Manx cat

The Manx cat is a <a href="/facts/Cat_breeds/u4c0RI0a">breed</a> of <a href="/facts/Cat/82d0y6D5">domestic cat</a> (Felis catus) originating on the <a href="/facts/Isle_of_Man/HG7bYyA8">Isle of Man</a>, with a <a href="/facts/Cat_body-type_mutation/SwmauUpe">mutation</a> that shortens the <a href="/facts/Tail/RXACP06e">tail</a>. Many Manx have a small stub of a tail, but Manx cats are best known as being entirely tailless; this is the most distinguishing characteristic of the breed, along with elongated hind legs and a rounded head. Manx cats come in all coat colours and patterns, though all-white specimens are rare, and the coat range of the original stock was more limited. Long-haired variants are sometimes considered a separate breed, the <a href="/facts/Cymric_cat/c876gnMG">Cymric cat</a>.
Manx are prized as skilled hunters, and thus have often been sought by farmers with rodent problems, and been a preferred <a href="/facts/Ship%2527s_cat/z4woCWAr">ship's cat</a> breed. They are said to be social, tame and active. An old local term for the cats on their home island is stubbin or rumpy. Manx have been exhibited in cat shows since the 1800s, with the first known breed standard published in 1903.

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Manx cat