品种鉴别
美国截尾猫 - American

起源:源于美国,已有三十年的历史,在过去五年开始流行和普遍。

外表:属中至大的品种,自然演变的截尾猫,敏捷、健硕,外表充满力量。尾巴竖起时应高于背部,长度不应超过脚肘关节。理想的尾巴接近笔直但微曲。头部呈楔形,独特的眉毛置于杏形的大眼睛上,给予自然狩猎的眼神。披毛可以是中等长度或半浓密的短毛,具回弹力及防水。当活动时,那自然滚动的步伐令他活像一头截尾的野猫。属迟熟悉的品种,一般要二至三年才达完全成熟。没有两只截尾巴是相同的,平均长度是一至四寸不等。

 

性格:可爱,友善及极度聪颖。性格如猫般,对饲主忠诚。能适应繁忙或宁静的环境。与家庭有紧密的联系,亦能与大部份的狗融洽相处,及接受新朋友。好玩耍,亦喜爱出外。他们喜欢闪亮的物件,而且会把物件收藏起来。
 

 
体态特征
中到大型。体重3到9公斤。半矮胖到矮胖型身体,有力,重量感,肌肉发达。短尾。中长的双重被毛。   
 
毛色特征: 任何颜色都可接受。   
 
头:宽而带圆弧线条。微弯眉棱。脸颊丰满发达。吻的宽度和长度几乎相等。稍有中断的鼻。鼻宽且直,在眉棱和鼻之间稍有凹陷。下巴有力坚固而发达。爪有力。棕色斑纹着色带白色美国短尾。   
 
耳:中等大小,基部宽,顶部圆,带猞猁尖为上佳。两耳距离大,灵敏。耳内覆盖有丰富的长毛。   
 
眼:大,宽,椭圆杏仁形,眼梢上斜向耳的方向。眼色和被毛色和谐为佳。   
 
颈:长度中等,肌肉发达。   
 
身体:中等大小,紧凑。胸宽,背稍隆起。骨多。肌肉发达有力。   
 
腿和爪:中等大小。后腿较前腿稍长。骨骼结构强壮。宽而圆的爪。趾间有绒毛。   
 
尾:短(2.5到20厘米)而灵活;可以打结或弯曲。覆盖有长而厚的粗糙被毛。   
 
被毛;双重被毛,厚而密,长度中等,非常硬且粗糙。底层绒毛丰富。领圈和尾部毛更长。任何颜色都可接受。   
 
注解:可接受的杂交品种:所有品种。   
 
不良性征:吻部太短。鼻子中断太明显。尾太长或太短。骨骼结构太过细致。被毛太光滑。   
 
不合格性征:一般长度尾或无尾

About the American Bobtail

American Bobtails are loving and incredibly intelligent cats possessing a distinctive wild appearance. They are extremely interactive cats that bond with their human family with great devotion. They can both entertain through their antics at one moment and provide their owners a warm, soft shoulder to cry on in times of distress. American Bobtails are known for their love of games and can play fetch or hide and seek for hours on end. They will often initiate games with their owners, and they demonstrate their hunting instincts in the home by catching in mid-air flying insects that make the fatal mistake of entering their territory. They also love to stalk their toys and carry them in their mouths, as if they were a freshly caught rodent. Basically a quiet cat, the American Bobtail is known to trill, chirp, and click when delighted. They are easily leash trained and love to go for walks with their people. An easy going breed, they get along well with most dogs and welcome newcomers, whether they are two-legged or four-legged.

The American Bobtail was developed by natural selection to survive feral environments. They are medium to large cats with substantial rectangular bodies. The tail is short, expressive, and flexible and may be straight, slightly curved, slightly kinked, or have bumps along its length. No one length is preferred, and no two tails are the same. The natural bobtail is clearly visible above the back when the cat is alert, and it should not extend beyond the hind hock. The combination of this distinctive tail with other physical characteristics results in a cat with a marked resemblance to the bobtailed wildcat. The head is a broad modified wedge with an observable whisker break above a well defined, broad, medium-length muzzle. Whisker pads are fleshy, and the chin is strong. The eye shape combined with the brow gives the breed its natural hunting gaze and expression of intelligence and alertness. The American Bobtail is a moderately long and substantial cat with a rectangular stance; the chest is full and broad with slightly higher hips and prominent shoulder blades. With legs of substantial boning, they possess a muscular and athletic appearance and are a deceptively heavy cat.

 

This is a slow maturing breed, taking two to three years to reach its adult size. Females are generally proportionately smaller than males. The American Bobtail comes in all colors and patterns, with preference given to colors and patterns that enhance the natural wild appearance of the breed. They come in two coat lengths: a dense shorthair coat and a medium longhair coat. The occasional bath and light brushing is all that is needed to keep the American Bobtail coat in tiptop form.

 

The American Bobtail developed initially through natural selection. The foundation stock for this breed were feral domestic cats possessing a natural bobtail. Experienced breeders, using found domestic bobtails from all over the United States, worked together to produce the gorgeous American Bobtails we have today. One of the more intriguing phenomena of the breed is the striking resemblance of cats with no known common heritage, from thousands of miles apart, have born to one another. By selectively breeding the like type cats, breeders have helped Mother Nature to develop the American Bobtail into the big, hearty, wild-looking bobtail cat seen today. No recognized breed of pedigreed cat has been used in the development of the American Bobtail. American Bobtails are a very strong and healthy breed, experiencing no known genetic predisposition to health problems.

 

When choosing your American Bobtail kitten, you should look for a reputable breeder, who will undoubtedly have a series of questions for you designed to make sure that you and the American Bobtail are compatible. Do not be surprised if there is a wait of some sort. These wonderful family members are worth it! Usually breeders make kittens available between twelve and sixteen weeks of age, when they have had sufficient time with their mother and littermates to be well socialized and old enough to have been fully vaccinated. Keeping your American Bobtail indoors, neutering or spaying, and providing acceptable surfaces (e.g. scratching posts) for the natural behavior of scratching are essential elements for maintaining a healthy, long, and joyful life. For more information, please contact the Breed Council Secretary for this breed.

 
 
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