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About the Japanese Bobtail

Origin: Japan
Japanese Bobtail cat
Photo from The Cat API
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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
14-16 years
Size
Small — from its typical weight
Weight
2.7-4.5 kg
Height
25-30 cm
Registry status
Reconhecida pela TICA
Breed group
Short/Long-hair
Origin
Japan

About

What is a Japanese Bobtail?

Medium-sized cat with distinctive pom-pom tail and elegant, slender build. Traditional Japanese breed.

Japanese Bobtail history and origins

Ancient breed depicted in Japanese art for over 1,000 years. Symbol of good luck - the famous 'beckoning cat' (Maneki-neko) figurine is based on this breed. Mi-ke (tri-color) is the most prized pattern.

Japanese Bobtail appearance and size

Typically 2.7-4.5 kg and 25-30 cm at the shoulder — published as one range rather than separately for males and females.

Japanese Bobtail temperament and personality

Generally described as active, agile, clever, easy going, intelligent, lively, loyal, playful and social.

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 Japanese Bobtail

O que ganha com a raça Japanese Bobtail

  • Descrito habitualmente como: «Active, Agile, Clever, Easy Going»

O que tem de assumir

  • One documented hereditary condition, none of them classed as serious — each with the test to ask a breeder for, on the health guide tab.

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. 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 Japanese Bobtail 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.

  • Longhair

Temperamento

ActiveAgileCleverEasy GoingIntelligentLivelyLoyalPlayfulSocial

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

Health guide

Health & screening guide for the Japanese Bobtail

Riscos hereditários conhecidos na raça Japanese Bobtail, 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.

1 doença documentada

Health checklist (PDF)

Bones & joints

Vertebral variation associated with the bobtail trait (HES7 gene)

MonitorInerente à raça

The breed's short, kinked 'pom-pom' tail comes from a dominant HES7 gene variant that is essentially fixed in the breed — all 12 Japanese Bobtails sampled in the founding genetic study were homozygous for it. Radiographic surveys found associated changes confined to the tail region (a reduced caudal vertebra count, hemivertebrae, occasional anomalous ribs), but these did not correlate with pain, mobility problems or reduced lifespan, and the mutation is a different gene from the one that causes the Manx's tail loss and its associated serious spinal and pelvic defects.

O que pedir

No DNA test is commercially offered, and there is nothing to request here — the vertebral variation is expected for the breed and has not been linked to illness

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Kittens

No kittens listed right now

No Japanese Bobtail 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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