So Manx kittens are usually produced by crossing tailless cats with tailed ones.

This is based on the existence of a nearly tailless cat found in Japan - the Japanese Bobtail.

The tailless cat, though some are said to exist in the Isle of Man, is rarer than one thinks.

About a year previously it had somehow come to his knowledge that Ben Dakers' wife housed a tailless cat.

"Stop defending your tailless cat," says George.

The tailless cat seated on top of it arched her back warily at the dog's eager approach.

The tailless cat, spying a pair of idle hands, climbed up and demanded attention.

However, tailless cats are not commonly known in Spain, even if such a shipwreck were proven.

If she had to describe it she would have said it was kind of like a fat, tailless, legless cat.

Hayek told Associated Press she keeps 10 dogs and one tailless cat.