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Australian Mist (formerly known as the Spotted Mist) is a breed of
cat. This breed was developed in Australia in the late 1970s, hence
its name. The breed was developed by crossing the Burmese,
Abyssinian, and Domestic shorthair cats to create a shorthaired cat
with a spotted coat. The name was changed from 'Spotted Mist' to
'Australian Mist' in 1998 when cats with marbled coats, rather than
spots, were accepted as part of the breed.
Australian Mists are medium-sized shorthaired cats, with a round
head and large, expressive eyes. The coat patterns have three levels
of definition; (1) ground colour, paler than pattern; (2) pattern,
delicate though distinct from ground colour; (3) appears to wear a
misted veil, caused by random ticking in the solid colour areas. The
legs and tail are ringed or barred, and the face and neck also have
delicate lines of color. Australian Mist cats come in seven colors:
brown, blue, chocolate, lilac, caramel, gold and peach.
As a relatively new breed, all Australian Mist catteries are in
Australia, however desexed cats have been introduced to America and
several other countries. The breed is now accepted for Championship
status by the World Cat Federation. The Australian Mist will
celebrate 20 years as an accepted Championship breed in Australia
during 2006.Australian Mist Breed Information
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Australian Mist are a relatively new cat breed, originating in
Sydney, Australia, in the mid 1980's. They are excellent house cats
and are highly affectionate. The foundation cats used to create the
breed were one half Burmese, and quarter each Abyssinian and
Domestic.
They have inherited the affectionate, people-loving temperament,
general size and shape of the Burmese, the intelligence and agility
of the Abyssinian, and the health and vitality of the Domestic.
Australian Mist are short-haired cats of moderate size and build.
They have a round head and large, expressive eyes in a range of
greens.
The nose, chin and whiskerpads are broad, giving the face a generous
expression. There are two possible coat patterns in the Australian
Mist: Spotted and Marbled. These delicate spots or intricate marbled
swirls are set against a creamy ‘misted’ ground, with legs ringed
and barred and the face and neck delicately lined.
The spotted mist tail is also ringed while the marbled mist tail has
beautiful irregular scalloping. The cat's coat is short and
resilient and the tail is well furred. Australian Mist cats
presently come in six colors: warm brown, blue, chocolate, lilac,
gold and peach. Australian Mists are outstandingly affectionate and
gentle. They are very tolerant of handling and disinclined to
scratch, which makes them ideal with even small children. Australian
Mist are highly intelligent and are very obliging when called upon
to participate in games.
As kittens they are lively, but sober up somewhat on maturity. Their
propensity to crawl into the nearest lap with or without invitation,
and to constantly hang around to see what people are up to makes
them an excellent companion for the home worker, and the invalid.
De-sexed cats and kittens fit in easily with all sorts of other
cats, being neither aggressive toward them, nor allowing themselves
to be upset by the unfriendliness of others. They are perfectly
happy to live wholly indoors as long as they have a few toys to play
with and plenty of human company or the company of another cat. |
