Rumpy - A completely tail-less Manx cat. A true Manx cat has a well-rounded rump and no detectable tail structure.
Scruff - The loose skin at the nape of a cat's neck.
Self - See Solid ...
Dimple rumpy or rumpy - no tail whatsoever
Riser or rumpy riser - stub of cartilage or several vertebrae under the fur, most noticeable when kitten is happy and raising its 'tail' ...
Rumpy or Dimple Rumpy: Rumpies are considered to be the 'true' Manx, with not even a trace of a tail. Instead, there is a dimple, or a slight hollow, where their tail normally would start at the end of the spine.
"The Rumpy", completely tailless. This is the true Manx Cat, with a small hollow where its tail should be.
"The Rumpy Riser", with 1, 2 or 3 vertebrae fused to the end of the spine, giving the animal a tiny knob where the tail should be.
First Rumpy came in off a ship wrecked of Spanish Head at the time of the Spanish Armada.
1730
Research on the Manx language indicated the mutation occurred around this time.
Tail: Variety: - Rumpy: tail absent (no caudal or coccygeal vertebrae). There must be a depression at the tail base. - Rumpy riser: no caudal vertebrae but one to three coccygeal vertebrae covered by a tuft of hair.
Typically these are tailless cats, however they can come in three different lengths: rumpy, rumpy riser, and stumpy.
Contrary to what happens with the Japanese Bobtail, the gene responsible for the mutation in the Max is a dominant gene and kittens may be born with no tail, with a tiny stub tail or with a short tail and are classified as Rumpy (no tail), ...
A rumpy-riser has one to three vertebrae at the base of the spine that are usually immovable. Complete taillessness is called a rumpy.
The tail types are broken into four classifications: rumpy, rumpy-riser, stumpy, and longy. Since the tailless gene is dominant, all Cymrics that possess the Manx gene will have one of the four tail types.
Tails can be non-existent (rumpy), or 2-4 inches (desired - TICA required), or long tails (Pixie was a long tail). The head is usually-pear shaped. The head and tail are considered the important characteristics.
The true or 'rumpy' Manx has only a small hollow where the tail would have been, although cats with residual tails are born. These are called 'stumpies', 'stubbies', or 'longies' depending on the length of the tail.
The most striking feature of the cat is its small "stub" of a tail, which is classified into four varieties: rumpy, rumpy-riser, stumpy, and longy.
A completely tailless Cymric is called a "rumpy"; the "rumpy riser" appears to be tailless but has one to three vertebrae fused to the end of the spine; the "stumpy" has one to five normal vertabrae, which give the cat a short, moveable tail stump; ...
These delightful cats fall into four groups depending on their "amount of tail" - they are the "Rumpy", the "Rumpy-riser", the "Stumpy" and the "Longy".
Generally thought of as a tailless cat, however the breed comes in four forms; Rumpy, Stumpy, Tailed and Cymric (longhaired version), with the Rumpy having no tail at all and being the only exhibition type.
Variations to this exist in the breed namely, a Rumpy-riser has a small tail knob, a Stubby or Stumpy has a very short tail and a Longy has a shortened tail.
The ideal Manx cat has absolutely no hint of a tail and is known as a "Rumpy". "Rumpy-risers" have a small knob of tail and "Stumpies" have a tail of between 2cm to 15cms long.
"Longies" have a full-length tail.
Rumpy-risers have a short knob of tail that consists of one to three vertebrae connected to the last bone of the spine, ...
Since the Manx (or tailless) gene is dominant, kittens that inherit it can have a full tail, a short tail, a rise (known as a "rumpy riser"), or no tail ("rumpies") at all ...
The "Manx gene" produces cats with tails of varying length, from the "longie" (normal tail) to the "stumpy" (short tail) to the "rumpy" (no tail).
At first these "stumpy" (stort-tailed) or "rumpy" (no tailed) cats were all shorthaired, but Himaylans were introduced into the mix, resulting in the longhaired cats we see today. In the 1970s, these cats were designated as a new breed.
The Cymric's predecessor, the Mans, is itself a genetic mutation first discovered on the Isle of Man, off the west coast of England. The length of the tail, which is totally absent in the breed standard (referred to as "Rumpy"), ...
(eye colour is left out for breeds such as Burmese, Siamese etc) . The 5th part is used for a few breed specific codes and is also numerical (e.g. 51 = rumpy Manx). Thus a Chocolate Silver tabby point Devon Rex would be DRX bs 21 33.
Rumpy A completely tailless Manx Cat. Self A cat's coat which has the same color all over. Snub The short noses seen in some of the longhaired varieties. Spur The white area seen on the back of the feet in Birmans.
 See also: Stumpy, Manx cat, Bobtail, Double coat, Hybrid
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