Alpine Lynx
The Alpine Lynx have been breed to resemble the wild bobcat and lynx that are
seen in the wilds. This breed is totally domestic and wild blood can not be
proven by DNA. Through generations of selective breeding with different breeds
of domestic cats, the breed has incorporated many characteristics similar to
those cats of wild blood. The breeders working with these breeds have done a
good job with that because look how they look like a wild cat! Many of the same
breeders that have worked with Highland Lynx and Desert Lynx also have Alpine
Lynx.
The Alpine Lynx are medium in body length with toes that may be tufted. They are
very alert, intelligent cats. Males are larger than females and slower to
mature. These cats come in both long and short hair.
The head is large with a full well developed muzzle that is almost square in
appearance and the whiskers pads are prominent. The ears are nice and large and
should be somewhat far apart and set nicely on the head. It is not unusually for
the ears to have tufts on the tips. The wide set eyes are large and expressive,
set at an angle, with colors ranging from gold to green or blue eye. The tail
may be the length of the bobcat tail, which may come half way to the ground, or
it may be lacking entirely, as in the Manx, or it may be any length in between.
The coloring and coat patterns of course on Alpine are white with sometimes
ghost spots. The hair can be short or long in length.
Outcrosses to either unregistered or purebred cats are permitted. However, such
crosses should be carefully chosen to complement the overall type of the Alpine
Lynx Cat.
