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Tonkinese
Medium · Short coat
- Outgoing
- Confident
- Intelligent
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Size and coat
- Size
- TonkineseMedium
- Typical adult weight
- Tonkinese2.5–5.5 kg
- Coat
- TonkineseShort coat
- Typical lifespan
- Tonkinesefrom 15 years
Activity and care
- Activity
- TonkineseVery active and usually keen to play
- Grooming
- TonkineseMinimal: an occasional brush
- Shedding
- TonkineseTends to shed little
- Vocal
- TonkineseTalks sometimes
Home life
- Indoors and outdoors
- TonkineseBenefits from some safe outdoor space
- Time alone
- TonkinesePrefers company and is best not left alone for long
- Owner experience
- TonkineseBest with an experienced cat owner
Living with others
- Children
- TonkineseUsually better with older, calmer children
- Other cats
- TonkineseUsually enjoys the company of other cats
- Living with dogs
- TonkineseOften gets on with a cat-friendly dog
These are typical breed tendencies from reviewed sources, never a promise about an individual cat. Read each guide for the detail and ask the breeder or rescue about the cat you are considering.