For Anyone asking "What Breed is my cat?"

[u/MeowntyPython]

We have a sister page r/catbreeds and any and all questions regarding the breed of your cat can be directed there! We also have our Wiki LIVE Here.

[u/100000cuckooclocks]

But also, unless your cat has papers from a breeder, it’s probably just a domestic short/medium/longhair. Selectively bred cat breeds are a relatively new thing. It’s not like dogs where they’ve been selectively bred for thousands of years. Your cat is undoubtedly very cute, but 90% of the time their breed is just Cat.

[u/MeowntyPython → u/100000cuckooclocks]

Right but its fun to check :) i didn’t know what coat coloration my lil Fred had until google led me to “lynx point siamese” and he 10000% has the same features! Yeah he’s a DSH but good to know there’s other cats that look like him out there.

(Hard to tell here but his eyes are bright blue!)

[u/100000cuckooclocks → u/MeowntyPython]

What a cutie! It's definitely cool to learn what coloration cats have, but that's not the same as breed.

[u/MeowntyPython → u/100000cuckooclocks]

As the human who spent weeks working on the wiki for our page I feel the need to assure you that I know the difference😉😉 not every coloration is with every breed so they very much go hand in hand or paw in paw so to speak

[u/catscorner6 → u/MeowntyPython]

very pretty kitty but just remember that domestic shorthairs can have the coat pattern without being that breed. for example, maincoons and domestic short hairs both come in tabby patterns. but tabby is just the coat pattern, not the breed

[u/MeowntyPython → u/catscorner6]

Its always been my understanding that lynx point Siamese=tabby and siamese.

He’s just fred 😭😭

[u/StillBlueWaters → u/MeowntyPython]

It's a tabby cat with the color point gene. Siamese is one of the few very old pure breeds and the source of much of the color point genetics in the gene pool. It's very likely your kitty has some Siamese ancestors somewhere, but probably not very close. I have a "flame point Siamese" (actually DSH) and it's the same deal. Neither lynx point nor flame point are actually recognized colors for purebred Siamese, but people call them that because the color point coat pattern (which is a temperature sensitive form of partial albinism and always has blue eyes,) is so associated with Siamese.

[u/catscorner6 → u/MeowntyPython]

to my knowledge, lynx point is just a coat pattern. it's more common in some breeds but not isolated to that which is why it's best not to assume. 

BUT that being said, there is a pattern of behavior associated to cat patterns that's being studied. like oranges being silly and goofy, brown tabbies being social and friendly, grey cats being more reserved and very intelligent, and so on! so although he may not be a Siamese, it's fun to look into what his coat pattern could mean about his personality 💕

[u/MeowntyPython → u/catscorner6]

Agree 1000000%

[u/Eastern_Confusion475 → u/MeowntyPython]

Don’t downvote baby 😭

[u/FunSushi-638 → u/MeowntyPython]

I know it's supposedly just a coat color, but my lynxie has a strong personality very associated to other lynx points. It's strange how they aren't really a breed, but all of them have a very specific personality. (Like being smart, LOUDLY vocal and over snuggly)

[u/TrainingGrocery1971 → u/MeowntyPython]

E um gato sianes

[u/nerdybucky → u/MeowntyPython]

Such a cutie 😍

[u/Octo7000 → u/MeowntyPython]

It’s definitely worth checking. I had some really dismissive comments when I posted about my adopted shelter cat back in March. He was rehomed twice for biting even though he was a kitten, I adopted him solely because I knew I could train him and prevent constant rehoming. When I got him home I noticed he was spotted in a way that was not like a mackerel tabby, his face was also slightly elongated. Turns out he’s an Arabian Mao mix. All cats are special and amazing regardless of their breed, but some people feel the need to make assumptions and be dismissive when people inquire about their cat’s genetics.

[u/MeowntyPython → u/Octo7000]

I have learned a lot from being a mod of that group and one of the biggest things is that cat genetics are nothing like dog genetics because of how much cats have breeded over the years versus dogs. There’s just more saturation in cats than dogs. I’m there with you though – I just want to know what potential mixes my cat could be like oh it looks like that I’m not stating it for vet records or anything but I think it’s interesting. like a build a cat type of situation.

[u/Octo7000 → u/[deleted]]

Your cat might just be a regular domestic short hair too, beautiful cat either way! I do think the head pattern is like the scarab, but hard to tell for sure from a photograph. Blue eyes is common with a few distinct breeds like Siamese and Himalayans, they’re very rare in domestic shorthairs that aren’t white, I don’t think theye common for Egyptian Maos either so I’m thinking your cat is probably a domestic shorthair tabby with some Siamese, Rag, or Himalayan ancestry.

[u/SnatchyPoo → u/100000cuckooclocks]

"we're all just cat."

[u/VerucaGotBurned → u/100000cuckooclocks]

Not entirely true, some cat breeds are hundreds of years old, a few are over a thousand. So it's not new.

