Selkirk Rex
Selkirk Rex
The Selkirk Rex is the result of a dominant, spontaneous mutation that causes each hair (guard, down and awn) to have a gentle curl giving the coat a soft feel. The Selkirk Rex is a medium to large cat with heavy boning that gives the cat surprising weight and an impression of power.
Personality
One may be at first attracted to the SelkirkÂ’s cute and curly exterior, but these cats also make champion companions. Selkirks can be mellow cats with a generous measure of love and affection for their human companions. Very people-oriented, they stay loyal and loving all their lives. They are people-oriented cats that enjoy spending time with their preferred persons.
Physical Attributes
Body
Medium to large and well-balanced. The substantial muscular torso is more rectangular than square, but not long. Back is straight with a slight rise to the hindquarters.
Head
Skull round, broad, and full-cheeked in both males and females. Skull structure to be smooth and round to the touch from the stop to the back of the head as well as across the breadth of the forehead and between the ears. Muzzle is medium width. The underlying bone structure is rounded with well-padded whisker pads to give the impression of squareness. The length is equal to ½ the width. Profile shows a muzzle, clearly visible beyond the curve of the cheek.
The tip of the chin lines up with the tip of the nose and the upper lip in the same vertical plane. Profile reveals a nose stop. The nose has a downward slant with a convex curve and is set below the eye line. Chin firm and well-developed, balanced in proportion to the rest of the head and should be neither receding, protruding, nor excessively massive.
Ears
Medium in size, broad at the base, tapering, set well apart. Furnishings, if present, are curly.
Eyes
Large, rounded, set well apart. The outside corner is set very slightly higher than the inner corner, giving a sweet open expression to the face.
Legs & Paws
Legs medium to long. Substantial boning. Feet large, round, and firm. Toes: five in front, four behind.
Tail
Medium length, proportionate to body. Heavy at base, neither blunt nor pointed at tip.
Color
All genetically possible colors and patterns.
Coat: Long Hair
Coat texture is soft, full, and obviously curly. It does not feel or appear to be as plush as the shorthair coat, however, should not appear to be thin. Coat is dense and full with no bald or thinly covered areas of the body. The coat may stand out from the body but may appear and feel less than plush, but not close-lying. Random, unstructured coat, arranged in loose, individual curls. The curls appear to be in clumps or ringlets rather than as an all over wave. Although curl varies by hair length, sex, and age in an individual, entire coat should show the effect of the rex gene. Curliness may be evident more around the neck,
on the tail, and the belly.
Coat: Short Hair
Coat texture is soft, plushy, full, and obviously curly. Coat is dense and full with no bald or thinly covered areas of the body. The coat stands out from the body and should not appear flat or close-lying. Random, unstructured coat, arranged in loose, individual curls. The curls appear to be in clumps rather than as an all over wave. Although curl varies by hair length, sex, and age in an individual, the entire coat should show the effect of the rex gene. Curliness may be evident more around the
neck, on the tail and the belly.
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