Cats
showing the typical bobbed or kinked tail of local felines.
The bobtail trait is also widespread in parts of Russia and following the break with
communism, a cat fancy developed in Russia and several bobtailed breeds are under
development. The Kurilian’s bobbed tail is due to an incomplete dominant gene, while the
similarly named Karelian’s bobbed tail is a recessive gene.
The Karel Bobtail (Karellian) is a shorthaired/semi-longhaired breed which occurs naturally
along the coasts and islands of Lake Ladoga. The mutation is claimed to be identical to the
Japanese Bobtail. These are elegant, svelte cats with lifted rumps and short pompom tails (4-
13 cm). The Kuril Bobtail (Curilsk) is smallish, compact and cobby with a short (5-13 cm)
"bob" or "pompon" tail . It has shorthair and semi-longhair forms. The Mekong Bobtail
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