{"topic_id":"companion_breed_standard_tennessee_rex_cat","category":"companion-breed-standard","context":"---\ntopic_id: companion_breed_standard_tennessee_rex_cat\ncategory: companion-breed-standard\ntitle: \"Tennessee Rex — breed standard (TICA: size, coat, temperament, type)\"\nlang: en\nsource: \"TICA breed-standard derived fact summary (paraphrased per COPYRIGHT_POLICY § 3; numbers and proper nouns preserved).\nsource_file: pdf-raw/breed-standard/tennessee_rex_combined.txt\ndate_parsed: 2026-08-02\ntokens_estimated: 0\nverification:\n  method: paraphrase\n  claims: 6\n  passed: 6\n  date: 2026-08-05\nrecovered: false\npath: companion-breed-standard/companion_breed_standard_tennessee_rex_cat/01_companion_breed_standard_tennessee_rex_cat.md\nsource_document: \"TICA (The International Cat Association)\"\ncitation:\n  authority: \"TICA (The International Cat Association)\"\n  title: \"Tennessee Rex — breed standard (TICA: size, coat, temperament, type)\"\n  url: \"https://www.tica.org\"\n  retrieved: \"2026-08-02\"\n  ref: \"Official breed standards (factual data points + section outline extracted verbatim)\"\n  doc_type: \"official kennel-club breed standards\"\n  needs_review: false\nlicense: paraphrase\ncopyright_note: \"Sources (TICA breed-standard texts) are not openly licensed; per COPYRIGHT_POLICY § 3 every claim is a paraphrased derived fact summary (numbers and proper nouns preserved, sentences rewritten), not a verbatim quotation.\"\nlicense: paraphrase\ncopyright_note: \"Sources (TICA breed-standard texts) are not openly licensed; per COPYRIGHT_POLICY § 3 every claim is a paraphrased derived fact summary (numbers and proper nouns preserved, sentences rewritten), not a verbatim quotation.\"\nauthority_tier: T1\nauthority_tier_basis: \"T1:kennel-club-breed-standard\"\nauthority_tier_date: 2026-08-05\n---\n\n# Tennessee Rex — breed standard (TICA: size, coat, temperament, type)\n\n## Claims\n\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* The Tennessee Rex is a naturally occurring mutation that appeared in the Tennessee Valley in 2004.\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* It is a medium to large cat, curly coated from birth, with a satin sheen on the fur.\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* The coat occurs in both longhair and shorthair varieties and is most curly on the neck, shoulders, chest, legs and tail.\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* The body is semi-cobby, large, long and rectangular but not slender, with a muscular athletic build and full chest.\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* The eyes are large, rounded and almond-shaped.\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* Disqualifying faults include absence of the satin sparkle, an adult male without two descended testicles, a missing tail, and more than five toes on each front foot or four on each back foot.\n","sources":["companion-breed-standard — Tennessee Rex — breed standard (TICA: size, coat, temperament, type) (retrieved 2026-08-02)"],"source":{"authority":"companion-breed-standard","title":"Tennessee Rex — breed standard (TICA: size, coat, temperament, type)","url":"https://www.tica.org","retrieved":"2026-08-02","ref":"","doc_type":"official PDF","source_document":"TICA (The International Cat Association)","verification_file":"pdf-raw/breed-standard/tennessee_rex_combined.txt"},"source_document":"TICA (The International Cat Association)","source_file":"pdf-raw/breed-standard/tennessee_rex_combined.txt","trust":{"authority_tier":"T1","fidelity":"paraphrase","license":"paraphrase","display_grade":"C"},"tokens_estimated":447,"generated_at":null,"tip":"Use /api/v1/topics to discover more topics. /api/v1/nutrient for precise single-point queries. /api/v1/cross_compare for 2-3 standard comparisons."}