According to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munchkin_(cat) "The munchkin is a relatively new breed created by a mutation that causes achondroplasia, or more probably hypochondroplasia as the skull size is unaffected, resulting in cats with abnormally short legs.[1][2] The breed originated in 1983 when Sandra Hochenedel found an extremely short-legged black cat living under a trailer in Louisiana. This cat, named Blackberry, was pregnant and half of her kittens were born short-legged. One of Blackberry's kittens, a tomcat named Toulouse, became the father of a breeding program that established the breed in North America.[3]"

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