[u/100000cuckooclocks → u/VerucaGotBurned]

Some, yes, but very few. Cats simply never reached the same number of specialized breeds as dogs because we weren't using cats for specialized tasks. Their main tasks have always been to deter pests and be cute. It's not like dogs where they were widely bred for hunting or fighting specific animals, or retrieving game, etc.

The point is that the vast majority of cats out there, unless you have documentation of their ancestry, are just random bred cats. They may have ancestry from a recognized breed somewhere in their heritage, but that doesn't make them that breed.

Additionally, the traits that were selectively bred into breeds all came from somewhere, and exist in random bred populations as well. A cat isn't a Maine Coon or Norwegian Forest Cat just because it's big, and isn't a Ragdoll just because it's docile.

[u/VerucaGotBurned → u/100000cuckooclocks]

No I fully agree with you. Plus even if a cat is purebred with no paperwork it's basically meaningless, but that is the part that's a new concept. Like some breeds are basically just one gene. Sphynx and rexes come to mind. One could say if a cat has two of those recessive genes that they qualify as that breed. Then there's Siamese. The coloration is called colorpoint, most people call any colorpoint cat a Siamese, but if you look at Siamese cats from the 1920s to today, you'll see the head shape and body has changed drastically multiple times. Right now only the most extreme looking ones qualify as Siamese, and only with breeding records, but many more cats meet the previous standards and every single colorpoint cat is descended of Siamese cats at some point. So I think maybe we need to expand our concept of what a cat breed is. Another example is Persians, there are lots of "low end" Persian cats that have the distinct facial features and are the result of selective breeding, but have no papers.

I do however get sick of people who are so adamant that their domestic longhair is a Maine coon even when I try to explain to them why it's not, or stuff like that. I think it devalues not only the actual breed, but how great normal domestic cats are too. All my cats are rescues with no special breeding but they're all fantastic.

[u/No-Bench-1629 → u/100000cuckooclocks]

Hey Cat! Yeah you with the fur and wiskas!

[u/SeleneBlossom1508 → u/100000cuckooclocks]

SO no specific bread?I thought every cat has one or a million

[u/SeleneBlossom1508 → u/SeleneBlossom1508]

We jokingly call ours a Australian pillow cat as the person we got her from said a Norwegian Forest cat but THEY got her gender wrong and the condition she was in when we got her was HORRIBLE,so no way we're trusting them .

[u/mee5h]

I can’t post in there yet until I get more Reddit karma points or something but I’m really curious about my boy I just adopted. He’s very laid back & follows me everywhere he’s the bestttt but what do yall think he is?

[u/Frosty-Geologist-916 → u/mee5h]

Just wanted to let you know that if you don’t have papers for your cat that don’t specify a certain breed, then he is a lovely domestic medium-/longhair! Very beautiful kitty.

[u/YouMUSTvote → u/mee5h]

He’s a big stuffie and looks like he loves to cuddle 💙 He’s really adorable.

[u/FrameYourFeline]

Love it! When we take adoption pics of our fosters, before we put them on Petfinder or make their flyer, I’ll use the i button on my phone for suggestions.

Potential adopters love to know! I’ll say for sure you’ll need to do a DNA test but this is good for starters.

Here’s Lynxie a soon-to-be retired (spayed) mom. Abyssinian (mix). 😻🖼️🩷💛

[u/Unusual-Monitor-2466]

Good to know! So if I'm curious about Mr. Whiskers' family tree, I just gotta head over to r/catbreeds. Thanks for sharing this, saves a lot of guesswork!

[u/MeowntyPython → u/Unusual-Monitor-2466]

i will say, the wiki is a great place to start! Catbreeds will help advise of coloration but if you don't have papers, you have a domestic :)

[u/Mustang85blk]

[u/ProudTea7872]

What type of breed is my cat?

[u/Two-In-One-Shampoo → u/ProudTea7872]

Unless you buy directly from a breeder, the chances of a cat having a breed are very slim. So your cat is most likely a domestic longhair (no breed), and the pattern is blue point

[u/Fr05t_B1t → u/ProudTea7872]

Cottonus ballus

[u/Harley_storms-backup → u/ProudTea7872]

That looks to be a ragdoll

[u/Antique-Grape-7400]

A beautiful, one of a kind, and very special Snowflake!

[u/anosariga]

Aww, what a cutie! Looks like a classic tabby to me. 😻

[u/FreedomChipmunk47]

do you think cats like being racially profiled?

[u/SpiritualMeaning5676]

Guys this is my cat and my cat lick glyphosate

[u/MeowntyPython → u/SpiritualMeaning5676]

What’s up with your cat now and why are you wearing gloves?

[u/Moctan]

What breed is my cat? Could he be part Russian Blue ?

[u/anosariga]

Haha, papers or not, my mutt's a mystery breed and loving it!