Devon Rex Kitten Breed

The mutation for the Devon Rex appeared in the adjoining county of Devon ten years after the Cornish Rex. The mutation is dissimilar and so when matedtogether they produced normal-coated kittens. The shape of the head is also particular to the Devon Rex. The CFA. Standard defines it as a wedge which, from the front, forms three distinct curves: the outer edge of the ears, the cheekbones, and the whisker pads. With its big eyes and large ears it is appropriately described as having an 'elfin look'. The cat should be well covered with fur with greatest density on the back, sides, legs, tail, face and ears, the wave being most noticeable where it is longest. Whiskers and eyebrows should also be crinkled, mailer coarse and of medium length. Bare patches on a Devon Rex are a serious fault but critics of the breed claim that they often lick themselves bald because their hair is so fragile and embed-deed in a smaller follicle than in other cats.

Horde and muscular, slender and medium length carried high on slim legs with small oval paws, the hind legs some-what longer than the front.

Wedge-shaped with a full-cheeked face, short muzzle, strong chin and whisker break, set on a slender neck; the nose with a marked stop and the forehead curving back to a flat skull. Ears large, very wide at the base and set rather low, taper to rounded tops.

Large, wide-set oval eyes slope towards the outer edges of theirs. Color matches coat or, under the GCCF standard, are chartreuse, green or yellow except for Is-Rex.

Very short and fine, wavy, curly and soft, can have rippled effect.

All colors and patterns are acceptable.