Cyprus Cat, 1856
I stumbled upon this page of lost cat breeds from the late 1800s and early 1900s.
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Tuesday, 10 March 2009 — monado
Tuesday, 3 November 2009 at 03:32
It looks like a Saint Helen’s cat, one of two breeds unique to Cyprus. The other breed known as Aphrodite is long legged and with taller pointed ears. Cyprus introduced the domesticated cat to Europe 8,500 years ago.