the breeding of the British shorthair cat, a number of small, rich coat color varieties and elegant physiques appeared, and by 1977, fife (British Shorthair Cat Association) changed the rules again, separating the two breeds and prohibiting them from continuing to cross. Therefore, the current English shorthair cat is actually a cuter and more beautiful breed bred by their ancestors, with a compact torso, strong limbs, a large round head, wide cheeks and round eyes, and a thick short coat with different coat colors, which is the typical feature of the English shorthair cat. Speaking of what varieties of English short so far, let's talk about them one by one:
1, English shorthair cat - monochrome
Monochromatic is best known for the blue cat, which is also our most common cat breed, in addition to white, black, etc., including all monochromatic English shorthair cats. This cat is physically strong, but does not like sports, prefers to lie down, easy to raise, long life, thick coat is not easy to knot, comb once a week can be.
2, The English Shorthair Cat - accent color
The accent color English Shorthair is the latest breed in the English Shorthair variant and was only recognized in 1991. This breed is a descendant of the experimental hybridization of Siamese and English shorthair cats with accent color coat patterns. Like the Siamese cat, all new breeds of coat colors have blue eyes, while the sturdy torso and rounded head typical of the English shorthair cat remain unchanged. Accent colors also include blue cream, seal, red, chocolate and lilac.
3, English shorthair cat - two-color
In the early 19th century, the black and white English shorthair cat was very popular with people, but because people's requirements for the symmetry of the cat's torso and headprint were quite harsh, resulting in this two-color English short was not popular, this harsh standard can no longer be fully realized in breeding, just like we are now saying that the face is eight open, this requirement has not changed much so far, most people prefer the pattern symmetry of the good product Ying short two-color cat. Two-color also includes: black and white, red and white, and cream and white.
4, The English shorthair cat - smoke color
The smoky English Shorthair cat looks like a monochromatic cat, and only when it runs or is separated by the hair will it reveal a narrow silver hair segment at the base of the hair, which is the effect of inhibiting the "silver gene" of the hair color, and the smoky English shorthair cat is inherited from the silver marking gene of its ancestors. The smoky English shorthair cat includes all monochrome, tortoiseshell, and accent color patterns.
5, The English shorthair cat - markings
The brown-striped English Shorthair appeared in the 1870s among the first British Shorthair cats to appear on cat exhibitions. In early breeding, red and silver varieties are popular. The coat color of the British shorthair cat is more extensive, and there are three traditional markings: large swirl-like classic markings, narrow-striped mackerel markings and spotted stripes. At present, the most popular in China is the silver tabby pattern.
6, The English shorthair cat - the fur is pointed
The pale white inner layer of the hairy English shorthair cat is coated with a light color of the coat, which is caused by the coloring at the 1\8 hair end of the outer coat. The fur-tipped English shorthair was originally known as the chinchilla shorthair cat, and there are several coat color breeds, including silver (white inner coat with black fur tip), gold (warm gold or apricot yellow coat with black hair tip), and rare red (white inner coat with red hair tip color, known in the United States as shell carving bean sand color). At present, the more popular gold gradient is this variety.
7, English shorthair cat - tortoiseshell color
The tortoiseshell English Shorthair cat is a soft mixture of two coat colors, and there are multiple varieties of coat color mixes, the most common being a mixture of black and red. Another older coat color breed is the blue cream tortoiseshell color, which was recognized in the 1950s and the white tortoiseshell breed is known in the United States as the variegated cat. Due to genetic ties, the tortoiseshell English shorthair cat is almost all female cat, and a very small number of male cats are also infertile. The above is about the british shorthair cat breed introduction, maybe there will be more varieties of cat introduction to everyone, welcome to pay attention to the praise!