 2 years old male Turkish Van cat (red and white) in a garden Image by SamD7, via Wikimedia Commons. Licensed CC BY 4.0 |
May VanTurkish Van Turkish Van Breed of domestic cat Not to be confused with Van cat or Turkish Angora. "Turkish Vankedisi" redirects here. For the landrace called Van kedisi in Turkish, see Van cat. The Turkish Van is a semi-long-haired, standardised breed of domestic cat, which was developed during the 1950s the United Kingdom from a selection of cats obtained from various cities of modern-day Turkey, especially southeast Turkey.[1]: 112 This rare[2] cat breed is one of the larger ones, and is distinguished by the Van pattern (named after the breed), where the colour is restricted to the head and the tail, and the rest of the cat is white;[3] this is due to the expression of the white spotting gene,… (Source: Wikipedia)
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