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Devon REX
Devon Rex are medium sized shorthair
cats. The hard, medium long and muscular body is carried on long and slender
legs with small oval paws. The have a broad breast and the front legs set on
the body so as to give a slightly bandy look.
The head of the Devon Rex shows a short wedge and the forehead curving back
to a flat skull. The forehead is rounded, the cheek bones are prominent and form
full cheeks.
The nose is very short and give with the rounded forehead the impression
of a stop.
The muzzle is short, shows a whisker-break and the chin is strong.
The ears are very large and very broad at their base. They taper to
rounded tips, are well covered with fine hair and set very low on the head.
The eyes are large, oval in shape, set well apart and sloping towards the
outer edges of the ears. They can have any colour,
there is no relation between coat colour and eye colour.
The neck is long and slender.
The coat is very short and fine, when touching the coat it is
extremely soft and it is a delight to feel it. The coat is wavy and/or curly
with or without guard hairs.
The coat can have any colour, any pattern, the colours may appear
with white or without white, there are also existing Colourpoints which are
called Si-Rex.
The tail is long, fine and tapering and is well covered with short hair.
The eye brows and the whiskers are very stiff and are crinkled. It is
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Devon Rex come in all colours and patterns, which one can
imagine, with white and without white, with silver or in golden, with tabby
pattern and in Colourpoint.
- black, blue
- chocolate, lilac
- red, cream
- cinnamon, fawn
- tortie, bluecream
- chocolate tortie, lilac tortie
- All those colours can also have all tabby patterns, for example black
spotted, red mackerel, bluecream blotched, and so on.
- All those colours can appear with silver or with golden, for example
blue smoke, black golden shaded, blue golden mackerel, red silver
blotched, chocolate tortie silver spotted, cream silver mackerel, and so
on.
- And all those colours can also be with white (bicolour, Van, etc.),
for example black and white bicolour, red and white Van, tortie mackerel
bicolour, cream smoke with white, black silver blotched bicolour, and so
on.
- And - last but not least - all those colours can also appear as
Colourpoints, with white or without white, as silver or golden pointed,
tabbypointed, and so on.
There exist hundreds of colour and pattern combinations, and all those
varieties can be admired on shows.
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History
The first Devon Rex were born in a litter of ordinary
house cats in Devonshire (England) in 1960. The mutation of the coat was
already known from rabbits. These two facts were the base for the new breed
name.
Various other breeds had been crossed into the Devon Rex, and the curled
coat had been always inherited to the offspring's. Thus many different
colours and patterns were created, but - most important - that also made
this breed so robust.
Temperament
Devon Rex are a healthy and robust breed. They are alert and extremely
intelligent. The are quite skilled in running and jumping. They are known
for their appearance and often called 'gremlins'. They have an extremely sweet character, are very affectionate, and
are curious about everything of their surroundings.
Grooming
Devon Rex need very little grooming, because their coat does not shed.
They may feel warmer and love a cosy and warm environment. One really likes
to touch them, it is extremely pleasant to run your hand over the soft and
curled coat. |
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