Cats
However, the
Japanese Bobtail was imported into the USA in 1968 and developed as a breed in the USA.
As a result, their gene pool was largely influenced by European/American cats rather than by
Asian cats. It would have been interesting to compare the Japanese Bobtail to the indigenous
Russian Kuril and Karel bobtails which (visually) are of Western European, rather than Asian,
type.
Distinguished by its bobtail and high-cheekboned triangular face. Close-lying, silky short
hair. The tail is 10-13 cm in length if fully extended, but due to the kinked structure it appears
only 4-7 cm long. The tail hair often grows straight out in all directions, giving it a rabbit-like
fluff-ball or pom-pom appearance. In Japan it is found in all colours including agouti
(Abyssinian pattern) and colourpoint though these are not accepted in the Western fancy.
In 2001 a Singapura Bobtail was reported in a breeding programme
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