Cat Appearance
The appearance of cats is important to people in the cat fancy - the cat breeders and associations. It could be argued that there might have been a slight over emphasis on appearance possibly at the expense of cat health and temperament sometimes. I am sorry if that is a bit contentious but I believe health should come first. In general, it would seem that people outside the cat fancy are less concerned with cat appearance. Certainly, according to my research, very few people search Google for "cat appearance". That said, people do want to see pictures of cats and cat breeds, which is one of the purposes of this website. Within the cat fancy selective breeding and the adoption and development of naturally occurring genetic mutations have been employed to increase the spectrum of cat appearances. These are all human interventions as opposed to the development of the different species or subspecies of wildcat that took place through natural selection - evolution. All the breeds of domestic cat are one species, Felis catus. The history of selective breeding follows the history of the cat fancy but no doubt took place earlier than the late 1800s when the cat fancy started. Even before the cat fancy named and developed certain cat breeds, they existed in all but name. A typical example is the Turkish Angora. The Turkish Van is said to originate from 1600 BC. The tabby cat coat is the wild cat coloring and pattern that dominates cat appearance. This page sets out links to the pages on which I discuss matters relating to cat appearance be they purebred cats, moggie cats or feral cats. It is a pulling together of the strands of posts on this important topic. Here are the links on cat appearance:- The cats alphabetically - these are also in the navbar
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For people involved in the cat fancy it is the breed standards that guide them on the appearance of a cat. These are carefully produced documents that usually describe in words without the assistance of images how the cat breed in question should look. They are open to interpretation by the show hall judges. This has caused a gradual drift in the appearance of some cat breeds, an evolution if you like of the cat; the judges, breeders and cat associations working together unwittingly or knowingly to change the cat's appearance. Form Please share your experiences on the topic of cat appearanceDo you have a great story about this? Share it! What Other Visitors Have SaidClick below to see contributions from other visitors to this page...
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