Cat Breed With Ears Folded Back
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Cat breed with ears folded back. The Scottish Fold is a breed of domestic cat with a natural dominant-gene mutation that affects cartilage throughout the body causing the ears to fold bending forward and down towards the front of the head which gives the cat what is often described as an owl-like appearance. They are very different cats but they do share this characteristic. Susies fold ears are the result of a natural genetic mutation that causes the.
Different cat registries have named the folded ear cat differently. These cats with folded ears are bred to cats that do not display the folded ear trait to ensure none of the litter receive two copies of the gene. This unusual breed of cat is easily recognized by the distinct curling back of its ears to as far as a 90 degree angle.
When looking at the ancestry of the cats back to the first domestic cat breed the Egyptian Maus they had large upright ears with pointed tips. Unlike in the folding ears the mutation in these cats causes the ears to curl backward. The Scottish Fold cat breed is known for the natural mutation that causes their ears to fold.
Some of these alterations will affect solely the size of the ears. Like other breeds in this article kittens are not born with the curled ears but are born with straight ears that curl over the course of about two weeks as they grow. The Chinese also contributed the second example of a folded ear cat to the cat fancy history when one was noted in 1938.
It takes a kittens ears seven days to begin to curl. Back in the 18th century one of the English magazines wrote about the amazing domestic fold cats living in China. This means that small folded and rounded ears are the result of genetic mutations that have occurred over time.
The most popular cat breed with folding ears is the Scottish Fold. However their ears do not fold the same. Cats with drooping ears or folded ears are ancient.