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Ch. Vasiliy
Breeder: Podurovskih, Yekaterinburg, Russia |
Coat
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The coat is very densely curled with double waves.
Colors
Development of color is quite interesting. Kittens
have a greyish coat. When growing up the coat gets a brownish tinge,
and black tabby cats have a striking golden color between the
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Foundation female Murka
black spotted and white,
Breeder: Podurovskih, Yekaterinburg, Russia |
There are almost all colors permitted, except
chocolate-lilac, cinnamon-fawn:
- black, blue
- red, cream
- tortie, blue-cream
- All colors may be with tabby in all patterns,
for example black spotted, red mackerel, blue-cream tabby, etc.
- All colors may be with silver or golden, for
example blue smoke, blue-cream smoke, black golden shaded, blue
golden mackerel, red silver tabby, silver mackerel, etc.
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tortie with white toes |
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- And all these colors may have any amount of
white (Bicolor, Van, etc.), for example black-white Bicolor,
red-white Van, tortie mackerel Bicolor, cream smoke with white,
black silver tabby Bicolor, etc.
- And - last but not least - all these colors
exist also as Colorpoints, with or without white, silver pointed,
golden pointed, tabby pointed, etc.
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black-white Bicolor |
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Emerald's Beautiful Bona
Breeder & owner: Olga W. Nemuitova,
Emerald cattery,
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Emerald's Victor Varius
Breeder: Olga W. Nemuitova,
Emerald cattery,
Russia |
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Eurocatfancy
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Breed profile
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The Ural Rex is a natural mutation
originating in the Ural, Ekaterinburg, Russia.
It is medium in size, and the body is rather sturdy and solid. One
can feel the musculature well. The legs are thin and slender, medium
in length, with small paws.
The head forms an equilateral rather short wedge, whose sides
(cheeks) are well rounded. The forehead is arched. The nose is broad
and straight with a well defined indentation at the base (at the
lower level of the eyes). The nose bridge is rather flat. The cheeks
are prominent with high set cheekbones, the muzzle is rather fine
with a slight pinch.
The eyes are large and oval, and set as wide apart as possible. They
may have any eye color, there is no relation between coat color and
eye color.
The ears are medium in size, open at the base and high set.
The coat may be medium short or medium long, the Ural Rex comes as
shorthair and semi-longhair. The hair is fine, but very dense. The
coat is double and very densely curled. Development of the waves
takes a comparable long time up to two years. Kittens display open
and non-closed waves at an age of 3-4 months.
The tail is rather thin and medium in length. |
History
According to reports of the native people living
in Sverdlovsk
(Ekaterinburg) these cats exists as free roaming domestic cats since
the 1940s. But nobody cared about any breeding program.
The foundation male for breeding was Vasiliy, born in 1988, from Zarechniy
near Ekaterinburg. He was mated with his mother, called Mura, a
black spotted and white domestic cat. In 1994 the first litter was
born, with a black and white male, called Bars, and a black spotted
and white female, called Murka. Inbreeding was made very carefully,
which was an advantage, as no genetic defects had been detected.
Test mating with Cornish Rex and Bohemia Rex resulted in straight
haired kittens. One can assume that this mutation is not related
with the Cornish Rex.
Especially the club Grace from Ekaterinburg supports the breeding
programs of the Ural Rex ( catteries Ural rex, Fairy Tale, Emerald).
In 1997 a breeding program in Moscow was set up using the females Merlushka
and Bonny, and the male Clide. |
Temperament
The Ural Rex is a quiet, very equilibrated cat.
She loves people and other companion animals. She can be easily kept
and goes very well together with children. |
Grooming
Grooming is not very intensive, but the cat shall be brushed
and combed regularly, especially the longhair. |
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