The German Rex was discovered in East Germany in 1946. The coat of German Rex is very similar to that of the Cornish Rex : it has no guard hairs and the awn hairs and the undercoat are both unusually short. It differs from the Cornish Rex coat in having awn hairs that are little thicker than those of the undercoat, and this gives it a fuller, woollier look.
The body form is closer to the European Shorthair. 
       Since 1980s fewer and fewer German Rexes has appear at shows, the breed seems to be vanishing.
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