Siamese Cat Breeds Seal Point
We have included different seal point siamese pictures on this page to show various cats of the same colour.
Siamese cat breeds seal point. Seal point a pale fawn to cream body with deep seal brown points and deep brown nose leather and paw pads. And lilac point a glacial white body with frosty pinky gray points. In fact the term seal point refers to the particular coloration of this particular cat. Related siamese color pages.
What breeds might sport those seal point. Seal point cats have albino origins. Seal points are very much the elegant aristocrats of the siamese world independent and dignified and don t they know it. The short coat of the siamese has a fine texture.
Seal point siamese cats. Some of the seal point siamese that we have used as examples are of the older more moderate type and some of the modern type. While a seal point may be similar to other color point siamese cats such as the tortie point and chocolate point there are some distinctions. Alternatively the ica international cat association states that the color types recognized are tabby points cream points silver tabby points red points smoke points and parti color points.
The siamese is the original seal point cat that has become an important breed since ancient history. It is a form of partial albinism resulting from a mutation that affects tyrosinase an enzyme involved with melanin production. Seal point cats have white to fawn colored bodies with darker points on their extremities. A seal point or a chocolate.
They are simply further variations and descriptors of fur patterns common in the siamese breed. And a blue seal siamese could still be a tortie point. Though all the pictures are of seal point you will probably notice some differences in coat colour and also the different type. The original siamese colour was the classic seal brown points with a warm cream coloured body but breeders in the west developed more colours by introducing other breeds of cat into the breeding schedule.
Point coloration in cats originated in the siamese and closely related asian breeds and is found in many western developed modern breeds. Although an ancient breed the siamese did not arrive on british shores until the 1880s with the original cats boasting classic seal brown points on cream bodies. 5 intriguing facts about seal point cats. Seal point siamese cats are surely the most well know colour of siamese cat.
Chocolate point an ivory body with milk chocolate colored points and cinnamon pink nose leather and paw pads. Blue point a bluish white body with deep blue points and slate colored nose leather and paw pads. Seal point siamese kittens. In the cat fanciers association it comes in four colors.
It fails to work at normal body temperatures but becomes active in cooler areas of the skin. The mutated enzyme is thermolabile. The seal point cat has a fawn or beige colored body and the tail nose and legs are dark brown.