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Silverwing, a tabby, rumpy Manx male champion show cat (UK, 1902) Tailless cats, then called stubbin (apparently both singular and plural) in colloquial Manx language, [1] [2] were known by the early 19th century as cats from the Isle of Man, [3] hence the name, where they remain a substantial but declining percentage of the local cat population.
In 1958 some tail-less birds, supposedly of Iranian origin, were crossed with other breeds to produce an approximation of the British type, and the name "Manx Rumpy" applied to them, [6] perhaps by analogy with the tail-less Manx cat. [5]: 130 The Livestock Conservancy recommends that they be called "Persian Rumpless". [6]
The Manx cat (/ ˈ m æ ŋ k s /, in earlier times often spelled Manks) is a breed of domestic cat (Felis catus) originating on the Isle of Man, with a mutation that shortens the tail. Many Manx have a small stub of a tail, but Manx cats are best known as being entirely tailless; this is the most distinguishing characteristic of the breed ...
Formed in 1904, the club is one of the most successful on the Isle of Man. They have been champions of the Isle of Man League eight times, including three consecutive seasons from 1922–23 to 1924-25 and won the Manx F.A. Cup seven times. [13] [14]
A cat–rabbit hybrid creature was first incorrectly documented in 1845 by Joseph Train of Castle Douglas, Galloway, Scotland, in his An Historical and Statistical Account of the Isle of Man, where he opined that the local Manx cat, a breed typified by a short, tufty tail like a rabbit, was such a hybrid: "My observations on the structure and ...
The historic parishes (Manx: skeerey (singular), skeeraghyn (plural)) currently included in each sheading of the Isle of Man are: Ayre Andreas (Andreas / Skeerey Andreas) Bride (Breeshey / Skeerey Vreeshey) Lezayre (Creest ny h-Ayrey / Skeerey Chreest ny h-Ayrey) Garff
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Also, simply covering it in their Manx breed standards, the US-based Cat Fanciers' Association (CFA), [10] the Co-ordinating Cat Council of Australia (CCCA), [11] and the UK's Governing Council of the Cat Fancy (GCCF) [12] recognize the variety as the long-haired Manx rather than a Cymric (the CFA [10] and CCCA [11] call it the Manx Longhair ...