 Havana
Brown Cat
The Havana Brown is noted for
its warm, chocolate brown color that reminded an early breeder of a Havana
cigar. The breed did not, however, come from Cuba; the breed originated
in Great Britain in the early 1950s. Brown cats resembling this breed were
in Britain as early as the 1890s, but the breed development did not begin
in earnest until sixty years later. They were introduced to the United
States in the mid-1950s. It was first accepted by GCCF in 1958 as the Chestnut
Foreign Shorthair.
The British shorthaired breed
bearing this name is the brown variety of the Oriental Shorthair, while
the American version is a separate breed with a distinctive body and head
type.
Though originally named for
the brown color, a lavender frost color is also permitted in some associations.
The Havana is a very outgoing
breed that loves following its people around. It is a very rare breed;
one article estimates that there are fewer than 1,000 Havana Browns in
existence.
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