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Selkirk
Rex Cat
The Selkirk Rex Cat is a cat breed that has
highly curled hair.
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Selkirk
Rex Cat
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Unlike the Devon Rex and
Cornish
Rex, the hair is of normal length and not partly missing, and there are
longhair and shorthair varieties.
Also unlike the other Rexes, the Selkirk gene is
dominant.
The Selkirk Rex cat originated in America in
1987, with a cat named Miss DePesto, who was bred to a Persian, producing
three Selkirk Rex cats and three straight-haired cats.
The Selkirk Rex cat is a large and
solidly built breed and similar to a British Shorthair but with a
characteristic curled coat.
The coat has a woolly look and feel.
American Shorthairs, Persians, Exotics and
British Shorthairs have been used as out crosses to develop the Selkirk Rex breed.
The
American Shorthair has now been discontinued as a breeding partner.
In
Australia Persians, Exotics and British are accepted out crosses until 2015.
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