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The Devon Rex is a very short haired breed with a medium build and a unique head type which gives the breed a 'pixie-like' appearance. The head is short with a broad wedge and the brow curving to a flat skull. The eyes are large, set wide, and oval-shaped. Devon Rexes may have any eye colour. The ears are large and set wide apart with rounded tips.
The owner of the cats called a local breeder of Rex cats, Mrs. Joan O'Shea, to look at the kitten. She bought the kitten for $50, along with one of his normal-coated female littermates, to start a breeding program. The wirehaired male was named Council Rock Farms Adams of Hi-Fi ('Adam' for short), [6] and the female Tip-Top. [citation needed]
However, the first Devon rex was born in the county of Devon, in the southwest of the UK, in the late 1950s. It was the son of a stray, a novel-looking, black, curly-haired kitten, which was named ...
The mutation has occurred in domestic cats over the last 20 years. DNA testing has been done by UC Davis to confirm that the cats do not carry the Sphynx/Devon Rex gene. The breed was developed by Brittney Gobble in Vonore, Tennessee. [2] [better source needed]
Sphynx-Devon Rex: Male United States [12] [13] [14] Same owner as Creme Puff. Age reported as 26 in 1996 newspaper article, then as 33 at death in 1998. Owner later claimed to have "miscalculated" age [15] Sarah March 1982 September 2015 33 years, 6 months Female New Zealand [16] [17] Patata 1989 26 January 2023 33 years Tabby: Female Italy [18 ...
In 1983, she sent two of them to Dr. Hugo Hernandez in the Netherlands to breed the two kittens, named Punkie and Paloma, to a white Devon Rex named Curare van Jetrophin. [8] The resulting litter produced five kittens: two males from this litter (Q. Ramses and Q. Ra) were used, along with Punkie's half-sister, Paloma. [6]
The Highlander cat is a deliberate cross between the Desert Lynx and the Jungle Curl breeds. The following is a list of experimental cat breeds and crossbreeds [1] that do not have the recognition of any major national or international cat registries, such as The International Cat Association (TICA) in the US, Europe, and Australasia; the Governing Council of the Cat Fancy (GCCF) in the UK ...
Devon Rex (female kitten) I just found one of the first photos of Urd (my Devon Rex). Of course I can't be very NPOV about her, so I uploaded it, but I leave to others to judge and, in case, put it in the article. I can search thru my photo archive or even take specific photo of her, if needed (she's 7 years old now).