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In 1970 the first Scottish Fold kittens were introduced to America via a Dr. Neil Todd of Massachusetts who was researching the mutation. Further cats were brought over and the Scottish Fold breeding program continued with American Shorthairs and British Shorthairs being introduced. [5]
The Foldex cat, also known as the Exotic Fold, [1] [unreliable source] is a breed of cat developed in the Canadian province of Quebec. The breed is recognized by one cat registry, the Canadian Cat Association. [2] The foundation stock of the breed is the Scottish Fold and the Exotic Shorthair. Foldexes are medium-sized cats with a rounded face ...
In 1971, the first Exotic Shorthair achieved the status of Grand Champion. [citation needed] In 1986, the Fédération Internationale Féline recognized the Exotic Shorthair. [13] In 1991, an Exotic was the Cat Fanciers' Association's Cat of the Year. [14] In 1992, the Cat Fanciers' Association's Best Kitten was an Exotic. [15]
The Munchkin is the first created dwarf cat breed, which was used as a foundation stock for other “spin-off” breeds, such as the Minskin, Minuet or Napoleon, [1] Bambino, [1] Lambkin Dwarf, [1] Kinkalow, [1] Skookum, [1] Genetta, and Scottish Kilt. The homozygous form (MkMk) may be lethal as litter sizes are smaller than average.
New breeds have also been developed more recently in Scotland, such as the Scottish Fold cat, which dates from 1961. [2] The North Ronaldsay Sheep is a most unusual breed, subsisting largely on a diet of seaweed. [3]
One of the fun facts about British shorthair cats is that they were used to breed American shorthair cats. The first record of breeding was in 1904. The first record of breeding was in 1904. 11.
They were accepted as a breed by the Governing Council of the Cat Fancy in the UK in 1967, and into the Cat Fanciers’ Association in the US in 1979. 22. Busy bodies
Hybrid of the domestic cat x serval (Leptailurus serval) [23] Large: Short: Spotted: Scottish Fold: United Kingdom (Scotland) [11] Mutation of the bones and cartilage of the ears: Cobby: Short/long: All: Selkirk Rex: United States in 1988 [11] Mutation/crossbreed between the American Shorthair, Persian, Himalayan, Exotic Shorthair and British ...