The minskin is the result of crossing a munchkin and a sphynx with other breeds like devon rex included this cross results in a tiny hairless cat with very short legs and unusually large ears.
Muscular hairless cat breeds.
But their bellies are almost always hairless.
The cat got its extremely short legs from the munchkin and its hairlessness from the sphynx.
Most hairless cat breeds have a small amount of fuzz on their bodies.
The donskoy was officially recognized for the first time by world cat federation wcf in 1997 and by the international cat association tica in 2005.
The dwelf cat is a bizarre unique looking creature.
Bambino is a fairly new breed of cat developed from a cross between a sphynx and the munchkin.
It is sometimes called the canadian hairless cat.
It was discovered in the russian city of rostov on don by cat breeder elena kovaleva in 1987.
The sphynx is the most well known of the hairless cat breeds but others have been developed by cross breeding the sphynx to other breeds or from cats found in feral or stray populations.
Bambino has a muscular body covered with heavily wrinkled skin.
Below are the 7 most common hairless cat breeds.
They re also notably intelligent making them easy to train.
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The donskoy cat is a muscular breed that ranges from completely hairless to some having hair with bald spots according to petful.
It was created when a canadian domestic cat gave birth to a hairless kitten in 1966.
These cats often have sparse fine fur on their bodies especially at the points the nose ears legs and tail.
As a cross combination triad of the sphynx munchkin and american curl breeds the dwelf is famous for its odd appearance.
The donskoy cat is a hairless breed of cat that has a russian origin.
The minskin is a short legged hairless cat that arose from a cross between a munchin and a sphynx with the devon rex and burmese cat breeds later worked in.
The ultimate list of hairless cat breeds sphynx elf peterbald donskoy urkainian levkoy bambino cats we usually think of them as loveable soft fluffy bundles that overwhelm us with their cuddliness and their cuteness.
Throughout the decades hairless cats have appeared as a spontaneous mutation.
The sphynx is the most common and famous breed of hairless cat.
With large ears blue eyes and a sleek slim build the siamese has a short coat that s easy to maintain and comes in four colors.
Even so these other hairless breeds still possess their own distinctions that make them unique.
Like sphynx these cats come in all colours shades and patterns.