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| Tiffanie | |
|---|---|
 A black silver male Tiffanie | |
| Other names | Asian Semi-longhair, Asian Longhair, Burmilla Longhair |
| Origin | United Kingdom |
| Breed standards | |
| WCF | standard |
| ACF | standard |
| GCCF | standard |
| LOOF | standard |
| SACC | [https://en.woc.center/articles/standards-tif/ WOC standard,ANCATS standard standard] |
| Notes | |
In ACF and ANCATS only in silver or golden tipped and shaded. | |
| Domestic cat (Felis catus) | |
TheTiffanie[1][2] is acat breed similar to theAsian Shorthair except it has semi-longfur length. The breed belongs to theAsian Group[3][4][5] and is generally recognised in any of the Asian Shorthair orBurmese colours and patterns. Like the other cats in the Asian Group, the breed was developed during the 1980s in theUnited Kingdom by crossbreeding aPersian Chinchilla and aBurmese.[2][3][4][5][6]
Incat registries that recognise the breed, it is officially registered under the name Tiffanie[1][7][8] or within theAsian Group as Tiffanie[9] orAsian Longhair.[10] In some registries the colouration is restricted to silver or goldentipped orshaded, and the breed is registered asBurmilla Longhair[11] orAustralian Tiffanie.[12][13] Among thecat fancy the breed is also known as theAsian Semi-longhair.
The Tiffanie is often confused with the now extinct and unrelatedChantilly-Tiffany, or Foreign Longhair, a longhaired North American breed originating from chocolate-brown cats of unknown origin.[2] Similarly, theTiffany in theNZCF (New Zealand) refers to aBurmese longhair.[14][15][16]
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The Tiffanie was developed in the 1980s in theUnited Kingdom as a longhaired version of the Asian Shorthair.[2][6] The breed origins can be traced back to matings between aPersian Chinchilla and aBurmese.[6]
It has full recognition in theGCCF,[9][17]LOOF,[10]SACC,[7] preliminary status with theWCF,[18] and has registration only status withThe International Cat Association.[8] TheAustralian Tiffanie is recognised byANCATS[12][13] and theBurmilla longhair byACF,[11] which are distinctly different in colour to the Asian Semi-longhair Tiffanie as these only come in silver or goldentipped orshaded.[11][12][13]
One governing body in Australia (Waratah National Cat Alliance, WNCA, now theAustralian National Cats Inc., ANCATS) uses the nameAustralian Tiffanie; however, international acceptance and standardisation did not follow. It is different from the European Tiffanie and the North-AmericanChantilly-Tiffany. The Tiffanie from the UK is also originating from crossbreedingchinchilla Persian andBurmese cats. However, Australian Tiffanies are essentially longhairBurmillas, as they only come in silver or golden tipped or shaded. The breed is separately developed in the late-1990s in Australia from European Tiffanie cats by breeding them back to the chinchilla Persian.[12][13] Therefore, many Australian Tiffanies contain more than three-quarters chinchilla Persian and retain the appearance and temperament of the Old-Fashioned chinchilla Persian. To summarise, the Australian Tiffanie and Tiffanie from the UK are both developed from crossbreeding chinchilla Persians and Burmeses, but the Australian version contains more chinchilla Persian. Consequently, only silver and golden tipped and shaded is allowed in the Australian Tiffanie.[12] The name's use is declining in favour, due to the lax standards for the breed name, the lack of unique identity and the varied genetic makeup.
