Black Brown Burmese Cat
Wong mau was at first thought to be a siamese with a chocolate colored coat.
Black brown burmese cat. The matriarch of the modern burmese was a small dark brown cat named wong mau. The ancestry of burmese cats can be traced back to one cat named wong mau who was a brown female from burma and arrived to san francisco in the early 1930 s to dr. In 1936 cfa accepted the burmese for registration and burmese cats were an immediate hit when they were introduced into north america in the late 1930s and early 1940s. Burmese are thought to descend from sacred brown cats kept by student priests in the palaces and temples of ancient burma modern myanmar.
The action of the gene also produces the modified colorpoint effect which is more noticeable in young kittens. Most cat lovers took an immediate liking to these beautiful brown cats. The head is round the tips of the ears are round the eyes chin and even the feet are round. Other different cat breed profiles listed the burmese cat breed breeders and fanciers report that burmese are amusing the burmese gene causes solid black to appear dark sable brown by petshomes is.
Joseph thompson who either acquired her from a sailor or brought her back himself from his travels depending on which story you believe. The solid dark sable brown burmese is in a league of its own but the now popular dilute divisions include the chocolate blue lilac red cream and the brown chocolate blue and lilac torties. She belonged to dr. The burmese is a cat that is round all over.
Through selective breeding to siamese the burmese was established as a distinct breed. The burmese gene causes solid black to appear dark sable brown by reducing the amount of pigment in the hair. The burmese is a medium sized cat but when you pick her up she feels considerably heavier than she appears.