The unusual appearance of these cats amazes the imagination - how is it possible, a cat, without a fluffy coat? An alien, no less!
However, sphinxes are not a figment of human or Martian imagination; such appearance is the result of a genetic mutation. It is not for nothing that Canadian Sphynxes remind us of the Mayan Indians and Egyptians: the breed is considered the oldest of the hairless ones.
| Country of origin | Canada |
