The American Bobtail received its name because of its extremely short tail. While no one is completely sure how this breed was developed, cat fanciers suspect that the American Bobcat, Manx, and Japanese Bobtail breeds are all ancestors of the American Bobtail. However, while the Manx can be completely tailless and still are able to compete in the show ring, the American Bobtail must have a tail. The tail should be short enough to stop before it reaches the cat’s hocks. While many cats have a sleek, slender appearance, the American Bobtail standard calls for a stocky, muscular cat with big paws and a slightly wild appearance. This cat’s head is wedge shaped, but broader than normal. The Bobtail breed can be a shorthair or a longhair, but even shorthair cats do not have smooth coats. The shorthair coat still is long enough to give the cat a bit of a shaggy look.
ang america Bobtail tumanggap kanya pangalanan sapagka't ng kanya labis maikli buntutan. palipasin hindi isa ay tapusin ang nananagot paano ito mag-anak was linangin, pusa fanciers maghinala atipan ng pawid ang america Bobcat, Manx, at Japanese Bobtail mag-anak ay lahat ninuno ng ang america Bobtail. paano man, palipasin ang Manx maaari maaari tapusin tailless at patahimikin ay able sa sumali di ang ipakita tugtugin, ang america Bobtail dapat may a buntutan. ang buntutan dapat maaari maikli sapat sa patigilin nang una ito sumapit ang ketsap’ hocks.