The Oriental short hair has the sleek and lean body style similar to the Siamese. They come in variety of 300 exotic colours. They have a medium sized body, head is long and tapers to a wedge and is in proportion to the body. The eyes are almond shaped, medium in size and are blue or green in colour. Ears are strikingly large, wide at base and pointed. Tail is tapered and long with no kinks.
Oriental short hair cats have fine, short, soft and satin-like coat, which lies close to the body. The hair is longest on the tail, which spreads out like a plume. They come in a variety of 300 exotic colours. |
Oriental Short Hair is a crossbreed between Russian blue cats and domestic cats. They were first domesticated in England, where they were registered as Havana breed. The success of the Oriental short hair got the Americans excited and crossed Siamese, domestic shorthairs and Abyssinians to create new colours.
