No, He is NOT a Persian. Just has a more feral design. Being honest, not too fond of Meowth's default design, so I decided to make this new character more cat-like than his game accurate counterparts.

Some info about this new Character...

Name: Sapphiras
Sex: Male
Species: Alolan Meowth
Height: 1 ft 8 in / 32.9 cm
Other info:
- Pansexual / Demiromantic
- Partner pokemon to a grunt in a small gang of thugs in the alola region, comprised of some team skull wannabes who made their own group after the original team disspanded
- Likes to collect shiny objects, mostly coins, gemstones, even pokeballs that trainers misplace
- Has a big love of sweets, due the special occasion of his trainer buying him a pokepuff when she gets payed
- Goes along with the tough-guy-gangster act, but is actually a friendly little feline who loves to wear the outfits his trainer gets for him, and purrs constantly, even curling his tail around the arms/legs those he grows to trust
- Has an everstone earring on his left ear at ALL TIMES, and will outright refuse to remove it, as he's seen what happens when his kind evolve