Stumpy - A Manx cat with a short stump of a tail.
Sub-mental Organ - The small gland situated on a cat's chin.
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Stumpy - tail is movable although sometimes deformed and kinked.
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Normal tail (shorter than average however) ...
A stumpy white female Manx kitten. Note the long hind legs.
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MANX STUMPY
The description is exactly the same as for Manx with the exception of tail which is allowed a maximum length of 3 cm. The rump should be extremely broad and round.
Typically these are tailless cats, however they can come in three different lengths: rumpy, rumpy riser, and stumpy.
Stumpy: The Stumpy Manx has a partial tail that is longer than that of a Riser but still shorter than that of a Longy. Stumpies can move their tails, because their terminal spinal vertebrae are not necessarily fused.
- Stumpy: tail several centimeters long, one to three caudal vertebrae, often with bone deformities ("kinked" tail). - Taily: normal or kinked tail.
Coat: Short, dense, double coat (very thick undercoat).
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.
A Stumpy has a short tail stump, which can usually be moved, though the tail is often curved, knobby or kinked.. A rumpy-riser has one to three vertebrae at the base of the spine that are usually immovable. Complete taillessness is called a rumpy.
Although the American Bobtail Cat has a very short stumpy tail it is not related to the Manx or Japanese Bobtail.
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.
The Japanese Bobtail's stumpy tails resulted from natural mutation and are covered with thick fur. They come in short and longhair versions. This breed has a low kitten mortality rate and high disease resistance.
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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.
It is well-known by its stumpy little tail, which resembles a bunny's tail. The most seen Japanese Bobtail pattern is the tri-color, but other colors and patterns are also accepted.
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 "Manx gene" produces cats with tails of varying length, from the "longie" (normal tail) to the "stumpy" (short tail) to the "rumpy" (no tail).
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".
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.
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; ...
Stumpy A Manx cat having a stump of a tail. Tufts Hair growing from the ears or between the toes. Whip A long, thin tapering tail. Seen in the Siamese, for example. Updated on July 20, 2000.
Sources: A Standard Guide to Cat Breeds, Richard H.
 See also: Rumpy, Manx cat, Bobtail, Double coat, Japanese Bobtail
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