Chantilly-Tiffany
| Chantilly-Tiffany | |
|---|---|
Oppurtune Fax O’ Life, a solid chocolate Chantilly of breeder Tracy Oraas (1995) | |
| Other names | Chantilly, Tiffany, Foreign Longhair |
| Origin | North America |
| Foundation bloodstock | Long-haired chocolate cats of unknown ancestry |
| Breed status | Extinct |
| Breed standards | |
| ACFA/CAA | historical standard |
| CCA-AFC | standard |
| Domestic cat (Felis catus) | |
The Chantilly-Tiffany or Chantilly/Tiffany, also known as the Chantilly or the Foreign Longhair, was a breed of domestic cat which originated in the late 1960s in North America. The Chantilly breed never got off the ground and has always been rare. It was near extinction in the late 1980s and again in the late 2000s. Since 2015 the breed has been considered extinct with the passing and neutering of the last two cats of the Chantilly lineage, and with no intact Chantilly cats the inevitable resulting discontinuation of the breeding program.
The Chantilly-Tiffany is often confused with the unrelated Tiffanie, or Asian/Burmilla longhair, a semi-longhaired breed originating in the UK. Similarly, a variety of that breed, the Australian Tiffanie, can cause confusion. Furthermore, the Tiffany in the NZCF (New Zealand) is sometimes confused with the Chantilly-Tiffany, but refers to a Burmese longhair.