Javanese cat

Javanese
A chocolate tortoiseshell point Javanese cat
Other names
  • Colorpoint Longhair
  • Colourpoint Longhair
  • Balinese (Javanese Division)
  • Nickname: Javi[1]
OriginCanada, United States (foundation stock ultimately from Southeast Asia)
Breed standards
CFAstandard
Domestic cat (Felis catus)
Not to be confused with the Oriental Longhair, also referred to as Javanese cat in some registries. This article focuses on the Javanese cat breed in the Cat Fanciers' Association (CFA) registry.

The Javanese, also known as the Colorpoint (or Colourpoint) Longhair in some registries (though that name has other meanings), is a variety of purebred domestic cat.

In the Cat Fanciers' Association (CFA),[2][3] it is an offshoot of the Balinese breed, out-crossed to Siamese, Colorpoint Shorthair, and Balinese cats.[3] Individuals have medium-longhair and non-traditional point coloration (lynx/tabby point, tortoiseshell point or red/cream point).[3] The variety was developed in North America; its name is derived from the tradition of naming Oriental-type cats after Southeast Asian places.

Depending on the cat registry in question, the Javanese may be treated as a stand-alone breed, considered a Javanese division of the Balinese, or subsumed with the Himalayan into a merged breed called simply Colourpoint. In others, the cats considered non-traditional colored Balinese cats by the CFA, are also accepted as Balinese cats.[2] Confusingly, some registries refer to what other registries refer to as the Oriental Longhair as Javanese. (See § Classification below for details; this article focuses on the CFA breed/sub-breed.)

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference CFA 1993 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b "Breed Comparisons - Balinese - World Cat Congress". www.worldcatcongress.org. Retrieved August 18, 2023.
  3. ^ a b c "Javanse cat". www.cfa.org. Retrieved August 18, 2023.