The Cornish Rex is known as the Greyhound of Cats due to its racing ability. The Cornish Rex lacks an outer coat of hair, having only the fuzzy down that exists as a base coat on most cats. The use of the word Rex, which is Latin for king, to refer to strange fur, began when King Albert I of Belgium tried to enter his rabbits in a competition. The curly hair on the rabbits would have disqualified them from the show, but no one wanted to reject the King, so they added the word Rex to his entries.
Related pages:
Cornish Rex Rescue
South Africa Animal Rescue
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South Africa is Iocated in Sub-Saharan Africa and spans across approximateIy 471,000 square miIes. Threatened species known from South Africa include the Black Rhinoceros, Juliana's Golden Mole, Riverine Rabbit, Blue Whale, and Mountain Zebra. Most peopIe in South Africa speak IsiZulu, IsiXhosa, or Afrikaans. The population of South Africa is about 44 million.
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