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European Burmese
Temperament:
*Friendly and Relaxed
*Affectionate
*People Loving
*Loyal
*Intelligent
"With its expressive eyes and sweet face, the European Burmese captures
the heart of its owner."
The European Burmese is lithe and muscular with an outgoing purrsonality.
Devoted and extremely intelligent, its a cat that enjoys the company of other
animals... and of people.
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| Head: Moderately
wedge shaped; medium short nose |
| Eyes: Slightly
slanted; yellow to gold |
| Ears: Medium
size; wide set; rounded tips |
| Body: Medium;
muscular; more oriental than American |
| Coat: Short,
dense, glossy, satiny |
| Tail: Medium
length; almost no taper |
| Patterns: Sable,
blue, champagne, platinum, chocolate, lilac, red, cream, seal tortie, blue
tortie, chocolate tortie, lilac tortie |
Breed History: The
European Burmese, as its American cousins, can trace its ancestors to that one
small brown kitten named Wong Mau, the first Burmese in the United States. It
was from her litters that the breed began and spread to Great Britain. And
then came the changes. American breeders concentrated on ridding the breed of
points and bars, while the British preferred to expand the range of colors.
Their first step: introducing red into the gene pool. A veritable rainbow is
what they came up with. The European Burmese can be one of ten colors- six
more than the American breed. In addition to the basic colors, the European
has added red, cream, and tortoiseshell variations to the other colors.
The color range is not the only European change in the Burmese. It also looks
a lot more Oriental than the American- with a more pointed face, slightly
slanted eyes and a more delicately sculpted body.
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