chartreux

 

  • The breed was greatly diminished during the first World War and wild populations[7] were not seen after World War II, except perhaps in Belle-Île-en-Mer where the Léger sisters
    started breeding the best subjects.

  • As for every French cat with a pedigree, the first letter of the official name of a Chartreux cat encodes the year of its birth.

  • Chartreux tend to bond with one person in their household, preferring to be in their general vicinity (often following their favoured person from room to room), though they
    are still loving and affectionate to the other members of the household.

  • [6] Legend also has it that the Chartreux’s ancestors were feral mountain cats from what is now Syria, brought back to France by returning Crusaders in the 13th century, many
    of whom entered the Carthusian monastic order.

  • The Chartreux is a rare breed of cat from France, and is recognised by a number of registries around the world.

  • For example, a Chartreux born in 2021 would have an official name starting with the letter S.[2] History The Chartreux is mentioned for the first time in 1558 by Joachim du
    Bellay in a poem entitled Vers Français sur la mort d’un petit chat, or “A small kitten’s death” in English.

  • Chartreux cats are playful cats well into their adult years; some can be taught to fetch small objects in the same manner as a dog.

  • [3] There is another representation of a Chartreux in 1747 in the Jean-Baptiste Perronneau’s painting Magdaleine Pinceloup de la Grange, into which the cat is painted as a
    pet, quite rare for the time.

  • Chartreux cats are also known for their “smile”; due to the structure of their heads and their tapered muzzles, they often appear to be smiling.

 

Works Cited

[‘”One Year, A Letter”. LOOF: Livre Officiel des Origines Felines (in French). 2014. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
o ^ “naming”. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
o ^ (in French) DR Rousselet-Blanc (1992). Larousse (ed.). Le chat: Race et type européen (in
French). p. 160. ISBN 2035174023.
o ^ (in English) Getty Center (ed.). “Magdaleine Pinceloup de la Grange, née de Parseval”. The J. Paul Getty Museum. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
o ^ Jump up to:a b Siegal 1997, p. 27.
o ^ Simonnet 1990, p. 36–37.
o ^
Helgren 2013, p. 100–103.
o ^ Kaymak, Nuesret. All Cat Breeds of This World: All Approved Cat Breeds. Atelier Kaymak UG. ISBN 978-3-96183-036-7.
• Fogle, Bruce (2001). The New Encyclopedia of the Cat. New York: DK Publishing Inc [Dorling Kindersley].
ISBN 0-7894-8021-2.
• Siegal, Mordecai (1997). “2. The breeds”. In Siegal, Mordecai (ed.). The Cornell Book of Cats: A Comprehensive and Authoritative Medical Reference for Every Cat and Kitten (Second ed.). New York: Villard. ISBN 978-0-679-44953-9.
• Simonnet,
Jean (1990). The Chartreux Cat. Translated by Auerbach, Jerome M. Paris: Synchro Company. ISBN 978-2-9506009-0-5. (This book’s ISBNdb.com page lists “Auerbach Pub” as the publisher, but the book itself gives “Synchro Company, Paris” on an unnumbered
page immediately following page 190.)
• Helgren, J. Anne (2013). Encyclopedia of Cat Breeds (2nd ed.). Barron’s Educational Series. ISBN 978-0-7641-6580-1.
• Buckland, Alice (2007). Cats. TAJ Books. ISBN 978-1-84406-101-3.
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