Turkish Van
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The Turkish Van is a semi-long-haired, standardised breed of domestic cat, which was developed during the 1950s in the United Kingdom from a selection of cats obtained from various cities of modern-da
Van Iskenderun Guzeli, one of the founders of the breed, was imported from Hatay Province in 1955 by Laura Lushington; with her kitten Van Kehribar
"Ringed" tail pattern
Red tabby and white odd-eyed male
Paw — note the tufts of fur between the digits.
Landrace
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A landrace is a domesticated, locally adapted, often traditional variety of a species of an animal, plant or fungus that has developed over time, through adaptation to its natural and cultural environ
Turkish Van
…Van to better distinguish it from the Turkish Angora breed. The Turkish Van has been claimed to be descended from (and is often confused with) the landrace of usually solid white Van cats, mostly found near Lake Van, though one of the two original breeders' own writings indicate clearly that none of the…
A basket of landrace melons (Cucumis melo subspecies agrestis, cultivar group Momordica) from northern Mozambique. This landrace incorporates different colours and patterns of the fruit surface and is the only melon cultivar group in northern Mozambique.[citation needed]
A morphologically diverse group of fruit from the Zapallo Plomo landrace of Cucurbita maxima squash
Carosello and Barattiere, Italian landraces of Cucumis melo whose fruits are eaten unripe