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Balinese Cat VS. Havana Brown Cat.

What are the differences between these two cat breeds?


Named for the exotically graceful dancers on the Indonesian island of Bali, the Balinese is a longhaired variety of Siamese. It is unknown whether the long hair is the result of a natural mutation or a cross between the Siamese and a longhaired breed such as a Persian or Turkish Angora. Although longhaired Siamese appeared earlier, the cats did not begin to be developed as a breed until the 1940s and 1950s.

The Cat Fanciers Federation recognized the Balinese in 1961, followed by the Cat Fanciers Association in 1970. They are also recognized by the American Cat Fanciers Association and The International Cat Association, as well as other cat registries. Balinese can be outcrossed to Javanese, Siamese, Colorpoint Shorthairs, and Oriental Longhairs.

How did a brown cat of Southeast Asian origin, believed to offer protection from evil, come to be known as a Swiss Mountain Cat, and how did it then adopt the name, Havana Brown? The full answers to those questions are lost to history, but what appears to have happened is that solidbrown cats of Siamese type from Thailand were exhibited in Britain in the 1890s. Somehow during that time, they acquired the moniker Swiss Mountain Cat.

In 1920, the Siamese Cat Club of Britain decided that brown cats without blue eyes were no longer desirable, and that was that. Breeders lost interest in them until the 1950s when a group of British cat breeders sets themselves the task of determining the genetic makeup of a selfbrown (solidcolored) cat. They eventually produced a male chestnutbrown kitten, the result of a cross between a shorthaired black cat and a chocolatepoint Siamese. Russian Blues and Burmese may also have played a role in the development of what came to be known as the Havana Brown.


Except for coat length, the Siamese and the Balinese are indistinguishable, having a svelte but muscular body with long lines and a wedgeshaped head that is long and tapering from the narrow point of the nose outward to the tips of the ears, forming a triangle. The unusually large ears are wide at the base and pointed at the tip, giving them the same triangular shape as the head. Mediumsize eyes are almondshaped.

The body is often described as tubular and is supported by long, slim legs, with the hind legs higher than the front legs. The Balinese walk on small, dainty, oval paws and swishes a long, plumed tail that tapers to a fine point. The appearance of the body is softened by a mediumlength coat that is fine and silky. It is longest on the plumed tail.

The Balinese come in the same point colors as the Siamese: seal, chocolate, blue, and lilac. The eyes are always a deep, vivid blue. The Traditional Cat Association recognizes a Balinese of a different type: one with a more rounded head and body. It also has a fluffier coat that is long over the entire body, unlike the show Balinese, whose coat is longest on the tail.

The Havana Brown’s distinctive color extends even to his whiskers. He is the only cat with a breed standard that spells out whisker color: brown, of course, complementing the coat color. Looking out from all that Minkybrown richness are vivid green eyes with an oval shape. The Havana is also distinguished by its uncommon head shape; it’s longer than it is wide. Large ears tilt forward.

He has a firm, muscular body covered in short, smooth fur in a rich, warm reddishbrown. Kittens and young adults may have the barest hint of tabby markings, which disappear as they mature. The nose leather is brown with a rosy flush, and the paw pads are a rosy brown as well.

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