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This article will talk about the American Ringtail Cat
American Ringtail cat (Sing-a-ling) is one of the most recent cats that have been breed. This breed is also known as Ringtail Sing-a-ling. This breed is still in at experimental stages and is not completely registered. "Considered an experimental breed, American Ringtail is not yet recognized by the Cat Fanciers' Association" a not-for-profit organization, located at Alliance, Ohio.[1] New breeds and colour must be recognized by CFA before it can become recognized as a provincial breed. CFA is the largest registry of purebred cats, organizations objective is to promote and improve breeding, welfare of all cats and licensing cat shows. Registration is divided into four groups: Natural, Hybrid (biology), Established and Mutant breeds.[2] The purpose of registration is to provide history of cats. New breeds either through spontaneous mutation or hybrid of two prior breads. Mutation usually take form of skeletal change (Manx cat, Scottish Fold), new coat (Cornish Rex, Devon Rex, American Wirehair), and colour (Abyssinian cat).[3] Hybrid breeds are Himalayan cat, Exotic cat and Oriental. Deformities transpire for two reasons, a genetic problem or mutation. Genes are inherited in pairs from each parent, one gene in the pair can cause a defect, that gene is the “Dominant”, if both genes are faulty they are called “Recessive”.[4] A cat might have inherited many different genes that caused mutation, these genes may pass from generation to generation. Hybridization can cause defects due to chromosomes and genes not being able to match up, this usually happens in domestic cats being matched up with wild species.[5] Like in all species, anomalies and deformations can occur, effecting toes, paws, claws, limbs, tails, fur, skin, eyes, ears, mouth, skull, and size.
American Ringtail was first sighted in 1998, when a kitten was rescued in Fremont, California, known place of origin is in the US. Sue Manley rescued the kitten and bottle fed him, as he got older she noticed that Solomon’s tail started to curl, it was not a deformity or a physical defect. After a consultation it appeared that this breed was between a ringtail male crossed with a foreign female. Manley started a breeding program in 1999 with other cats alike in the California area. “By 2005, several breeders were working with Manley to produce these cats, crossing them with Domestic Shorthairs and some Pure breeds.”[6]
American Ringtails are large, muscular, long and flexible, these cats have silky fur with variety of different eye colors, they have medium - side paws with long toes, which spread wide while playing or climbing.[7] Both genders reach the weight of twelve to fourteen pounds in weight, as a kitten their tails are upright and curl when reach adulthood.[8] The tail is made up of bones and muscles, when calm they hold the tail in a ringed position and this also helps them to balance.[9] In 2004, two litters were born of four male kittens, they were a cross between Seal Point Ragdoll and Blue American Ringtail.[10] The curled tail is not associated with any health problems, this is seen in certain domestic and wild cats or dogs.
