The rarest cat breeds with pictures

Then, a little research on the rarest cat breeds I have been finding on the web I hope you enjoy.

The American Curl (Curl or American) are the newest breed of cat known. In 1981 was found two offspring of a black cat lost to Southern California had their ears bent backwards. Since then, intensive selective breeding perpetuated this spontaneous mutation, until they were finally recognized as a breed in 1991. These cats are born with straight ears, at six weeks start to unwind, and reach its final position after four to six months. At first glance seem to be reversed.

- The Manx cats can pass as a common if not skip a detail from view: they have no tail, due to a genetic mutation. Instead, have a stump at the end of the spine, which in most animals is pinned. Because of this lack of tail (which cats often use to communicate), this breed is characterized as one of the most expressive, playful and affectionate. Although this race (which may take different forms in size and fur) is widespread throughout the world, is believed to come from the Isle of Man. It became very fashionable in England and America in the early twentieth century.

- The Japanese Bobtail cats are strong, of medium size, very similar to the Manx, although with more sophisticated features typical of oriental cats. They have a single tail of about ten centimeters long, and coiled like a corkscrew, which modifies the hair smooth and gives pompom appearance. They were considered good luck in Japan, and many families had one. However, Asian fans despised him until 1963, when visiting American experts admired local domestic cats. The Japanese Bobtail sometimes have a different color from the photography.  Many are colored white and black spots, brown or gray.

- The American Bobtail have a robust body with a tail of 2.5 to 10 centimeters long, which may end in a small, tight curve. There is an even rarer variant, called the American Bobtail chocolate tips, which emerged in the sixties as an experiment; cross between Siamese and tabby seal ends with a short tail.

-The Scottish Fold cats are very bizarre yet beautiful. They are from Scotland, and prohibited the pairing of members of the same race, due to genetic incompatibility, which creates defects in the offspring. It's a little cat, but popular due to their characteristic ears, which appeared as a spontaneous mutation in a kitten from a Scottish farm in 1961. His descendants were recorded and then exposed in England. 

- The American hard hair can fool from afar, but up close it leaves no doubt: his hair is curly, crooked or bent, and in areas of greater length form loops rather than waves. They are rigid and harsh, and the cat have to get used to his touch (normal is very small jump backwards when you touch). The breed comes from a spontaneous mutation in a farm in New York in 1966. A program began and established a true breeding line.It was finally recognized in 1978.

- The Cornish Rex is the result of a mutation on a farm in Cornwall (England) in 1950, which affects the development of hair.  This is low, soft, thin and short.  It adopted the name used for a similar mutation in rabbits.

- The Devon Rex, whose nicknames are "ghost cat" "cat alien" and "ET" were recognized as a breed in 1979, and unlike the Cornish Rex, the fur of these are limited to a simple undercoat hair. The whiskers are often short or even absent. The parent of the current members found was a cat living in an abandoned mine in Devon, in 1960. Both Rex breeds have a similar personality. They are curious and very attached to their owners, therefore they are often associated with dogs, to the extent that shake the tail when happy.

- The Sphinx have a limited fur fuzz that covers only exclusive body parts, like ears. The skin is pigmented blue and pink. Resist bad cold weather, and no whiskers; also unique in that it can wrap the tail probably makes it more strange breed of cat that is. The mutation dating from 1966 and are recognized in very few countries, including Canada (where it originated), USA, Holland and France.