Cats
whether these were isolated cases or whether the Chinese Lop was a genuine variety. It
cannot even be said with certainty that the trait was an inherited one.
Cats with folded ears have been reported in the Hebrides, Germany and Belgium, but were
apparently regarded as no more than isolated curiosities and not bred.
The only widely recognised fold-eared cat is the Scottish Fold
and its longhaired version, the Highland Fold (Coupari). These
have ears which form a close-lying cap. Also known as
Scottish Lop, the Scottish Fold traces back to a female white
shorthair farm kitten discovered near Coupar Angus,
Perthshire, Scotland in 1961. This cat, Susie, produced some
fold-eared kittens. One of these, Snooks, became the founding
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