Cat scottish fold. The breed has been established by crosses to british shorthair and domestic cats in scotland and england. The scottish fold is like most cats an intelligent breed. The scottish fold cat occurred as a spontaneous mutation in farm cats in scotland. As the name implies scottish folds come from scotland and they can all trace their ancestry back to a barn cat named susie who had folded ears and worked as a mouser.
Scottish folds are hardy cats much like their barnyard ancestors. The scottish fold cat breed. With its chubby figure short dense coat big round eyes and adorable short legs the scottish fold has charmed many cat lovers in the world. The scottish fold or the lop eared cat is a cat breed originating from scotland and characterized by its folded ears.
The scottish fold is a breed of domestic cat with a natural dominant gene mutation that affects cartilage throughout the body causing the ears to fold bending forward and down towards the front of the head which gives the cat what is often described as an owl like appearance. Saying this they are not as high energy as others such as the siamese. They have tiny voices and are not extremely vocal.