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About their history:
​Development of the breed began in 2004 with the intent of creating a domestic cat with a powerful "big cat" look. In 2005, the name Highlander was settled on and breeders focused on defining the breed and its characteristics as they worked toward championship status in TICA - one of the largest registries in the world. The cats used to develop the breed were carefully chosen from the domestic gene pool and not from any existing recognized breed. The Highlander is actually to product of the Highland Lynx. The Highland Lynx is a breed of cat registered through a registry called REFR. TICA does not recognize REFR, or cats registered with REFR. Hints the "not from any recognized breed" part. 

REFR is a paper registry that hosts no cat shows, which is why breeders wanted to bring the cats over to TICA, but in order to do so they had to drop the "Lynx" and thus the Highlander was born. The ears are a key feature of the Highlander. TICA recognized the Highlander for competition in the Preliminary New Breed class starting May 1st, 2008.

On August 30th, TICA honored the Highlander breed with the esteemed title of TICA Championship.

About their Personality:
​Despite their "big cat" look, the Highlanders are the clowns of the cat fancy and love to play and chase. They love human company and will be there to greet you at the door or will show off to visitors. Vocally they are relatively quiet cats but physically they are high energy cats. This energy comes out in entertaining chase games and it is this energetic activity that helps build the powerful musculature that is so characteristic of this breed.

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The Highlander has a long, sloping forehead and medium to large eyes shaped like a slightly flattened oval set on a bias that look at you with great intensity. The nose is wide with large nose leather. Together, the nose, muzzle and chin provide a boxy look to the muzzle. The chin itself is deep and strong. These features make the head appear longer than it is wide. The ears are unique: the top 1/3 has a loose curl. They are set as much on the top of the head as on the side and stand tall and open with good width at the base.The powerful, muscular body is substantial and entrances you with the beauty of its movement. Flexible long hind legs combine with the rippling muscles developed in the torso from its active play. The feet are large and have prominent knuckles. These are big powerful looking cats with a gentle disposition. The naturally short tail ranges in length from 1 inches to hock length. It is thick and articulated, and sometimes has kinks and curls in it. It also has a fat pad at the end. The Highlander’s tail is an incredibly expressive element of the breed and will wag like a dog from sheer joy and signal its happiness and playfulness.
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Highlander Ear Standard:

It is standard within Highlander Breed to have curled ears or soft curled ears. It is not standard if the cat has straight ears.

Highlander Feet Standard:

requires the feet of the cat to be straight feet but, the breed still has the PF in gene in most. Which is non-standard.PF (Poly dactyl) Image showing different types of PF compared to SF.
PF is NOT a standard within the Highlander Breed.

The average cat has 18 toes, however, some cats have extra toes, those are called POLYDACTYL.

They also have nick names, Double Pawed- because their paws are double sized.

Snowshoe cat- Because they can walk through snow easy with their big feet.

Highlander Tail Standard:

In order for a Highlander to be considered standard, they just have NST (Natural Short Tail) 1 inch in length maximum 2 inches. Kinks and curled are allowed, rumps can also be considere. If they are born with a LT (Long Tail) or have a docked tail, it is considered NON-Standard,