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| | About Your Cat - Breeds - Chartreux (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05) |
 | | In the 18th century, Buffon, in his "natural history", calls the Chartreux the "Cat of France", and Linné differentiates it from the Angora, calling it Felis Cattus Caeruleus, or "blue cat". |
 | | In fact, the Chartreux's ancestors could have been born in the rough hilly regions of Iran, Syria and Turkey, which would explain their thick coat. |
 | | The Chartreux first arrived in the USA in 1970, and both the CFA and The International Cat Association (TICA) recognized the breed. |
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