- British Semi-Longhair
The British Semi-Longhair cat is a semi-longhair version of
British Shorthair . Apart fromfur , it is identical to the British Shorthair. The British Longhair is also known as the Lowlander in the U.S. and the Britanica inEurope , but is not recognised in the UK as a separate breed.The rationale for this
breed is that the original longhaired British cat, through interbreeding with imported longhairs, was developed into the Persian and became increasingly massive and extreme in type and with longer, thicker fur than the early Persians. During the late 19th century and early 20th century, the Persian was considered the longhaired analogue of the British Shorthair (Frances Simpson 's "The Book of the Cat " depicts and describes the old type of Persian).During the latter part of the 20th century a shorthaired version of the modern Persian was developed and was called the
Exotic Shorthair ; this was very different from the British Shorthair. It was therefore proposed that a longhaired cat of the British type be reintroduced into the cat fancy.External links
* [http://www.british-shorthairs.co.uk/ Southern British Shorthair Cat Club]
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