An adorable stumpy cat called Manchester with 4-inch legs from Russia has become an Instagram star, amassing over 50,000 followers.

Manchester, who is nearly two years old, is a mixture of two breeds – a Scottish straight and a Munchkin, which are renowned for their extremely short legs.

The stumpy feline lives with his owner, Alexander Ushakov, 36, in Moscow, Russia, and doesn't let his teeny height stop him from living his best life.

‘Manchester was born on September 15, 2018 and I bought him at the age of 4 months,' Alexander explained.

‘I decided to call him Manchester in honour of the Manchester United football team as I have been a fan of them since 1998.

‘I decided to create an Instagram account for him because I thought he was cute enough to please other people. As it turned out, he has quite a lot of fans!'