Pixiebob

Pixiebob (alternative spelling: Pixie- Bob ) is the name of a house cat breed. Reports that Pixie- Bobs are back to hybrids of bobcats and domestic cats are considered to be refuted.

In 1985, the American cat breeder Carol Ann Brewer purchased a polydactyl cat with getupftem fur and recently lynx -like, ie, shortened tail. The cat was supposed to be born of a random pairing of a house cat with a Bobcat. Nearly a year later, in January 1986, Carol Ann Brewer took on another cat, who allegedly fell on such a pairing. This cat made ​​in April of the same year for junior with a lynx -like cat also from the neighborhood. Carol Ann kept from the litter female kitten, which she called Pixie (Fairy) because of their " supernatural " phenomenon. Go to this cat all "real" Pixiebobs back.

In 1994, the breed by TICA for exhibitions has been approved. 1995 succeeded by an association of various breeders to choose the Pixiebob through a petition for the next year in the exhibition " New Color Breed " class. The full championship status of Pixiebob but was awarded only in the year 1998.

At this time, the legend about the origin of the breed, however, was already refuted. In genetic testing, the DNA of the Pixiebob was compared with that of the Rotluches in the years 1995 and 1996, with no relationship between these animals showed. Comparisons with the DNA of jungle cat and leopard cat and leopard cat were negative. Thus the Pixiebob is genetically pure domestic cat and has no traces of DNA on Wildcats.

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6 -year-old Pixiebob Hangover

Pixiebob - Kitten