Videos Havana Brown Breed Information
Country of origin -
Britain
Breed standards -
AACE, CFA, ACFA, CCA, TICA
The Havana Brown, also known as the Swiss
Mountain cat, is a breed of cat well known and shown in England in the 1890s.
Similar to the oriental shorthair, full color cats, also known as
non-blue eyed siamese, were known to interbreed with the pointed
cats of siam.
During World War I and World War II, the breeding programs of
pedigreed cats suffered. It was not until the post World War II era
that time cat fanciers renewed their breeding efforts. In the early
1950s a group of English cat fanciers began
working together to restore the breed.
The ladies credited with this effort include Mrs. Armitage
Hargreaves of Laurentide Cattery, Mrs. Munroe-Smith of Elmtower
Cattery, the Baroness Von Ullmann of Roofspringer Cattery, Mrs.
Elsie Fisher of Praha Cattery, and Mrs. Judd of Crossways Cattery.
These breeders produced a chestnut (chocolate) colored kitten
through mating a black shorthair and a chocolate point Siamese.
The Havana Brown is a moderately sized, muscular short-haired
cat with a body of average length. The coat color must be brown,
typically reddish-brown, with no tabby
markings. Whiskers should also be brown and the eye color should be
green. The head should be slightly longer than wide and the nose
should have a distinct stop at the eyes. Males tend to be larger
than females and are average in weight compared with other
breeds.
The Havana Brown is an intelligent cat that often uses its paws
both to examine objects and to communicate with its owners. The
most likely explanation of the breed's name is that its coat
color is very similar to that of Havana cigars.
The breed has been recognized for championship competition in
both the US and Britain since the late 1950s. It is considered an
endangered breed, since the breeding pool is very small. In the
late 1990s, there were only 12 CFA-registered Havana Brown
catteries and under 130 unaltered cats.
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