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Cornish rex kittens sitting in window. Cornish rex cats are certainly not a breed you will easily mix up. With their bat-like ears and distinctive curly coats, they are a breed that stands out ...
The Cornish Rex is a genetic mutation that originated from a litter of kittens born in the 1950s on a farm in Cornwall, UK. [7] One of the kittens, a cream-colored male named Kallibunker, had an extremely unusual, fine and curly coat; he was the first Cornish Rex.
Pages in category "Rex cat breeds" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. ... Bohemian Rex; C. Cornish Rex; D. Devon Rex; G. German Rex; L ...
The British/European style of cat is sufficiently different from the breed in North America that the latter is also referred to as "American Cornish Rex" to differentiate it and to accommodate the different breed standards. 1950: Italian Rex. Three rex-coated kittens were born to a straight-haired female, but these were not pursued as a breed.
There are officially only four curly-haired cat breeds according to the Cat Fanciers’ Association: the Selkirk rex, Cornish rex, Devon rex, and LaPerm – the rex mutation gives rise to a ...
There are various genes producing curly-coated or "rex" cats. New types of rex arise spontaneously in random-bred cats now and then. Some of the rex genes that breeders have selected for are: Devon Rex. Mutation in KRT71, the same gene causing hairlessness in Sphynx cats. re is an allele completely recessive to the wildtype and completely ...
Godiva Kiss, a Birman beauty queen, is raising three kittens who may follow in her royal footsteps. Tofu, a Cornish Rex kitten, and his siblings befriend Donna the Iguana. Cutie, a tortoiseshell cat is raising a twin brother and sister pair who are nothing alike.
Beryl Cox came across a novel curly-coated kitten in Buckfastleigh, Devon in 1960 whom she decided to name Kirlee. Originally, Cox believed the cat's gene to be related to the Cornish Rex which led to her breeding Kirlee with Cornish Rexes. However, when the queen gave birth the kittens all had straight coats, which led to the discovery that ...