Peterbald
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- Cat breed.name
- Peterbald
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- A lilac Peterbald female
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- Lilac Peterbald, female
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- A blue tabby Peterbald cat poses studiously in front of a white backdrop. It has large ears and green eyes, and its tail is gently curled around its legs.
- Cat breed.origin
- Russia
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The Peterbald is a hairless cat breed of Russian origin. It was created in St. Petersburg in 1994 from an experimental cross of a Don Sphynx and an Oriental Shorthair. They have an Oriental build with a dominant hair-losing gene. The breed was accepted for Championship status in 2009.
==History== thumb|Blue tabby male The Peterbald breed was born during the latter half of 1994 in St. Petersburg, Russia, the result of an experimental mating of a Don Sphynx (also known as Don Hairless, Donskoy or Donsky) male named Afinogen Myth and an Oriental Shorthair female World Champion named Radma von Jagerhov, by Russian felinologist Olga S. Mironova. The first two litters produced four Peterbald kittens: Mandarin iz Murino, Muscat iz Murino, Nezhenka iz Murino and Nocturne iz Murino. These four Peterbalds were the foundation stock of the breed.