The Oriental Shorthair is a breed of domestic cat that is developed from and closely related to the Siamese cat. It maintains the modern Siamese head and body type but appears in a wide range of coat
Green-eyed black blotched (“classic”) tabby adult
Black and white bicolour male displays the typical long, tubular Oriental body
3-month-old solid black male kitten
More moderate type chocolate tabby
The Havana Brown is a pedigreed domestic cat breed with a solid chocolate short-haired coat. The breed resulted from a planned breeding between chocolate-carrying Siamese and domestic shorthair black
Oriental Shorthair
…Oriental Shorthairs International" was formed in 1973, and Peter Markstein presented the breed to the 1976 Annual CFA meeting, at the same time as the Havana Brown was presented by Joe Bittaker. The Oriental Shorthair was accepted as an actual breed for championship competition in the US-headquartered CFA in 1977…
USA-type adult. Havana Brown whiskers are brown.
Front and side view of the ideal Suffolk cat