Key facts
- Other names
- Rex, Corny/Cornies
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Cfa
- standard
- Fife
- standard
- Tica
- standard
- Acf
- standard
- Acfa caa
- standard
- Cca afc
- standard
- Gccf
- standard
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- cat breed
- Subclass of
- Cat
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Country of origin
- Cornwall
- Image
- Cornish Rex - Gatos (cropped).jpg
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- Commons category
- Cornish Rex
Sources (1)
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
The Cornish Rex is a breed of domestic cat. The Cornish Rex only has down hair. Most breeds of cat have three different types of hair in their coats: the outer fur or "guard hairs", a middle layer called the "awn hair"; and the down hair or undercoat, which is very fine and about 1 cm long. Cornish Rexes only have the undercoat. The curl in their fur is caused by a different mutation and gene than that of the Devon Rex. The breed originated in Cornwall, Great Britain.
Characteristics
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cornish Rex” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.