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* The Manx's ultimate origin is unknown. [It was as of 1908, and still is now according to other sources, but genetic study could change that at any time.]
* Most specimens were then found on the Isle of Man. [This was long before the world-wide explosion of cat breeding.]
* Similar cats were also found in Cornwall and Crimea. [That they are
**We know from the [[Japanese Bobtail]] and [[Kuril Islands Bobtail]] that stunted-tail cats are a common type of mutation in insular, isolated populations but {{em|not}} necessarily the same mutation.
**But we also know from other sources that Manx cats were popular as [[ship's cat]]s, so they could have simply spread to Crimea by ship. [Needs more sources. We can't draw any conclusions yet; that would be [[WP:NOR|original research]].] Other sources also mention them in Denmark, etc. [This is all interesting enough to mention without advancing a theory.]
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