Sphinx cat

The Sphynx or sphinx cat, also erroneously but commonly called the Egyptian cat, is a breed of cat whose most striking characteristic is the apparent absence of fur and its slim and slender appearance. Although the specimens of the breed appear to be hairless cats, it should be noted that they are not really bare cats, but rather have their skin covered with a layer of very fine, short and even hair, almost imperceptible to the eye or to the touch. The Sphynx cat was the first breed without hair or without apparent fur recognized by the feline associations that keep a genealogical record of the felines of the breed; currently there are three breeds of stripped cats or that seem to be recognized or at some stage of being. Today the Sphynx shares, together with the Peterbald and the Don Sphynx, the exclusivity of being one of only three coated or hairless breeds. The gene responsible for the Sphynx coat change is recessive and has incomplete dominance over its allele, if the gene that produces Devon rex is present (both are recessive to the wild type), while the other two new breeds of Russia: The Peterbald and the Don Sphynx, have their own independent and dominant type mutations.