Editing Cymric cat (section)

=== Isle of Man Longhair (tailed variant) ===
The '''Isle of Man Longhair''' is a fully tailed Cymric cat, i.e. a cat of Cymric (and thus Manx) stock, with Cymric features, but without expression of the Manx taillessness gene. It is presently only recognized as a separate breed by the New Zealand Cat Fancy (NZCF) with a breed standard. Coat colours are limited to those acceptable in the British Shorthair, and require the doubled and thick, long coat of the Cymric.<ref name="NZCF IML2">{{cite web |date=January 2003 |title=Breed Code IML &ndash; Isle of Man Longhair |url=http://www.nzcf.com/sop/Isle%20of%20Man%20LH.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120725043300/http://www.nzcf.com/sop/Isle%20of%20Man%20LH.pdf |archive-date=July 25, 2012 |access-date=November 18, 2011 |work=NZCF.com |publisher=New Zealand Cat Fancy (NZCF) |location=Katikati, NZ}}</ref> In other international registries, such cats are designated "Tailed Cymric" or "Tailed Manx Longhair", only recognized as breeding stock (they are important as such, since breeding two tailless Manx or Cymrics together results in birth defects), and cannot be show cats.<ref name="GCCF regpol3" />