Oriental Longhair

Oriental Longhair
Oriental Longhair (solid black).
Other namesBritish Angora
Javanese
Foreign Longhair
Mandarin
Breed standards
CFAstandard
FIFestandard
TICAstandard
WCFstandard
ACFstandard
ACFA/CAAstandard
Domestic cat (Felis catus)

The Oriental Longhair is a variety of domestic cat closely related to the Oriental Shorthair. The Oriental Longhair in some registries, such as The International Cat Association (TICA), it is considered a separate breed. In others, such as the Cat Fanciers' Association (CFA), it is a division, along with the short-haired variety, of a merged breed, the Oriental.[1] With no globally recognised naming convention, other cat fanciers may refer to this type as Foreign Longhair, Javanese or Mandarin.[2] It was formerly known as the British Angora before being renamed in 2002 by British cat fanciers in order to avoid confusion with the Turkish Angora.[3]

  1. ^ "Oriental". Cat Fanciers' Association (CFA). Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  2. ^ "siam-ori-en - wcf en". 2021-05-31. Retrieved 2023-08-18.