The Sumxu Chinese Lop-Eared Cat Drop-eared cat Droop-eared cat or Hanging-Ear cat all names referring to its characteristic feature of pendulous ears was a long-haired lop-eared breed of cat now considered extinct. The descriptions are based on reports from travellers on a live cat taken to Hamburg by a sailor and on a taxidermy specimen exhibited in Germany. The cats were valued as pets but was also described as a food. The last reported Chinese Lop-eared cat was in 1938.