Munchkin cat breed-born munchkin – gentle treatment for the little man, fairy-tale characters of American writer F. Baum, “The Sage of Oz”, a very rare breed of American Shorthair cats.
Differ in normal limb shortening the remaining bones of the skeleton. Flexible spine protects the rock from the ills inherent in, for example, dwarf dogs.
Many Munchkin back to the cat, found in Louisiana in 1983. In 199 5 International Association of Cat (TICA) has assigned provisional status Munchkin new breed.
Experts, however, on this occasion expressed his concern that vysokoporodnyh cats may soon come to dwarf cousins. TICA but stated that it will not register the new species, obtained from such crosses. Short legs for cats living in the dwelling of man, not a hindrance, but nevertheless it is this fact prevents the breed to overcome the limits of the United States.
Adults Munchkin as funny and curious, like cats and this breed.


