The cinnamon siamese cat is new to the Siamese breed standard and known by very few people outside the community of breeders.
Many people worldwide likely have this rare Siamese cat but would never be able to identify it since they don’t know this variety exists.
Cinnamon Points are under the solid point colors category, but it’s not difficult to encounter Tabbies, Torties, and Tortie-Tabbies if you go to Siamese cat conventions.
Known by some in the community as acromelanism, a colorpoint is a form of albinism that is temperature-dependent and defines the pigmentation pattern of a cat.
This genetic pigmentation is derived primarily from Siamese cats and has been popular in Asia since the 8th century. However, it wasn’t until the 19th century that it reached the west.
Cinnamon Points are almost identical to Chocolate Points but have minor differences.
For example, chocolates are born with dark brown points, but a Cinnamon Siamese cat inherits points that have a dark red or brown hue. Their fur color will remind you of cinnamon, where their name comes from.
Cinnamon and Chocolate Points have the same shade of light pink. But Cinnamon Points have an extra shade of brown that helps you tell the difference between these two varieties.
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