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About the Highlander

Origin: United States
Highlander cat
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Ainda não há nenhum criador em registo aqui. O clube português membro da FIFe não lista esta raça no seu diretório de criadores, por isso uma ausência aqui não diz nada sobre se alguém a cria em Portugal.

Typical life span
10-15 years
Size
Large — from its typical weight
Weight
4.5-9.1 kg
Height
30-41 cm
Registry status
Reconhecida pela TICA
Breed group
Short/Long-hair
Origin
United States

About

What is a Highlander?

Medium to large muscular cat with curled ears and often a bobbed tail. Unique wild appearance with gentle personality.

Highlander history and origins

Developed starting in 2004 by crossing Desert Lynx and Jungle Curl cats. Originally called Highland Lynx. TICA recognized breed with distinctive curled ears and often bobtail.

Highlander appearance and size

Typically 4.5-9.1 kg and 30-41 cm at the shoulder — published as one range rather than separately for males and females.

Highlander temperament and personality

Generally described as affectionate, gentle, social, playful, confident and loving.

That is the breed in general, not a promise about one animal. Ask the breeder what their own line is like, and meet the parents before you decide.

Referência da raça de The Cat API.

Pros & cons

Prós e contras da raça Highlander

O que ganha com a raça Highlander

  • Descrito habitualmente como: «Affectionate, Gentle, Social, Playful»

O que tem de assumir

  • Estão documentadas 3 doenças hereditárias graves, sobretudo em olhos e coração e circulação. O separador do guia de saúde tem o exame a pedir para cada uma.

Retirado de fontes e não escrito como opinião — investigação de saúde citada, o padrão do próprio registo, e estudos de longevidade revistos por pares. The Cat API; UC Davis VGL — PRA rdAc (Abyssinian), breed list includes Highlander. Os animais de um criador podem diferir de tudo isto, e uma coluna vazia significa que não temos nada desse lado, não que não haja nada a dizer.

Characteristics

TICA divisions

TICA lists the Highlander in these divisions. They are the registry's own groupings — usually hair length — not a list of colours: no registry we hold publishes one. Ask a breeder what colours their line produces.

  • Shorthair

Temperamento

AffectionateGentleSocialPlayfulConfidentLoving

Informação ao nível da raça, de The Cat API. Descreve a raça Highlander em geral; qualquer animal em concreto pode ser diferente.

Health guide

Health & screening guide for the Highlander

Riscos hereditários conhecidos na raça Highlander, e a documentação específica a pedir a qualquer criador antes de pagar um sinal. Um criador responsável tem esta documentação à mão; desviar a conversa é um mau indício.

3 doenças documentadas

Health checklist (PDF)

Eyes

Progressive retinal atrophy (rdAc / CEP290)

Serious

A recessive CEP290 mutation causes late-onset, progressive blindness, usually starting around seven months of age and reaching blindness by three to five years. First characterised in the Abyssinian and Somali; UC Davis Veterinary Genetics Laboratory's test page states the variant has also been detected directly in the Highlander.

O que pedir

PRA-rdAc (CEP290) DNA test on both parents

1 source

Progressive retinal atrophy (PRA-b, Bengal-type)

Serious

A separate, Bengal-derived recessive mutation causes photoreceptor loss from around seven weeks of age, leading to substantially compromised vision by about two years old. UC Davis Veterinary Genetics Laboratory lists Highlander directly among the breeds this test applies to, alongside Bengal, Savannah and Toyger.

O que pedir

PRA-b (Bengal-type progressive retinal atrophy) DNA test on both parents

1 source

Heart & circulation

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM, Ragdoll-type mutation)

Serious

A specific mutation in the cardiac gene MYBPC3 (R820W), first identified in the Ragdoll, thickens the heart muscle; cats with two copies are at high risk of severe disease and early cardiac death, usually between one and two years old. UC Davis Veterinary Genetics Laboratory states this variant has also been detected in the Highlander (as well as the American Bobtail Longhair and Munchkin).

O que pedir

Ragdoll-type HCM (MYBPC3 R820W) DNA test on both parents

1 source

Kittens

No kittens listed right now

No Highlander breeder has a record on this platform yet, so there is nothing to list. That is a gap in our coverage, not a fact about the breed.

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