Crossbred: A cat whose sire and dam are representatives of two different breeds.
Crossbreed or crossbred - both parents are of different breeds.
Kennel name or kennel prefix, or stud name.
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When cats came to Europe in 900 BCE, they crossbred with native cat found in the British Isles, Felis silvestris. By the middle Ages, however, cats fell out of favor with most of Europe.
A young breed, the Devon Rex is carefully crossbred to American and British Shorthairs in order to enlarge and strengthen the gene pool ...
Instead of ignoring the crossbred kittens the owner, Baroness Miranda von Kirchberg, established a breeding program to develop a cat showing the colour of the Chinchilla with the Burmese shape, coat and temperament.
Sphynx were at one time crossbred with Devon Rex in an attempt to strengthen this gene, but unfortunately this led to serious dental or nervous-system problems and is now forbidden in most breed standards associations.
Sphynx were at one time crossbred with Devon Rex, but unfortunately this led to the introduction of some genetic diseases and is now forbidden in most breed standards associations.
To avoid inbreeding, Johnson crossbred Nara and Darra to Siamese cats that she had also brought back from Thailand. She then carefully eliminated from her breeding program any kittens with Siamese characteristics.
The Peterbald's origins only go back to 1994 in Russia. A male Don Sphynx was crossbred with a female Oriental Shorthair, and gave birth to four Peterbalds.
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One of the main differences between the two breeds, besides the head and body type, is that the European Burmese comes in additional colors. Because the Burmese was crossbred with European Siamese lines that possessed the red gene, ...
Somehow, the Persian cat breed became more popular in the Western world and in the twentieth century the Angora was extensively crossbred with the Persian, leading eventually to the virtual extinction of the breed.
The French breeders crossbred to Persians and British Shorthairs to try to save the breed from extinction during World War II. Before the War some Chartreux were imported to the United States and a pure breeding program was started.
' Hybrid vigor refers to the increased productivity, healthiness and soundness of the first few generations of crossbred animals that come from the mating of dissimilar or unrelated parents or breeds.
 See also: CFA, Recessive, Siamese Cat, Domestic shorthair, Conformation
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