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Singapura

Photo of a Singapura cat
Photo: Lil Shepherd from United Kingdom / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0)
Origin
Believed to come from Singapore's street cats and developed in the USA in the 1970s; how the first cats got there has been disputed. 📎 CFA · Singapura
Looks
One of the smallest breeds, with large ears and eyes. 📎 CFA · Singapura
Coat & genes
Ticked: every hair has bands of colour — sepia brown on ivory, from the same sepia gene as the Burmese. 📎 CFA · Singapura · OMIA · colourpoint / sepia (TYR)
Registries
CFA, TICA, FIFe and GCCF recognise it. 📎 CFA · Singapura · FIFe · recognised breeds · GCCF · cat breeds

🩺 Welfare & health

Pyruvate kinase deficiency (red blood cells break down too early) occurs in the breed; a DNA test exists. 📎 OMIA · pyruvate kinase deficiency

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