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Don Sphynx

Alternative names
Don Hairless
Country of origin
Russia
Breed standard
TICA	: standard

Don Sphynx (also known as Don Hairless) is a hairless cat breed of Russian origin. Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending The International Cat Association, more commonly known as TICA is the world's largest genetic Cat registry. A cat breed is an infrasubspecific rank for the classification of domestic cats A cat is considered to be of a certain cat Breed if it is true breeding Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending This breed started in 1987 with the discovery of a hairless cat in the Russian city of Rostov-on-Don by cat breeder Elena Kovaleva . It is not related to the better known hairless breed of cat- the Sphynx and its characteristic hairlessness is caused by a dominant gene. The Sphynx (also known as Canadian Hairless) is a rare breed of Cat known for its lack of a coat. History See also History of genetics The existence of genes was first suggested by Gregor Mendel (1822-1884 who in the 1860s studied inheritance

The Don Sphynx was first officially recognised by WCF in 1997, TICA in 2005 as the Donskoy. The standard of points describes the cat as being medium sized and muscular, with large ears, almond shaped eyes and distinctive long, webbed toes. They require frequent grooming, in spite of their lack of coat. Over bathing can cause the skin to become very oily.

The Peterbald breed was originally created by crossing Don sphynx with Siamese and Oriental cats to create a hairless cat of Oriental type. The Peterbald is a Cat breed of Russian origin Matings between Don sphynx and Peterbald are no longer permitted.

External links

Don sphynx (Russian)
[http://www.don-sphynx.eu (Sweden)