The Tonkinese are lively but gentle creatures that fit very well in families with children!
Tonkinese Cats are an affectionate, friendly, and active breed known for possessing only the best of their relatives. This is a hybrid breed of cats that was developed from Siamese and Burmese breeds. The Tonkinese was developed as a new breed in the United States in the 1950s. Tonkinese enthusiasts claim that this breed has the best traits of these two breeds but none of the unfavorable traits.
The Tonkinese coat is wonderful, silky and shiny at the same time. The coat has a darker base color than the traditional Siamese, but with the dark spots. Overall, it is very similar to original Burmese. The fur is also short and lies flat on the body, which means they require minimal grooming. In the United States, the names of the color variants with this shiny coat are followed by the term "mink", while in Great Britain they only receive the traditional color names.
The Tonkinan cats have a muscular body shape but are medium in size and long. The legs are long and muscular, the hind legs are slightly longer than the front legs. This hybrid's head is longer than it is wide, which is not very similar to any of its ancestors. It is wider than that of the Siamese, but narrower than that of the Burmese. The head has a slightly rounded wedge shape with sloping cheekbones, almond-shaped eyes and wide-set ears with rounded tips.
This breed is particularly active and playful, and they are also curious and intelligent. The Tonkinese is a great family breed as they are very loving and gentle. They enjoy interacting with adults, children, and other animals. It doesn't like being alone and lonely, but it doesn't get tied to a person in the way the Siamese do. Like the Burmese and Siamese, the Tonkinese have a loud, distinctive voice. Tonkinese cats are popular in the US, but rare in Europe and Australia.
background The Tonkinese Cats are essentially a hybrid breed developed between the Siamese Cat, a natural breed of cats, and the Burmese Cat, another hybrid breed of cats. This breed of cats was first purposely bred in the United States in the 1950s by Milan Greer, an American feline expert. He crossed a male Burmese with a female Chocolate Siamese and named the resulting breed the Golden Siamese.
When Greer passed the breeding project on to Edith Lux, she changed the name to Tonkinese. The breed is named for the Gulf of Tonkin, which is close to the Burmese and Siamese (Thai) areas but, like the Tonkin breed, is not one of them. Common names for this breed of cats are Tonkinese, Golden Siamese, and Tonk (a nickname).
In the 1960s, Margaret Conroy, a Canadian breeder, registered the Tonkinese in her first cat club, the Canadian Cat Association. In 1978 it was recognized by the Cat Fancier's Association (CFA), and in the 1990s it was recognized by all North American cat societies. By 1991 it was recognized by the Cat Fancy Governing Council (GCCF) in the UK. However, it is still not recognized as a real breed by all associations in Europe.
description The Tonkinese is a muscular, medium-sized cat. His body is neither long nor sly, but of medium length. The head is wider than that of the Siamese, but narrower than that of the Burmese. It is a slightly rounded wedge that is longer than it is wide. The ears are medium in size with rounded tips. The eyes are almond-shaped and slanted along the cheekbones. The legs are muscular and the hind legs are slightly longer than the front legs. The Tonkinese weighs about 6 to 12 pounds and has a long life expectancy of 15 years or more.
Their fur is short, silky, and shiny. It has dark spots, like Siamese, but the base color is darker than traditional Siamese. It is close to the original Burmese color. The color variants are called "mink" in the USA and correspond to the traditional Siamese colors. They are natural mink, champagne mink, blue mink, platinum mink, and honey mink. UK traditional ...
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