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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.
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 ...
The Snowshoe is a rare breed of domestic cat originating in the United States of America in the 1960s. The Snowshoe is a short-haired bicolour colourpoint breed. Snowshoes were first produced when a Siamese breeder's cat gave birth to three kittens with white feet.
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 dominant genetic mutation, [4] which causes the wirehair, was found to be different from the Rex mutation of other curly-coated breeds—such as the Cornish Rex or Devon Rex. [5] The owner of the cats called a local breeder of Rex cats, Mrs. Joan O'Shea, to look at the kitten.
To achieve his desired breed he bred the Munchkin with the Sphynx to try and restrict hair to the points. He later added in Devon Rex and Burmese stock into the breed. The first cat that met the desired standard was born in July 2000. By early 2005, roughly 50 cats met the criteria. [1]
Nedjem or Nojem (Egyptian: nḏm "Sweet One" or "Sweetie"), 15th century BC. The cat of Puimre, second priest of Amun during the reign of Queen Hatshepsut.Depicted on a damaged relief from Puimre's tomb, Nedjem is the earliest known cat to bear an individual name.
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