Siamese cat is one of the first distinctly recognized breeds of Asian cat.
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11 Facts About Siamese cat
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The carefully refined, more extreme-featured, modern-style Siamese is characterized by blue almond-shaped eyes; a triangular head shape; large ears; an elongated, slender, and muscular body; and various forms of point colouration.
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The Siamese cat comes in two distinct variations: traditional, with a rounded head and a slightly chubby body; or the modern Siamese, which are very skinny and have a wedge-shaped head.
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Siamese cat told his army to round up all the Suphalak cats and bring them back to Burma along with the other treasures.
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In 1878, US President Rutherford B Hayes received the first documented Siamese to reach the United States, a cat named "Siam" sent by the American Consul in Bangkok.
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The original Siamese imports were medium-sized, rather long-bodied, muscular, graceful cats with moderately wedge-shaped heads and ears that were comparatively large but in proportion to the size of the head.
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Breed standard of the modern Siamese cat calls for an elongated, tubular, and muscular body and a triangular head, forming a perfect triangle from the tip of the nose to each tip of the ear.
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Originally the vast majority of Siamese cat had seal points, but occasionally Siamese cat were born with "blue" points, genetically a dilution of seal point; chocolate points, a genetic variation of seal point; or lilac points, genetically a diluted chocolate.
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Some Siamese cat are extremely vocal, with a loud, low-pitched voice—known as a "meezer" - from which they get one of their nicknames.
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The optic chiasm has abnormal uncrossed wiring; many early Siamese cat were cross-eyed to compensate, but like the kinked tails, the crossed eyes have been seen as a fault, and due to selective breeding the trait is far less common today.
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Furthermore, the Siamese cat is more prone than other breeds to lung infections, especially in kittenhood, such as feline osteochondrodysplasia, vestibular disease and feline hyperesthesia syndrome.
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