Siamese Cat Types Flame Point

Seal point siamese were bred with red tabby or tortoiseshell british shorthair cats that carried orange genes.

Siamese cat types flame point. It may have been attached to siamese cats because it sounds nicer and more romantic perhaps than plain old red point. Derived from the wichianmat landrace one of several varieties of cat native to thailand formerly known as siam the original siamese became one of the most popular breeds in europe and north america in the 19th century the carefully refined more extreme featured modern style siamese is characterized by blue. Well that can be a bit complicated to answer since all parts of the world seem to classify this type of cat differently. In 1948 british breeder nora archer with help from other breeders started working with the siamese breed to create flame points.

Flame point seems to have been borrowed from the persian and himalayan cat breeds the himalayan is a persian siamese cross where the term flame point is used to describe this coloring. It would later take decades of selective breeding to form a flame point. Seal blue chocolate and lilac are the four colors recognized by all the cat registries in the united states. The flame point siamese cat also known as the red point along with related colors apricot and cream its dilute form were introduced into the siamese breed in the uk during the 1930s.

Red point or flame point characterized by a light reddish orange point and pink paw pads and a nose these siamese cats have been bred with other breeds carrying the orange gene to get their red colored points. In most parts of the world this cat is actually known as the red point siamese such as in the uk and australia.