Meri Allen
He Kupu Whakataki: Ko te Ocicat hei momo Feline ahurei
Ko te Ocicat he momo poaka whakamihiihi e mohiotia ana mo tona ahua motuhake me tona ahua ora. He taapiri hou tenei momo ki te ao ngeru, i ahu mai i Amerika i nga tau 1960. Ko te Ocicat he momo ranu i hangaia ma te whakawhiti i nga ngeru Siamese, Abyssinian, me American Shorthair. He tauira koti purepure te ahua o te momo o te Ocelot mohoao, no reira te ingoa ko “Ocicat”.
Ko te Ocicat he momo tino mohio me te kaha e noho hoa pai ana mo te hunga e rapu ana i te mokai tauwhitiwhiti me te takaro. E mohiotia ana enei ngeru mo o raatau ahuatanga puta noa me te aroha ki te noho ki te taha o te tangata. He tino whakangungu hoki ratou, a ka taea e ratou te ako i nga momo mahi tinihanga, na te mea he pai te whiriwhiri ma te hunga e hiahia ana ki te whakangungu i a raatau ngeru. I roto i te katoa, ko te Ocicat he momo whakamihiihi me te ahurei ka mau i nga ngakau o te hunga katoa e tutaki ana ki a ratou.
Te takenga me te hitori o te Ocicat: He tirohanga poto
I hangaia te momo Ocicat i te United States i te tekau tau atu i 1960 e tetahi tangata whakatipuranga ko Virginia Daly te ingoa. I hiahia a Daly ki te hanga momo ngeru he ahua mohoao o te Ocelot engari me te ahua o te ngeru whare. Hei whakatutuki i tenei, i whakawhiti ia i nga ngeru Siamese, Abyssinian, me American Shorthair i roto i te kaupapa whakawhanaunga kua tohua.
I whanau te Ocicat tuatahi i te tau 1964, a, i whakamanahia te momo e te Cat Fanciers 'Association (CFA) i te tau 1987. Mai i tera wa, kua rongonui te Ocicat na tona ahua ahurei me tona ahua hoa. I tenei ra, e mohiotia ana te Ocicat e nga rehita ngeru nui katoa, a he maha nga kaiwhakaahua me nga whakahaere whakatamarikitanga e tohunga ana ki tenei momo poaka whakaihiihi.