Napoleon
Short legs from the Munchkin and a round Persian face, now registered as the Minuet. It keeps the Persian calm at about half the height.
Overview
The Napoleon, now often called the Minuet, puts a Persian type face on Munchkin legs. It was developed in the United States from the 1990s by crossing Munchkins with Persians and related breeds.
Both halves of that cross come with something. The short legs are chondrodysplasia, a single dominant gene, and the Persian side brings the flat face and the inherited kidney disease that goes with Persian ancestry.
Temperament
Gentle, affectionate and easy going. Napoleons take the Persian calm and add more playfulness than a Persian usually has, which is a genuinely pleasant combination.
They are sociable with children, dogs and other cats, and they are not demanding. They are quiet cats that like company and laps.
Care and grooming
A weekly brush for the shorthair and daily combing for the longhaired ones, since Persian ancestry brings a coat that mats.
The flat face needs the Persian routine of daily eye and face cleaning. Polycystic kidney disease has a DNA test and a breeder should be able to show clear results for both parents, because that is the single most preventable problem in any Persian derived breed.
Living and exercise
A calm indoor household with ramps or steps to sofas and beds, because short legs limit access rather than ambition.
The honest caveat is that this is a breed built from two deliberate mutations, and the welfare argument about breeding for short legs is a real one that reasonable people disagree about. It is worth going in aware of it rather than discovering it later.
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