PERSIAN CATS CLASSIFICATION

They are now recognized as more than 100 varieties of Persian cats. As the feline race most likely have as to coloration of the mantle we mean.
To qualify as a variety of colors we can do it in four groups. These groups are determined by how colors are distributed in the mantle and by which genes are involved.  
First group: In this first group we find all the cats that have hair monochrome. That is the tip to the root hair is the same color. These colors may be solid or diluted. The cat may have more than one color while the hairs are still monochrome. 
Second group: The common feature of all cats found in this group is that they have the suppressor gene (gene I). This gene I provides cats with depigmented hair part. 
Third Group: As in the previous group characteristic of this group is the possession of a gene, in this case Himalayan gene (gene C). This gene C provides cats with a stronger color density in the extremities, nose, ears and tail. This gene comes from the Siamese cats.
Fourth group: This group consists of the cats that have the agouti gene (gene A), the gene makes visible the marks A feral cat. This gene can also be combined with cats belonging to the three previous groups.

PERSIAN CATS

The Persian cat falls Turkish Angora cat, and its origin is geographically situated in the area of ancient Persia (now Iran) and Ankara in Turkey. Hence its name. The current Persian cats emerged in England in the nineteenth century, the product of cross between purebred Persian cat (from Persia), which was introduced into Europe through Italy and the white Turkish Angora. In this way we obtained a silky hair colors multiplied mantle. The Persian has evolved more plump and less slender and with larger eyes, more like a native of Iran. As we know it today is an artificially created race, the result of a careful selection from the nineteenth century. It was in this century, when copies begin to export to England and France, where it caught on and from which spread to the United States. Physical Characteristics The Persian cat has a compact, rounded and muscular, with a sturdy bone structure. The legs are short and thick. The length of a Persian cat is usually between 40 to 50 cm plus tail 25-30 cm and 30 cm in height. It has a thick coat, heavy, long and silky, with a well populated tail hair and slightly rounded in the end. His head is big, wide and round, protruding cheeks, short nose, small ears, rounded, widely separated from each other and with tufts of long hair and big eyes, round and wide. The variety of colors Persian race is huge. The color in one color must be matched, intense and without tones, like black, white, purple, red, cream ... can also have combinations of colors, as is the case of bicolor or harlequin. Character Persian Cat The Persian cat is a cat sweet, very quiet and peaceful temperament. In fact some people called the "tiger couch" because of its peaceful nature. It has a great need for affection and requires frequent displays of affection by their masters. It is very sleepy. And loves to throw compliments on her beauty. Great observer and not very expressive. Completely lacks the hunting instinct, which is surprising in a cat.