At first, the breed was named the Canadian Hairless Cat; however, it soon changed to Sphynx because they looked similar to the cats in ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics. When the breed first emerged, they had a lot of health issues because of the small gene pool; unfortunately, Prune’s line ...
Sphynx cat, Breed of hairless domestic cat, founded on two spontaneous mutations in shorthaired cats. The first occurred in 1975 when Jezabelle, a stray, produced a hairless female kitten, Epidermis, followed by another the next year. The second occurred