Havana Brown
| Havana Brown | |
|---|---|
Havana kittens | |
| Other names | HB, Havana, Chestnut Brown (Oriental) |
| Origin | United Kingdom |
| Breed standards | |
| CFA | standard |
| TICA | standard |
| ACFA/CAA | standard |
| CCA-AFC | standard |
| Other | AACE |
| Notes | |
A phenotypically similar cat is recognised by the GCCF as the Suffolk Chocolate. The Suffolk is not the same as the Havana Brown within the registers of CFA, TICA, ACFA and LOOF. The standard for the Suffolk breed is different from the Havana Brown, and the cats used for outcross to develop the recently created breed are different from those found in the Havana Brown. The Suffolk Chocolate is not allowed in the breeding lines of the Havana Brown in any of the registries. | |
| Domestic cat (Felis catus) | |
The Havana Brown a pedigreed domestic cat breed with a solid chocolate short-haired coat. The breed resulted from a planned breeding between chocolate-carrying Siamese and domestic shorthair black cats, by a group of British cat fanciers in the 1950s.
The term Havana Brown is used by cat pedigree registries to refer to cats of two different body type; a more extreme Oriental-type (solid chocolate Oriental Shorthair) and a more moderate USA-type, specifically in North America.