Talk:Aegean cat

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The coat of an Aegean is semi-long-haired, without down hair, with a moderate ruff and a rich tail. The Aegean's coat provides good protection during the harsh winter weather and sheds out short for the summer. The coat is bicolor or tricolor; one of the colors is always white, without signs of yellowing and takes up between 1/3 to 2/3 of the body. Other colors can be black, red, blue, cream, with or without stripes. The Aegean is a medium-size variety, with a sturdy and muscular build, without signs of obesity. The body is long, with strong, medium-size feet and round-shaped paws. The tail is moderately long, straight, without kinks. The head is medium-size, wide but not round. The ears have a wide base and rounded tips and are covered by hairs. The eyes have an oriental shape and their color can be any shade of green.--Iamprincessradio (talk) 23:59, 18 January 2013 (UTC) yes that says[reply]

from Darby mac — Preceding unsigned comment added by 135.23.233.91 (talk) 00:45, 11 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hoax?

Is this a hoax? It's an extremely cute one, but substantiation seems thin. 96.37.67.222 (talk) 03:57, 9 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

No, but there appear to be errors. — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ >^ʌⱷ҅_ᴥⱷ^ʌ< 10:12, 7 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

My cat is a native cat from Crete and he is pure black. I saw other black cats on the street and on the islands, such as Hydra, and while hiking, that had no white and they were black. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 73.134.121.66 (talk) 11:40, 28 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-long-haired?

That seems to be an error. Every photo I've found so far shows short hair, and I was in the Greek islands a couple of years ago, and virtually every cat there matching this type was shorthaired. It seems fairly likely that fancier are trying to intentionally breed a fluffy variant, but there's virtually no way that the landrace cats of Greece tend toward this type; it would be extremely maladaptive in their environment.

I think this needs to be re-sourced. Several years have passed since this gist of this article was written and there are probably more articles in English on them now. Also worth looking for Greek ones. — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ >^ʌⱷ҅_ᴥⱷ^ʌ< 10:15, 7 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I have a former street cat from Crete and it is definitely not long haired. Or even semi-long haired. It is quite short haired. It gets warm there and the cats I saw while hiking on Hydra and elsewhere around Greece were NOT long haired cats. Not sure how to edit this correctly. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 73.134.121.66 (talk) 11:35, 28 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Original research

All facts and information about this unrecognized by FIFe race (cf. the notification/header in Greek, Μη αναγνωρισμένες από τη FIFe φυλές, of the bottom section of this page on cat races @ the website of Ελληνικός Ομιλος Γάτας [= Féline Federation of Greece]) come from the Greek breeders of this "new" race. Actually the facts are reproductions of the breeders' self-verifiable claims about the "new" race's special characteristics etc., as summarized in the website of the Féline Federation of Greece, the only organization that recognizes this race, and tries for about 20 years for its international recognition by FIFe. ——Chalk19 (talk) 07:39, 19 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]