11/27/2023 0 Comments Black highland lynx cat![]() It took until 2016 for Highlanders to move from Preliminary New Breeds to Advanced New Breeds, which put them one class away from being part of the Championship class and being allowed to compete in competitions with other cat breeds. TICA would come to recognize Highlander cats in 2008 when they registered them as a Preliminary New Breed class in the early summer of that year. The Highlander was originally known as the Highland Lynx before its name was changed in 2005. The two cats chosen to breed together and create Highlanders were the Desert Lynx and the Jungle Curl. The domestic cats that were used to breed Highlanders were very carefully selected, and they weren’t chosen from any existing breed that was registered and recognized by organizations like The International Cat Association. ![]() They were bred from existing hybrid cats, so this breed has no wild genetics and is a perfectly docile housecat. The interesting thing about Highlander cats, however, is that they have no direct wild ancestor. The Highlander came into existence when interested parties wanted to create a domestic cat that retained the look of a wild cat – as is the case with every other cat that has one wild ancestor and one domestic one. We only have to look back as far as 2004 to find their history. Highlander cats are a young breed of felines. Most Highlanders are muscular, strong cats, but they can still make great family pets and are extremely nurturing felines to have around. Although the Highlander cat started its life as an experimental crossbreeding project, they have come to be recognized as their own breed of cat with distinctive traits that come from their Desert Lynx and Jungle Curl cat ancestors. ![]()
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