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Himalayans and Persians are the number 1 most popular breed in the USA and worldwide, for a good reason! They are very sweet, gentle cats, with beautiful, thick, plush fur and big round eyes. They have small, wide set ears, and a button nose with a flat face. Himalayans have quirky personalities and are notoriously friendly. They are not the most active breed and usually prefer to stay on the couch snoozing, however they do get the zooms from time to time! There are two types of himalayans, doll faced and standard/ extreme faced. Doll faced Himalayans have less smooshed of a nose. Standard/ Extreme faced himalayans are bred to the breed standard, which calls for a cat with a very large head, prominent round and even eyes, a short snub nose, and a thick, broad type of body shape. Both doll faced and extreme faced are the same breed, with more or less extreme features. 

the Himalayan originally was produced by crossing a Persian cat with a Siamese to create a Persian with pointed colors. Now, the siamese has been bred out far enough in the Himalayan to have its own breed standard. a Himalayan is just a Persian cat but with a different color, being that it's pointed. The Himalayan was created by several different breeders working towards a breed standard, and was recognized by the CFA as its own breed in 1957. Eventually, the CFA and other cat associations made the Himalayan a division of the Persian cat breed, considering them all one breed but different color.