AY Honors/Cats - Advanced/Answer Key

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{| class="infobox"
|- align=center bgcolor=pink
!Ocicat
|- align=center
|[[Image:Essocicat.JPG|Ebony Silver Spotted Ocicat]]
|- align=center bgcolor=pink
!Country of origin
|- align=center
|[[United States]]
|- align=center bgcolor=pink
!Breed standards (external links)
|- align=center
|[http://www.aaceinc.org/pages/breeds/oci.htm AACE], [http://www.acfacats.com/ocicat_standard.htm ACFA], [http://cfainc.org/breeds/profiles/ocicat.html CFA], [http://www.fifeweb.org/wp/breeds/std/oci_std.html FIFé],[http://www.tica.org/pdf/standards/ocstd.pdf TIFA]
|}


The '''Ocicat''' is a new and still-rare [[cat breeds|breed]] of [[cat]] which has spots resembling a 'wild' cat and the temperament of a [[List of domesticated animals|domestic animal]], named for its resemblance to the [[ocelot]].

Despite its appearance, there is no 'wild' [[DNA]] in the Ocicat's [[gene pool]]. The species is actually a mixture of [[Siamese (cat)|Siamese]] and [[Abyssinian (cat)|Abyssinian]], and later [[American Shorthair]]s (silver tabbies) were added to the mix and gave the breed their silver colour, bone structure and distinct markings.

The first breeder of Ocicats was [[Virginia Daly]], of [[Berkley, Michigan]], who attempted to breed an Abyssinian-pointed Siamese in 1964. The first generation of kittens appeared Abyssinian, but the surprising result in the second generation was a spotted kitten, Tonga, nicknamed an 'ocicat' by the breeder's daughter. Tonga was neutered and sold as a pet, but further breedings of his parents produced more spotted kittens, and became the base of a separate Ocicat breeding program.
Other breeders joined in and used the same recipe, siamese * aby, and offspring * siamese.
Today the ocicat is found all around the world, popular for its temperament but wild appearance.

Ocicats are a very outgoing breed. They are often considered to have the spirit of a dog-in a cat's body. Most can easily be trained to fetch, walk on a leash and harness, come when called, speak, sit, lie down on command and a large array of other dog-related tricks. Some even take readily to the water. Ocicats are also very friendly. They will typically march straight up to strangers and announce that they'd like to be petted. This makes them great family pets, and most can also get along well with animals of other species. Ocicats make excellent pets for people who want to spend a lot of time with their cat, but they do require more attention than cats who aren't so people-oriented.

There are twelve colors approved for the ocicat breed. Tawny, chocolate and cinnamon, their dilutes, blue, lavender and fawn, and all of them with silver: black silver (ebony silver), chocolate silver, cinnamon silver, blue silver, lavender silver and fawn silver.
==External links==
{{commons|Ocicat}}
===Miscellaneous===
*[http://www.cfainc.org/breeds/profiles/ocicat.html Cat Fanciers' Association Breed Profile: Ocicat]
*[http://www.cfainc.org/breeds/profiles/articles/ocicat.html Jim DeBruhl, Sonja Moscoffian, and Shana Otis-Kuhnert, ''The Ocicat;'' CFA Yearbook, 1996 ]
*[http://www.ocicatinfo.com/ CFA Ocicat Breed Council, ''The Ocicat Times'']
*[http://www.catfacts.org/ocicat-cat-facts.htm Ocicat Photos]

[[Category:Cat breeds]]

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AY Honors/Cats - Advanced/Answer Key

2007-04-11T02:24:00Z

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{| class="infobox"
|- align=center bgcolor=pink
!Ocicat
|- align=center
|[[Image:Essocicat.JPG|Ebony Silver Spotted Ocicat]]
|- align=center bgcolor=pink
!Country of origin
|- align=center
|[[United States]]
|- align=center bgcolor=pink
!Breed standards (external links)
|- align=center
|[http://www.aaceinc.org/pages/breeds/oci.htm AACE], [http://www.acfacats.com/ocicat_standard.htm ACFA], [http://cfainc.org/breeds/profiles/ocicat.html CFA], [http://www.fifeweb.org/wp/breeds/std/oci_std.html FIFé],[http://www.tica.org/pdf/standards/ocstd.pdf TIFA]
|}


The '''Ocicat''' is a new and still-rare [[cat breeds|breed]] of [[cat]] which has spots resembling a 'wild' cat and the temperament of a [[List of domesticated animals|domestic animal]], named for its resemblance to the [[ocelot]].

Despite its appearance, there is no 'wild' [[DNA]] in the Ocicat's [[gene pool]]. The species is actually a mixture of [[Siamese (cat)|Siamese]] and [[Abyssinian (cat)|Abyssinian]], and later [[American Shorthair]]s (silver tabbies) were added to the mix and gave the breed their silver colour, bone structure and distinct markings.

The first breeder of Ocicats was [[Virginia Daly]], of [[Berkley, Michigan]], who attempted to breed an Abyssinian-pointed Siamese in 1964. The first generation of kittens appeared Abyssinian, but the surprising result in the second generation was a spotted kitten, Tonga, nicknamed an 'ocicat' by the breeder's daughter. Tonga was neutered and sold as a pet, but further breedings of his parents produced more spotted kittens, and became the base of a separate Ocicat breeding program.
Other breeders joined in and used the same recipe, siamese * aby, and offspring * siamese.
Today the ocicat is found all around the world, popular for its temperament but wild appearance.

Ocicats are a very outgoing breed. They are often considered to have the spirit of a dog-in a cat's body. Most can easily be trained to fetch, walk on a leash and harness, come when called, speak, sit, lie down on command and a large array of other dog-related tricks. Some even take readily to the water. Ocicats are also very friendly. They will typically march straight up to strangers and announce that they'd like to be petted. This makes them great family pets, and most can also get along well with animals of other species. Ocicats make excellent pets for people who want to spend a lot of time with their cat, but they do require more attention than cats who aren't so people-oriented.

There are twelve colors approved for the ocicat breed. Tawny, chocolate and cinnamon, their dilutes, blue, lavender and fawn, and all of them with silver: black silver (ebony silver), chocolate silver, cinnamon silver, blue silver, lavender silver and fawn silver.
==External links==
{{commons|Ocicat}}
===Miscellaneous===
*[http://www.catfacts.org/ocicat-cat-facts.htm Ocicat Photos]
*[http://www.cfainc.org/breeds/profiles/ocicat.html Cat Fanciers' Association Breed Profile: Ocicat]
[[Category:Cat breeds]]

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