Thai cat - Video Learning - WizScience.com
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"Thai" is a newly classified but old cat breed, related to but distinct from the modern Western Siamese cat. This natural breed, descended from the landrace of cats of Thailand, has also been variously called "Old-style", "Traditional" and "Classic Siamese".
Cats that were imported from Siam to Western countries in the 19th and early 20th century were broader in features than the modern Western Siamese. While the Thai, known in Thailand as the "wichien-maat", has common ancestry with the Western Siamese, generations of separate breeding of these two cats have spearheaded the development of two distinct breeds. The International Cat Association , approved the look of the Old-style Siamese to be shown as Thai in the Preliminary New Breed category, February 17, 2007. This approval was for a cat that represents the early 20th-century Siamese and can still be found in Thailand catteries, and was shown beginning in 1993 in Europe. Around the world, registered Siamese and imported "wichien-maat" cats have played a pivotal role in the development of the Thai cat. Breeders internationally banded together to save the old-style look. As of May 1, 2010, the Thai has Championship status in TICA, enabling it to compete along with the other breeds of pedigreed cats.
The Thai/Old-style Siamese and the modern Western Siamese share a commonality of distant relatives, the point coloration gene and the outgoing, people-loving, vocal personality made famous in the West by the early Siamese imports but they have distinct appearances. Thai bloodlines are a mix of Siamese and/or imported "wichien-maat".
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