
Birman cat photo copyright Helmi Flick
The Templecat, a Shorthaired Birman is, surprisingly, a current breed and is an experimental breed in New Zealand. The picture above is a Birman cat. The Birman has a pointed and medium to long coat (not as long as the Persian cat). Can I find a picture of a Templecat or shorthaired Birman? Afraid not, well not

The breed was created by mating a cinnamon spotted tabby cat, an Oriental cat, to the Birman. The Oriental shorthair cat is a fine boned elegant cat that is essentially a Modern Siamese cat with a wider range of coat types (see the picture below). On a simplistic level, I am surprised that a Birman was crossed with such a fine bone and one could say, gangly cat. The Birman is quite a solid cat as we can see.

Oriental Short hair cat - with a spotted tabby coat - photo copyright Helmi Flick.
The tabby coat is the classic wild cat coat (see Scottish Wildcat), providing the best camouflage (see cat coats tabby for a full description plus the best photographs). See this page for cat coats dilution, which involves the cinnamon color.
Templecat shorthaired Birman to Birman cat
Templecat Shorthaired Birman - Photo of Templecat from the National Best of Breeds Page 2005 of Catzinc. I don't know the cattery but the owner breeders are Lee Williams & Amanda Stokes. If you want a link please tell and you'll get one and more.
Templecat Shorthaired Birman
Reviewed by Michael Broad
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September 18, 2008
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1 comment:
Hi,
You mentioned it being near impossible to find pictures of a short-haired birman cat.. I was also thinking that.
The reason being one of my cats, Vocal Cat, seems to be one.
She definately has the birman fur pattern; but also has short hair. Here's a picture, though not the greatest photo quality : http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u216/Twistedmethoddan/vocalcat.jpg
I'm not sure whether she is some cross-breed or not; we live in france and the cat was given to me by a friend; as she had just turned up at their place one day and didn't get along with their cat, so nobody knows where she originally came from...
She's certainly most like a birman, I'd be surprised if she's anything else; though the short hair seems a little unusual. I like her how she is though :)
Dan
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