Mistletoe Through the Window
by Morag Bates
Title
Mistletoe Through the Window
Artist
Morag Bates
Medium
Pyrography - Photography
Description
This is Mistletoe, the Silver Shaded Chinchilla Persian Cat.
It is not clear when longhaired cats first appeared, as there are no known long-haired specimen of the African wildcat, the ancestor of the domestic subspecies. There were claims[by whom?] in the 19th century that the gene responsible for long hair was introduced through hybridization with the Pallas cat, but research in the early 20th century refutes this theory
The first documented ancestors of the Persian were imported from Khorasan, Persia into Italy in 1620 by Pietro della Valle, and from Angora (now Ankara), Turkey into France by Nicholas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc at around the same time. The Khorasan cats were grey coated while those from Angora were white. From France, they soon reached Britain.[1] Longhaired cats were also imported to Europe from Afghanistan, Burma, China and Russia. Interbreeding of the various types were common especially between Angoras and Persians.[2]
Recent genetic research indicates that present day Persians are related not to cats from the Near East but to cats from Western Europe. The researchers stated, "Even though the early Persian cat may have in fact originated from ancient Persia, the modern Persian cat has lost its phylogeographical signature
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November 13th, 2013
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Comments (11)
Angela Davies
Just love your beautiful Mistletoe! We have had so much rain lately I can relate to her expression gazing out at it! LF
Judy Kennedy
Congrats on your win! A superbly captured image - though Mistletoe looks mad at the rain! I had a silver-shaded for over 18 years who was the love of my life. They are quite special!
Morag Bates replied:
Thank you very much indeed for the kind comment. I see that you also had a beautiful Silver Shaded Chinchilla. 18 is is a good age and Mistletoe only missed her 21st birthday by two months. I still miss her.
Kay Brewer
Absolutely adorable! I love cats and have 2 of the darlings. Congratulations on your well-deserved win in the Portrait of a Cat contest! LF
Morag Bates replied:
Thank you very much for the comment, it is a lovely surprise to have won the Contest.
Tibor Tivadar Kui
Congratulations for winning the 1st Place in 'Portrait of a cat' contest !
Morag Bates replied:
Thank you very much for your kind comment, this is such a lovely surprise too !