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Cornish Rex Cat Best Information, Pictures and Cat CareCornish Rex Cat Best Information, Pictures and Cat Care
Cornish Rex Cat The Cornish Rex cat has the softest and finest textured coat of any cat breed. The Cornish Rex cat breed was developed from a genetic mutation that originated in a litter born on July 21, 1950, on a farm in Cornwall, England. One of the kittens, a cream-colored male called Kallibunker, had an unusually soft, fine and curly down coat. Kallibunker was used in a breeding program and genetic testing showed that the coat was the result of the recessive rexoid gene. They called their new breed the Cornish Rex cat. In 1957, two of Kallibunker’s descendants, a pregnant blue female, and a red tabby male, were exported to the US. Two blue-and-white kittens from this litter founded the Cornish Rex breed in the US. Meanwhile back in England, another mutation occurred in nearby Devonshire resulting in the Devon Rex. While the Devon Rex’s coat looked somewhat similar to the Cornish’s,
