Chantilly-Tiffany

For the Tiffanie or Asian Semi-Longhair, see Asian Semi-longhair.

Chantilly-Tiffany
Oppurtune Fax O’ Life, a solid chocolate Chantilly of breeder Tracy Oraas (1995)
Other namesChantilly, Tiffany, Foreign Longhair
OriginNorth America
Foundation bloodstockLong-haired chocolate cats of unknown ancestry
Breed statusExtinct
Breed standards
ACFA/CAAhistorical standard
CCA-AFCstandard
Domestic cat (Felis catus)

The Chantilly-Tiffany or Chantilly/Tiffany, also known as the Chantilly or the Foreign Longhair, was a breed of domestic cat which originated in the late-1960s in North America.[1] The Chantilly breed never got off the ground and has always been rare.[2][3] It was near-extinction in the late-1980s and again in the late-2000s. Since 2015 the breed has been considered extinct with the passing and neutering of the last two cats of the Chantilly lineage, and with no intact Chantilly cats the inevitable resulting discontinuation of the breeding program.[4][5]

The Chantilly-Tiffany is often confused with the unrelated Tiffanie, or Asian/Burmilla longhair, a semi-longhaired breed originating in the UK.[1] Similarly, a variety of that breed, the Australian Tiffanie, can cause confusion.[6] Furthermore, the Tiffany in the NZCF (New Zealand) is sometimes confused with the Chantilly-Tiffany, but refers to a Burmese longhair.[7][8][9]

  1. ^ a b Baggaley, Ann; Goddard, Jolyon; John, Katie (2014). The cat encyclopedia - the definitive visual guide (First American ed.). London: Dorling Kindersley. ISBN 9781465419590. OCLC 859882932.
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  4. ^ "History". The Chantilly/Tiffany Cat Project. 26 May 2022. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
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  6. ^ "ANCATS National Breed Standards May 2018 - Australian Tiffanie" (PDF). ancats.com.au. Australian National Cats Inc. February 2020. p. 48. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  7. ^ "Tiffany". nzcf.com. New Zealand Cat Fancy. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
  8. ^ "Tiffany - Breed Standard" (PDF). nzcf.com. New Zealand Cat Fancy. January 2013. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  9. ^ "WCF EMS code". WCF.info. World Cat Federation. 5 January 2022. Retrieved 17 September 2023.