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Colorpoint Shorthair

  
The Life of Animals | Colorpoint Shorthair | Colorpoint Shorthair is the name the Cat fanciers Association (CFA), a United States breed association, uses to refer to pointed cats of Siamese Ancestry and type in colors other than the four "traditional" Siamese colors (seal, chocolate, blue, and lilac point).


The colorpoint Shorthair comes in a variety of point colors. They include: Red Point, Cream Point, Cinnamon Point, Fawn Point, Seal Point, Chocolate Point, Blue Point, Lilac Point, Lynx Point (in any of the colors), tortie point (in any of the colors), and Torbie Point (in any of the colors). If a solid pointed kitten is born from "colorpoint Siamese" parents, it is Registered as a "colorpoint Siamese," Because genetically That it what it is.



CFA and CCA does not accept or Fawn cinnamon points points points shorthairs as color, They are Considered to be pointed Oriental Shorthairs. CCA does allow cinnamon and Fawn points to be shown as Oriental Shorthairs.