The Khao Manee cat (Thai: ขาวมณี, ขาวปลอด, RTGS: Khao Mani, Khao Plort, meaning " White Gem"), also known as the Diamond Eye cat, is a rare breed of cat originating in Thailand, which has an ancient ancestry tracing back hundreds of years. They are mentioned in the Tamra Maew, or Cat Book Poems. Khao Manee cats are pure white with a short, smooth, close-lying coat. They can have blue eyes, gold eyes or odd eyes with one of each colour. The odd eyed Khao Manee is the rarest variety. They are muscular, athletic cats of moderate foreign type and are reputed to be active, communicative and intelligent.
Although the breed is well known in its native land it has only recently been adopted by Western cat breeders, gaining "registration only" status from TICA in May 2009. On 3 September 2011, the breed was promoted to "Preliminary New Breed ", effective from 1 May 2012, and on 30 August 2013 the breed was promoted to "Advanced New Breed ", effective immediately.
On January 24, 2015 the Khaomanee breed was advanced to Championship level in TICA, effective May 1, 2015. (http://www.tica.org/pdf/meetings/winter_2015.pdf, Motion 73)
On 8 September 2010, at the meeting of the GCCF Executive Committee, the Khao Manee was granted breed name in GCCF, and was approved for exhibition only.
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