Colorpoint Shorthair

The Colorpoint Shorthair has the Siamese personality and body type, and appears in red point, cream point, lynx (tabby) point, and tortie point colors. Like the Siamese, the Colorpoint Shorthair is a highly interactive, talkative breed. They are devoted, playful, fun-loving cats who thrive on company. For this reason, it's best to keep them with cats of their own activity level or in busy households where they are not left alone for long periods of time. In most associations, these cats are part of the Siamese breed. Only the Cat Fanciers' Association and Canadian Cat Association make this distinction. For this reason, the World breeders are not divided this way, and thus this page points World visitors to the Siamese breeders' page instead. The Colorpoint Shorthair is accepted in all major associations, although in most associations it is simply a color class of the Siamese.