This is a munchkin.... its a feline version of the sausage dog, daschund. Although the short legged cats from Europe seem to have disappeared, the trait reappeared in New England in the 1970's and in Louisiana in the 1980's. From a pregnant black female (since named Blackberry) short legged cat found by Sandra Hochenedel living under a pickup truck in 1983. In her first litter and in each subsequent litter, Blackberry passed the trait of her short legs on to about half her kittens. One of Blackberry sons, Toulouse, was given to a friend named Kay LaFrance who established a colony of Munchkins on her Louisiana Plantation. The present Munchklns are descendants of Blackberry and Toulouse, although Munchkins have been sited throughout North America and the world. They are also known as Magpie Cats.
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I'm REALLY SURE that the image used is photoshopped and not a real photo. Is this cat even real??
click on "munchkin" .. its a link. Theres another pic there...a cuter one too! But copyrighted so I couldnt grab it :p
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