![]() Short, broad nose with pronounced stop، Strong chin. The Exotic Shorthair meets every standard for the Persian breed, except for the coat. ![]() Other associations like the American Cat Fanciers Association register them as a separate Exotic Longhair breed. Longhaired Exotics are not considered Persians by the Cat Fanciers' Association, although The International Cat Association accepts them as Persians. When two such cats mate, there is a 1 in 4 chance of each offspring being longhaired. In 1987, the Cat Fanciers' Association closed the Exotic to shorthair outcrosses, leaving Persian as the only allowable outcross breed.īecause of the regular use of Persian as outcrosses, some Exotics may carry a copy of the recessive longhair gene. One American Shorthair breeder who saw the potential of the Persian/American Shorthair cross proposed and eventually got the Cat Fanciers' Association judge and American Shorthair breeder Jane Martinke to recognize them as a new breed in 1966, under the name Exotic Shorthair. The crossbreed look gained recognition in the show ring, but unhappy American Shorthair breeders successfully produced a new breed standard that would disqualify American Shorthairs that showed signs of crossbreeding. This was done in secret in order to improve their body type, and crosses were also made with the Russian Blue and the Burmese. In the late 1950s, the Persian was used as an outcross by some American Shorthair breeders. Thus far, the longest living Exotic Shorthair (who is over 19 years old) currently lives in Portland, Oregon. The second longest living Exotic Shorthair known was from Melbourne, Australia and lived to 17 years 1 month. The Exotic breed generally live to 12-15 years of age. The Exotic is similar to the Persian in many ways, including temperament and conformation, a flat nose and face with the exceptions of the short dense coat. The Exotic Shorthair is a breed of cat developed as a short-haired version of the Persian.
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