Breeches - Longer, thicker hair on the back of the upper third of the hind legs. (Also spelled: Britches)
Breed True - To produce a kitten exactly the same as the parents.
Breeches
Breeches - long hair on the upper part of the hind legs
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BREECHES - Britches, an area of the legs.
BRIDGE - The upper bony ridge of the nose.
Mature adults will have a ruff and full breeches but this will not be evident in kittens. As in the Abyssinian ticking is most important.
Breeches, abdomen and neck-ruff is usually longer than the coat on the main body. Cheek coat is thick and full. The collar like neck-ruff extends from the shoulders, being bib-like around the chest.
The hair is longest around the neck and breeches; the mane gives the Somali the appearance of a miniature lion. A luxurious fox-like brush adorns the tail.
Like the Abyssinian, the Somali is a ticked or agouti breed.
Longhairs have a silky, semilong coat with a medium undercoat and can have substantial ruff at the neck and breeches on the hind legs. Like any other semilonghair cat, they benefit from a bath.
In addition to the fluffy tail, the Somali breed features a black stripe down its back, large ears, a full ruff and breeches, contributing further to the overall "foxy" look.
Ideally it should have a ruff and breeches to match the full brush tail. Ticking is not so apparent in the longer hair and is slow to develop.
Ruff and breeches give the cat a full coated appearance, and is desirable. Extremely fine and very dense, soft to the touch, Ticked with 2 or 3 bands of dark colour.Underside of body, chest and inside of legs without ticking.
Cymric: The double coat is medium length, soft, silky, glossy, dense, and well padded over the main body, lengthening from shoulders to rump; breeches, abdomen, and neck ruff are usually longer than coat on main body; cheek coat thick and full; ...
The Somali coat is longest in the breeches, and the lovely ruff. A real feature of the Somali is the tail, which has earned them the name the Feline Fox.
A well developed ruff and breeches give a full coated appearance to the cat. Body is lithe and graceful, showing muscular strength without coarseness - a medium between the extremes of the cobby and the svelte.
Medium to long hair length. Full coat on face and body desirable but short hair permissible on face and legs. Breeches, tail plume, toe tufts, and ear furnishings should be clearly visible with a ruff being desirable.
Somalis generally have longer hair over their chests (ruff) and on their hindquarters (breeches). Their tails are full and brushy, almost like that of a fox.
As can be seen in the photograph the hair is longer on the tail and britches ("britches" is an informal term for "breeches", which are trousers that stop just above the knee. So in terms of a cat's anatomy it means the upper part of the hind legs).
Many will 'groom' their owner's hair in return! The coat takes around 2 years to develop completely, and often features a prominent ruff, and 'breeches '. The tail on a Somali is a real feature - it is big, bushy and resembles a fox brush.
The shorthaired Manx has a double coat and the somewhat hard guard hairs tend to have a gloss appearance. The longhaired Cymric has a silky texture to the plush, medium-length coat with fluffy breeches and neck ruff.
Various toxic effects: rhubarb; spinach; sunburned potatoes; loco weed; lupine; Halogeton; buttercup; nightshade; poison hemlock; pig weed; water hemlock; mushrooms; moonseed; May apple; Dutchman's breeches; Angel's trumpet; jasmine; matrimony vine.
The outer guardhairs are somewhat hard and glossy in appearance. The Manx Longhair coat is also double, medium in length, soft and silky. The hair is longer in the breeches, abdomen and neck ruff. The Manx comes in many colours.
 See also: Ruff, Somali, Tufts, Ticking, Ruddy
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