Editing Manx cat (section)

===Coat===
[[File:Shadow Manx.jpg|thumb|Short-haired stumpy black Manx]]
[[File:GeorgeManxProfile.jpg|thumb|Long-haired Manx ([[Cymric (cat)|Cymric]])]]
Manx cats exhibit two [[Coat (animal)|coat]] lengths. Short- or long-haired, all Manx have a thick, double-layered coat. The colour and pattern ranges exhibited should conform to the standards for that type of coat in non-Manx.<ref name="Lane" />

The more common short-haired Manx – the original breed – has a coat with a dense, soft, under layer and a longer, coarse outer layer with [[guard hairs]].<ref name="CFA Manx"/> The overall appearance of the coat is fine, short and lying close to the skin,<ref name="Lane" /> versus fluffy or voluminous.

The long-haired Manx, known to some cat registries as the [[Cymric (cat)|Cymric]], has a silky-textured double coat of medium length, with "breeches" (i.e. a distinct jump in fur length at the hocks giving the appearance of old-fashioned, baggy, knee-length pants<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://pictures-of-cats.org/what-are-britches-on-a-cat.html|title=What are britches on a cat?|first=Michael|last=Broad|date=20 January 2017}}</ref> ) belly ruff and neck ruff, tufts of fur between the toes and full "ear furnishings" (hairs in ears).<ref name="CFA Manx"/> The CFA considers the Cymric to be a variety of Manx and judges it in the short-hair division even though it is long-haired,<ref name="CFA Manx"/> while [[The International Cat Association]] (TICA) judges it in the long-hair division as a distinct Cymric breed.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tica.org/members/publications/standards/mx.pdf|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121115000154/http://www.tica.org/members/publications/standards/mx.pdf|url-status=dead|title=TICA Manx Breed Group (Manx and Cymric) Show Standard|archivedate=15 November 2012}}</ref> The long-haired variety is of comparatively recent development. Lane wrote in 1903 that the Manx "to the best of my knowledge, information and belief, does not include any long-haired specimens", in his detailed chapter on the breed.<ref name="Lane" />

Regardless of coat length, the colours and [[Coat (animal)|coat]] patterns occurring in the breed today run the gamut of virtually all breeds due to extensive cross-breeding, though not all registries may accept all coats as qualifying for breeding or show. The most common coats are [[Tabby cat|tabby]], [[Tortoiseshell cat|tortoiseshell]], [[Calico cat|calico]] and solid colours.{{citation needed|date=August 2011|reason=This claim about commonness is unsourced.}}  Widely divergent Manx specimens, including even a [[Point coloration|colour-point]], blue-eyed, [[#Cymric (Manx Longhair)|long-haired variant]] of evident [[Himalayan (cat)|Himalayan]] ancestry, have been celebrated on Isle of Man postage stamps since the 1980s, and recent publications often show marbled and spotted varieties. The original insular stock, however, were of less widespread variation. Lane, having "seen a great many of them" wrote of Manx cats that "[i]t is curious that the colours in this variety seem somewhat limited" and that the breed "does not comprise all the colours usually associated with other short-haired varieties".<ref name="Lane" /> He reported only very common orange, common orange and white, common cream tabby, uncommon tortoiseshell, and very rare all-white specimens in 1903.<ref name="Lane" /> Calico and point-coloured are notably absent from this list, as are even today's common colourful tabbies. However, writing in England only five years later, Barton suggested that "the Manx may be of any colour, but probably orange is the most frequently met with."<ref name="Barton" />

Specific registries have particular, and differing, standards of points with regard to coloration and patterning. For example, the [[Governing Council of the Cat Fancy]] (GCCF) classifies the Manx as a variant of the [[British Shorthair]] (BSH),<ref name="GCCF RBRP">{{cite web|url=http://www.gccfcats.org/breeds.html |title=Recognised Breeds and Registration Policies |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |year=2012 |work=GCCFcats.org |publisher=[[Governing Council of the Cat Fancy]] (GCCF) |location=Bridgwater, Somerset, UK |access-date=21 November 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121208085015/http://www.gccfcats.org/breeds.html |archive-date=8 December 2012}} "Manx" is a subsection of "British Shorthair".</ref> and thus requires that Manx cats to have one of the coat patterns that would be permissible in the BSH rather than any that is exclusive to a "foreign" type (e.g. [[point colouration]]).  New Zealand Cat Fancy (NZCF) does likewise for colour and markings, but requires a double-coat and other Manx-specific features that GCCF does not.<ref name="NZCF M">{{cite web |url= http://www.nzcf.com/sop/Manx.pdf |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Breed Code MAN &ndash; Manx |date=January 2007 |work=NZCF.com |publisher=New Zealand Cat Fancy |location=Katikati, NZ |access-date=21 November 2012}}</ref> Some other registries are even more restrictive, while others are more liberal.