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Selkirk Rex

origin: United States · 5 figures in the corpus · Q42642

Every figure below carries this breed's name or id in its source study -- grouped by what it measures, not ranked. A breed appearing under a study here does not mean every other breed was tested and came back negative; it means this is what has a named source so far. See each figure's own page for its caveats.

Breeding

4.06 mean kittens per litter verified

Selkirk Rex (Short/Long): mean litter size (Cerna et al. 2024)

  • Study sample n=18 litters.
  • Small breed sample; treat as imprecise.
11.1 percent of litters by caesarean section verified

Selkirk Rex (Short/Long): caesarean-section rate (Cerna et al. 2024)

  • Study sample n=18 litters.
  • Small breed sample; treat as imprecise.
15.1 percent cumulative kitten mortality to 12 weeks verified

Selkirk Rex (Short/Long): cumulative kitten mortality to 12 weeks, stillbirths included (Cerna et al. 2024)

  • Study sample n=18 litters.
  • Small breed sample; treat as imprecise.

Category (FIFe)

3 FIFe category (1-4, coat/morphology grouping) verified

Selkirk Rex Longhair (SRL): FIFe Category 3

  • Category is a coat/morphology grouping FIFe itself uses, not a ranking (1=lowest number, 4=highest, no ordinal meaning).
  • FIFe breed label 'Selkirk Rex Longhair' (SRL) does not have a confident 1:1 match in data/breeds.json.
3 FIFe category (1-4, coat/morphology grouping) verified

Selkirk Rex Shorthair (SRS): FIFe Category 3

  • Category is a coat/morphology grouping FIFe itself uses, not a ranking (1=lowest number, 4=highest, no ordinal meaning).
  • FIFe breed label 'Selkirk Rex Shorthair' (SRS) does not have a confident 1:1 match in data/breeds.json.