Manx

The Manx cat, call thus in honor to the Island of Man, in the Irish sea between England, and Ireland, is a mutation in which the dominant gene is in the tail deficiency. The fetuses that inherit two of these dominant genes die in the matrix, but to those just by one they can need the total tail or partially or sometimes they are born with the complete tail.

Normally, the cats without tail cross themselves Manx of complete tails soon to create siguient generation. Unfortunately, the gene that causes the absence of the tail arrives to affect some times other vertebrae or to badly cause the operation of the muscle of the sphincter.
Until the Manx with tail they have a characteristic appearance, with a short back, the longer leg front low and strong, back legs and the back elevated in a continuous arc from shoulders to grupa cleared.

The double coat does that of the impression to be quilted and the quality of this one well it is of much greater importance than the color.
Ideally, the cat without tail has a hollow pronounced at the end of the thorn, the bone presence or cartilage there, the lack of the double coat or any symptom of the abnormalitys that affects the health and the well-being of cat, considers imperfections.

The lack of tail seems to affect the sense of balance of the Manx and their long back legs offer a powerful impulse him.

Body: Compact solid and with a wide chest and short back that finishes in one grupa round, higher than the shoulder; short front legs and much more long back legs, fine and round claws.

Head: Round with prominent cheeks, wide nose and a firm snout on a short and heavy neck. The wide ears of open base and cleared ends, are anguladas slightly outwards.

Eyes: Great and round. The colors according to the combinations common in the cats of short hair.

Coat: An inner layer closed and heavy with an outer coat slightly more length.

Colors: All the colors, but not them patterns of dark color of the Siamese and the Himalayo.

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