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The Foreign Burmese Cat Breed Foreign Burmese is the breed name used by the Canadian Cat Association to designate Burmese Cats with a red gene in their ancestry. This breed distinction is peculiar to North America. Some American associations use the name European Burmese for this group of Burmese. All …

The Burmilla Cat Breed The Burmilla is a breed that originated in the United Kingdom in 1981 as a result of an accidental mating between a Chinchilla Persian male and a Lilac (Platinum) Burmese female. The resulting offspring were so impressive in type and vigor that it was decided to …

The Burmese Cat Breed Legend places the Burmese as a divinity in ancient Buddhist monasteries, but almost all modern pedigreed Burmese can trace their ancestry back to a single walnut-brown female cat called Wong Mau, which was taken from Rangoon to the U.S. in 1930. Much research and experimental breeding …