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Varieties and colours of the Siamese one.

The Siamese ones are distinguished according to their variety (morphology) and the colour from their dress.
Varieties:

There are 4 varieties of Siamese:
                                             • The English
                                             • The Thai
                                             • The American
                                             • Apple Head

The official standard of the LOOF of Siamese is the American. Thai, also called “Siamese old type” became a race with whole share in the LOOF since December 2002. Apple Head, a derivative of the Thai is not officially recognized.

The Siamese English is the most widespread variety.
Its head, equipped with large pointed ears forms an equilateral triangle. Its body is slender, the rather fine and pointed tail with the end.

The Siamese Thai. It was created to leave the Siamese English by cat breeders wanting to recreate Siamese original, the i.e. identical one to that which was brought back from Thailand.
Its head is rounder, its shorter ears. The tail is provided, but not as much as the European cat. It is the variety which has the most success.

The Siamese American model the Siamese ones are the signal! Extremely thin, even straightforwardly thread-like, its ears are opulent. It was creates by American cat breeders by selecting all the attributes common to the Eastern cats, like the ears of the Sphinx or the body of the Eastern one. It was largely inspired by the cats of old Egypt. Therefore the majority of people believe that the Siamese one comes from Egypt. It is sold very expensive and is very required to contribute in cat-like exposures.

Siamese Apple Head or “apple head”, is the result of the selection aiming at reproducing the Siamese original one. It is a certified copy of the Royal Cat of Siam (another name of Siamese) which lived in the forests Inhabitants of Thailand. The round head, of small ears, it is muscular and athletic. Its dress often slightly striped or is mouchetée, like our Européens cats. Opposite, the photograph of Siamese of the end of the 19th century.

The dresses the Siamese one are made up of the colour:
          • Seal (brown dark)
          • Red (russet-red)
          • Chocolate (chocolate)
          • Blue (blue)
          • Cream (cream)
          • Apricot (dilution of the cream)
          • Caramel (dilution of blue, lilac, fawn)
          • Lilac (lilac, rosy gray)
          • Cinnamon (brick)
          • Fawn (Cinnamon dilutes)

For more information and colours see the book off Alyse Brisson
ISBN: 2-7027-1027-1 or on www.afas-siamois.com

Followed type of dress :
          • Point (ears, tail, dark legs and face)
          • Tortie (“scales of tortoise ")
          • Tabby (striped)
          • Seal Tabby (Point striped)
          • Tortie Not (Point “scales of tortoise”)

You can see the great difference in color between a cream and a apricot!!

You can see the great difference in color between a cream and a apricot!!
Since the end of the 19 th century, of many crossings were carried out and a score of different dresses were thus selected. For example, for the case of the Point (end of the ears, legs, tail and face dark), the allele (part of a chromosome which contains several genes) is recessive. The two parents must be Point to have exclusively Point kittens. However, by marrying a relative Not with a relative of another dress, the kittens will not be inevitably Point. It is the same for the colour.
The gene of the Point has as caractérisque that it is sensitive to heat, therefore which it is expressed only in the colder zones of peeling, i.e. the tail, legs and the face. In addition, the clear colour of Siamese must with an albino gene. It is with cause of this gene that the Siamese ones have the bottom of the red and not yellow retina when they fix a source of light.
The dress of Siamese darkens with the age. It acquires its final colour towards the age of 1 year.


Colors:
The dresses the Siamese one are made up of the colour: • Seal (brown dark) • Red (russet-red) • Chocolate (chocolate) • Blue (blue) • Cream (cream) • Apricot (dilution of the cream) • Caramel (dilution of blue, lilac, fawn) • Lilac (lilac, rosy gray) • Cinnamon (brick) • Fawn (Cinnamon dilutes) For more information and colours see the book off Alyse Brisson ISBN: 2-7027-1027-1 or on www.afas-siamois.com Followed type of dress : • Point (ears, tail, dark legs and face) • Tortie (“scales of tortoise ") • Tabby (striped) • Seal Tabby (Point striped) • Tortie Not (Point “scales of tortoise”)	You can see the great difference in color between a cream and a apricot!!
You can see the great difference in color between a cream and a apricot!! Since the end of the 19 th century, of many crossings were carried out and a score of different dresses were thus selected. For example, for the case of the Point (end of the ears, legs, tail and face dark), the allele (part of a chromosome which contains several genes) is recessive. The two parents must be Point to have exclusively Point kittens. However, by marrying a relative Not with a relative of another dress, the kittens will not be inevitably Point. It is the same for the colour. The gene of the Point has as caractérisque that it is sensitive to heat, therefore which it is expressed only in the colder zones of peeling, i.e. the tail, legs and the face. In addition, the clear colour of Siamese must with an albino gene. It is with cause of this gene that the Siamese ones have the bottom of the red and not yellow retina when they fix a source of light. The dress of Siamese darkens with the age. It acquires its final colour towards the age of 1 year.