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

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

Don’t downvote baby 😭

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)

E um gato sianes

Such a cutie 😍

that looks exactly like my cat! but she wasnt from a breeder she just crauled out a leaf pile when she was a kitten, so we just kept her

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.

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.

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 .

That's a beautiful name. But sometimes he becomes a ninja.😄😄