Ukrainian Levkoy

Ukrainian Levkoy

Infobox Catbreed
name = Ukrainian Levkoy


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The Ukrainian Levkoy is a cat breed of very original appearance, hairless and with folded ears.These cats are of medium size, the body is rather long, muscular and slender of rectangular format.The bare skin of Levkoy is soft and hot, it is excessive, elastic and wrinkled.Levkoy cat's peculiar features are: special angular contour of its head and "stepped" profile (dogface appearance) folded ears and large, but not well wide opened, almond-shaped eyes.They are very friendly and active. The cats express sexual dimorphism. [ [http://rolandus.org/eng/breedncolors/LVF_ang.html RUI - Breed and colors ] ]

History

Work on breed creation has been begun in 2000. Sketches of appearance of a cat, definition of breed and a choice of the genotypes reflecting a phenotype were executed by Elena Vsevolodovna Birjukova (nursery "Ladacats", Kyiv, Ukraine, ICFA RUI Rolandus Union International). The first, registered Breeding commission ICFA RUI a cat the Ukrainian Levkoy, on a nickname "Levkoy Primero" was born on January, 21st, 2004. In 2008 in various the organisations of Ukraine and Russia it is registered more than 200 individuals of cats of this breed, the Ukrainian Levkoy much of them in the fourth generation. Some tens cats already live outside of the former USSR. [ [http://levkoy.com/breed.aspx About breed ] ]

References

External links

* [http://rolandus.org/eng/index.html The International Cat Fanciers' Association, Inc. Rolandus Union International (ICFA RUI, Ukraine)]
* [http://levkoy.com/eng.aspx The Catteries Union of hairless (naked) fold (lop-eared) cats of Ukrainian Levkoy breed]
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