Chartreux
This cat is called the “treasure of France”.
The Chartreux is a cat from France with a beautiful blue (silver grey) coat. Along with the Russian Blue and Korat, it is famous as one of the “blue family”. It was loved from long ago as a French cat, but became endangered a people would buy their beautiful blue furs for a high price. However after World War II, the remaining Chartreux bred with the British Shorthair, and was reborn as the muscular Chartreux we know today. By the way, it is still known by its nicknames of “the smiling cat,” “the treasure of France”, and “the living French monument”.
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