Top Hairless Cats to Consider as Pets

The 1960s Canadian sphynx is the most famous hairless cat breed. Developed from a naturally occurring recessive genetic trait, the sphynx was crossbred with shorthair cats to generate a healthy, diverse gene pool. Some sphynx cats have downy fur on their faces, legs, and tails.

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The Italian "baby" or "child" cat is the bambino, a little hairless cat. This sphynx-mungkin hybrid is a dwarf cat. Some have hair on their face, ears, legs, and tail, while others are hairless.

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Donskoy, also known as the Russian hairless, Don hairless, or Don sphynx, is distinct. Recessive genetic mutations cause sphynx hairlessness. The Donskoy are hairless due to a dominant gene. Some Donskoy cats get a partial winter coat when it gets cold and lose it when it warms up.

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Dwelfs are munchkin, American curl, and sphynx cat hybrids.1 Several mutations gave this species its hairless, tiny, elf-like look, causing health difficulties such skeletal abnormalities. However, these cats are very family-oriented.

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A cheerful and lively elf cat, a bigger dwelf, is the result of sphynx and American curl breeding. The delicate skin of these cats is downy like peach fuzz. Some have light ear, nose, paw, and tail hair.

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Lykoi, or werewolf cats, may have hair. Lykoi cats may be hairless or completely coated in the breed's black-gray coat. Faces, ears, legs, and paws are usually hairless in these cats.

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From munchin and sphynx, the minskin is a short-legged, hairless cat. Many of these cats have thin, fine hair on their “points” (nose, ears, legs, and tail). Their bellies are usually hairless.

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The exquisite Peterbald cat has long limbs and striking features. They were Donskoy-Oriental shorthair hybrids. Not all Peterbalds are hairless. Some cats have a beautiful, downy coat they shed or keep forever. Sometimes a Peterbald is born with a complete cat coat.

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