The Sphynx is a rare... (20 pics)

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Hairless cats have been described in many regions of the world, but the first successful breed was the Sphynx. The earliest Sphynx was born in 1966, and the cat was named Prune. However, Prune’s line died out without descendants. In 1967, hairless kittens, and their longhaired mother cat were rescued in Toronto. The kittens were neutered; the mother, however, had other kittens. Two were exported to Europe, where one of the kittens was bred to a Devon Rex. The cat had hairless offsprings which implied that this recessive gene was at the same locus as the Devon gene. One, named E.T., was presented by Vicki and Peter Markstein at the Madison square garden cat show in the 1980s. Although there are written accounts from the 1830's of a Paraguayan "scant-haired cat", the first properly recorded hairless "breed" was the now extinct Mexican Hairless (also called the New Mexican Hairless). In 1902, a couple from New Mexico received two hairless cats from local Pueblo Indians. It was claimed that these were the last survivors of an ancient Aztec breed of cat. The Mexican Hairless cats were litter-mates and noted to be 25% smaller than local shorthair cats.



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№1 Author: Yoni (2 Apr 2009 01:23) Total user comments: 120


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Some of these kitties are kinda scary looking. I'm not sure I'd want to wake up in the morning and have one of these suckers eyeballing me.
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№2 Author: nasa82 (5 Apr 2009 23:33) Total user comments: 21


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what an ugly thing!
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№3 Author: nolife (27 Dec 2009 22:24) Total user comments: 1907


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№5 Author: Spiro (4 Jul 2010 13:24) Total user comments: 717


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they look like aliens!
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№6 Author: plaidpancake (10 Aug 2011 03:39) Total user comments: 2475


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they look mean
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