Khao Manee

Khao Manee
Shoulder height	Male: 30 to 35 cm., Cat: 25 to 30 cm
Weight	Male: 3.5 to 6.5 kg. Cat: 2.5 to 4.5 kg
permitted coat colors	White
permitted coat drawing	no
allowed eye colors	Blue, yellow, rarely green (also mixed)
error	All patterns and white spots, different coat color, genetic defects of all kinds, unbalanced physique, disharmony, aggressive temperament
Country of origin	Thailand
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A breed of domestic cat is called Khao Manee . Thai : ขาว มณีRTGS : "Khao Mani" means "white jewel". Another common name is "Khao Plort" and means "all white".

Appearance

The Khao Manee wears a white, short-haired, very dense fur that lies close to the body. She has blue eyes, or one blue and one amber to gold colored or one blue and one green eye , which stand out clearly from the body color and appear brilliant or shining, as the tissue of the lower and upper eyelids is very light. This is an almost exclusive characteristic of this breed. The body is medium in size, medium weight, elegant and muscular. The head is clearly structured and neither too long nor too short. This cat seems balanced in everything.

Essence

The Khao Manee is a balanced, playful cat with a strong bond with people. Like many Asians, she can be quite communicative, depending on her personality. Like all other oriental cats, they have an intense group life together. Khao Manee should therefore never be kept as a lone cat.

History

The Khao Manee is mentioned for the first time in a Thai manuscript from the Ayutthaya period , the so-called "cat poems" (Thai: ลักษณะ แมว ๑๗ ชนิด = [ lák-sà-nà mæo sìp-ʤèt ʧá-nít ]). Scripture reports that the Khao Manee was only allowed to be owned by members of the royal family, and even in modern times, the first cats were not allowed to leave the country until 1999.

Similar races

The Khao Manee is often confused with many other races with white fur. In contrast to most other breeds, however, the fur of the Khao Manee lies close to the body, and the eyes shine in more intense colors through the light tissue of the lids.

literature

• Martin R. Clutterbuck: Siamese Cats, Legends and Reality . White Lotus Press, Bangkok 2004, ISBN 974-480-053-4

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Khao Manee: "Diamond Eye" (English)
2. ↑ "Laksana Maeo" - About the Cat Poems (English)

Web links

• ChaWee, the Khao Manee (English; PDF; 239 kB)
• The Khao Manee Cat (English; PDF; 2.0 MB)
• Khao Manee Cat Club (English)
• Kinabalu cats (English)
• Odyssey Khao Manee (English)
• catster.com: KhaoManee (English)
• FAQs about the Khao Manee (English)