Siamese : slim and lithe, the cat equivalent of what would be called a swimmer’s build in a human. The cobby body is heavier, shorter in the...
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“Spontaneous mutation” breeds
mating that cat with a cat with the same odd trait, an entirely new breed results, all the offspring of which have the same odd trait. Th...
“Man-made” breeds
kittens are the new breed, Z. A “man-made” breed results from this deliberate hybridizing. Once the new breed is established, of course, ...
“Natural” breeds
Turkish Angoras and Russian Blues . They are natural because the breeds’ distinctive traits (color, body shape and the like) occurred wit...
The back-crossing phenomenon
kitten is born with a physical trait that a cat breeder likes and then tries to reproduce in kittens. This is done by crossing the kitten w...
Don’t say “mongrel”
Many dog owners are perfectly content with their “mutt” or “mongrel” dogs, and that is certainly true for cat owners as well. It is safe to ...
Melanism, the original mutation
Felis catus , the most common mutation is melanism, or blackness. You might say that a solid black cat is nature’s first variation on the t...
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