With regard to the Persian, empezaba a ser objeto de críticas, especially since the then recent appearance of the varieties Himalayan cat and Exotic shorthair. In fact, tanto los criadores como algunos organismos oficiales consideraban que criar una raza con una malformación física (short legs) it was unethical. In fact, since its creation in the United States in the decade of 1980, the Munchkin cat has been the subject of numerous disputes. The Minuet cat (Napoleon) inherited the controversies of the Munchkin and of the Persians. They called the new breed Napoleon, in reference to the first French emperor, and more specifically its small size.īreed recognition A long-haired white and gray hair minuet cat – Parkerwh, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons The initiative was successful, ya que los gatitos obtenidos tenían las características deseadas. The following year they reproduced and gave birth to their first litter. What's more, the exclusion of the possibility of crossing with the Peke Face Persian (flattened nose) allowed to avoid the respiratory problems inherent in this variety.Įl programa de cría comenzó en 1996 when Joseph Smith bought a female Munchkin (whose grandmother was Persian) a Penny Squires of Penhaven Munchkin Cattery and Deb Kenny provided him with a male of Gato Exotico de pelo corto. La elección de estas razas pretendía dar al Minuet a rounded overall appearance, a coat with all possible colors ( colourpoint or not), and legs that can be both short and long. Tiene las mismas características principales que la Traditional Persian cat, although he has a wider nose.
Therefore, it is not a question of raising two short-legged individuals, since otherwise you will have a litter in which, average, half of the individuals are not viable. However, an individual who inherits an allele M of each of his parents, that is to say, What is it homozygous for this gene, it is not viable. This is the dominant genre, call M of Munchkin, is a spontaneous genetic mutation. The two enthusiasts were first interested in the gene for short legs. Turned to her friend Deb Kenny, creator of persian cats, who decided to help him in his research and over time became his mentor as his project progressed. Los primeros serían los únicos estrictamente conformes con el estándar de la raza, pero los segundos se conservarían para su uso en el programa de cría. He decided then to create an original breed of cats, including both short-legged and long-legged individuals, siendo la longitud de las patas la única diferencia entre ambos. Se dio cuenta de que los individuos con patas largas que no se ajustaban al estándar de la raza parecían gatos callejeros. Se sintió inmediatamente atraído por la raza y sus características distintivas: short legs (as the Basset hound that he was raising), round and expressive eyes, and the absence of a stop in the nose. Un buen día de junio de 1995, Joseph Smith, an American breeder of Basset hounds, came across a photo of a Munchkin cat y un artículo en el Wall Street Journal sobre este gato, also known as basset cat. The Minuet cat or Napoleon It is a recent breed of cat originally from the United States.