Persian cat
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The Persian cat, also known as the Persian Longhair or simply Persian, is a long-haired traditional breed of cat characterised by a round face and petite, but not flat and not smashed in, muzzle. The
Modern-type Persian cat
Traditional-type Persian
An Angora/Persian from The Royal Natural History (1894)
Arnold Henry Savage Landor with his two Persian kittens, which he purchased himself in Kerman, Iran (known then as Persia) around 1900
Calico cat
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A calico cat is a domestic cat of any breed with a tricolor coat of black-based and red-based pigments with white. Outside of North American English, this coat pattern is called tricolor or tortoisesh
A long-haired adult calico cat
Calico cat of blue (diluted) tortoiseshell and white
Calico cat with predominantly black coloration
Detail from Still life with Cat and fish by Jean Siméon Chardin, 1728