Types Of Long Hair Cats

The best way to describe the balinese would be as a long haired version of the popular siamese cat.

Types of long hair cats. Long semi long and short. Abyssinian populations had dwindled so introducing long haired cats may have been their attempt at boosting numbers. Most popular long hair cat breeds.

The birman cats are medium long coated cat usually white and cream in the body. The persian maine coon and himalayan have full long outer coats with plush undercoats. 5 norwegian forest cat.

Long haired cat breeds. They are also known as a long haired siamese. Birman cats and ragdoll cats tend to have dense plush coats.

Some people think that birman cats are the long haired version of burmese cats but it is a myth. For example tica s himalayan is considered a colorpoint variety of the persian by the cfa while the javanese or colorpoint longhair is a color variation of the balinese in both the tica and the cfa. There are lots of gorgeous long haired cat breeds available including angora cats himalayan cats and of course persian cats.

Balinese cats originated in the united states. The somali is a longhair variety of the abyssinian which is a shorthair cat. While they love to vocalize they also love to snuggle.

They have lithe and muscular bodies with a full brush tail and green or golden eyes. The turkish angora is the oldest known breed of long haired cat in europe. They are a popular long hair breed that are small in size reaching adult weights of between 2 and 10 pounds.