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The Khao Manee cat (Thai: ขาวมณี, RTGS: Khao Mani, lit. "white jewel"), or Khao Plort (Thai: ขาวปลอด, lit. "complete white"), also known as the Diamond Eye cat, [1] is a rare, natural breed of domestic cat originating in Thailand, which has an ancient ancestry tracing back hundreds of years.
The Lykoi (commonly called wolf cat or werewolf cat) is a breed of cat derived from a natural mutation causing a form of hypotrichia (e.g. congenital alopecia) [1] found in domestic short-haired cats. The mutation has occurred in domestic cats over the last 20 years.
The white spotting factor is the variable expression of the piebald gene that varies from the minimal degree (1), as in the blue-eyed cats with white tip on the tail to the maximal degree (8–9) that results in a Van-patterned cat, when coloured marks occupy at most 20% of the white background, but the white background in the breed covers ...
Here are ten rare types of cats along with the facts behind what makes them unique and the factors that made them such exotic and rare cat breeds in the first place. 1. Bombay: The Parlor Panther
His avatar is a character called Stampy Cat, an orange and white cat (depicted by a commercially available Minecraft skin based on the character Fidget from the video game Dust: An Elysian Tail). Garrett describes the character as "a bigger, brighter, better version" of himself. [ 7 ]
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 ...
The American Wirehair is a breed of domestic cat originating in upstate New York, which is characterized by its wiry fur and crinkly whiskers caused by a genetic mutation. As of 2017, though the breed is well-known, it is ranked as the rarest of the 41 Cat Fanciers' Association breeds. [1]
A rare predominantly black cat with odd eyes. The odd-eyed colouring is caused when either the epistatic (recessive) white gene or dominant white (which masks any other colour genes and turns a cat completely solid white) [3] or the white spotting gene (which is the gene responsible for bicolour coats) [4] prevents melanin granules from reaching one eye during development, resulting in a cat ...