Grooming wise, the Highland Lynx is very easily manageable. Shorter-haired Highland Lynxes will generally have soft but dense hair which is easy to groom for both the cat and the owner.Ī longer-haired Lynx’s coat generally grows up to about 2-2.5” long, with softer and longer hair around the cat’s belly. The breed can either be long or short haired. Other colors you might find in the breed include: black, sorrel, cameo, sepia, fawn, chocolate, blue, cream, silver, mink, lilac, red and snow. They feel it accentuates the ‘wildcat’ look. Many breeders and Highland Lynx fans prefer spotted tabby markings, though. You can expect to find this breed in all sorts of colors. Highland Lynxes should also have quite strong chins which make them faces appear a fair bit longer than they are wide. The nose of the Highland Lynx is slightly wider than most other cats and the ‘nose leather’ is prominent. They have quite large heads, wide-set and angled eyes and well-developed muzzle areas and whisker pads. Some larger males can tip the scales at over 25lbs! Males generally weigh in at between 15lbs and 20lbs. You can expect a female to grow anywhere up to 14lbs. They are larger than your average housecat. They are strong, muscular and solidly built. Highland Lynx full grown are impressive specimens. Some breeds can be what’s called ‘polydactyl’, where the cat has more toes than usual on each paw. With five each on their front paws and four on their back paws. Polydactyl PawsĪll examples of this breed have large paws and pronounced knuckles. They’re not overly delicate, but cartilage in the ear can be damaged if they are handled too roughly. Unusually small and rounded for a feline.Ī certain level of care should be exercised when handling a Highland Lynx’s ears, though. There’s no sense in tiptoeing around the subject… Even though Highland Lynx cats have unusually bobbed tails, it’s the ears that everyone always notices first. Developed in the United States back in 1995, the idea behind the new pedigree was to introduce the distinctive curly ears of the Jungle Curl to the bobtailed wildcat look of the Desert Lynx. In 2022, the Highlander was accepted as a championship breed in the American Cat Fanciers Association (ACFA).Fairly recently established as a breed, the Highland Lynx is a mixture between two hybrid breeds – the Jungle Curl and the Desert Lynx. TICA divides Highlanders into two varieties, under the names Highlander Shorthair (HGS) and simply Highlander (HG) for the longer-haired variation. Starting May 1, 2008, the breed was recognized by The International Cat Association (TICA) for competition in the Preliminary New Breed class, and in 2016 was moved up to Advanced New Breed. The name Highlander was adopted in late 2005. The Highlander breed refinement began in 2004, to distinguish the breed better from its foundation stock, and to seek competition status in major breed registries. Although some cats are polydactyl, it is not part of the standard and it is a disqualification in the show ring. Bicolored cats are not allowed in the breed standard. The Highlander displays tabby/ lynx point or solid point coloration in various colors. Despite the "big-cat look", the Highlander is a human-oriented, friendly and playful cat, and very active and confident. Females can grow to between 10 and 14 pounds (4.5 and 6.4 kg), and the males between 15 and 20 pounds (6.8 and 9.1 kg). The body is substantial and very muscular. Highlanders have no known health problems, and are fond of water. Some have polydactyl paws but this is not a desired trait in the cats and have been proved to cause health problems in the knees and hips as the cats age. The eyes are wide-set and the ears are upright with a slight curl and a slight turn in the backward direction. The Highlander has a long sloping forehead and blunt muzzle with a very wide nose. They are bobtailed or short-tailed, have spotted or classic bullseye markings, mackerel and resemble the bobcat. The Highlander originated as a crossbreed of the experimental Desert Lynx breed and the Jungle Curl, to add the latter's curled ears to the former. The unique appearance of the Highlander comes from the deliberate cross between the Desert Lynx and the Jungle Curl breeds, also recently developed. The Highlander (also known as the Highlander Shorthair, and originally as the Highland Lynx) is a new breed of cat. TICA status is Advanced New Breed as of 2015, not yet eligible for championship competition in TICA.
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