Singapura Cat

The Singapura cat is well known breed of the smallest cats. The breed has large ears and eyes, brown marked coat and dull or blunt tail. It has been become an established fact of Singapura being a natural breed as investigated by the “Cat Fanciers Associations (CFA)”.

After a professional working spell in Singapore, Hal Meadow and Tommy returned to US with three brown marked local cats, as they said. These 3 cats, a female kittens and a male pair from that same debris along with a young female cat became the foundation for establishing the ‘Singapura’. The name of this breed has been derived from traditional name for the Singapore, ‘Singapura’ meaning in Malay as the ‘lion city’.

In 1982, Sigapura registration with CFA after CFA accepted it for registration. In 1988, the Singapura was given the championship status.

It is a fairly muscular and stout mall to the medium sized cat with a fine and short coat. The weight of a fully grown female is usually 5 to 6 pounds whereas the male has a weight of 6 to 8 pounds. The breed has the characteristics of large and cupped ears which are somewhat pointed, the large eyes, and a slender tail which is normally shorter than its body length with a blunt tip. The coat is marked with alternate sections of light and dark color with tow light bands separated by two dark bands.

The CFA has described Singapura as curious, active and playful, with great affection and interaction desire for humans.

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