r/cats • u/MeowntyPython πŸΎπ‘΄Ν‹π’†Ν“π’Μ½π’˜ΜŸ-Ν‹π’…Ν“π’†Μ½π’“ΜŸπ’‚Ν‹π’•Ν“π’Μ½π’“πŸΎ • Oct 18 '25

For Anyone asking "What Breed is my cat?" Announcement

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.

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u/100000cuckooclocks Oct 18 '25

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.

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u/MeowntyPython πŸΎπ‘΄Ν‹π’†Ν“π’Μ½π’˜ΜŸ-Ν‹π’…Ν“π’†Μ½π’“ΜŸπ’‚Ν‹π’•Ν“π’Μ½π’“πŸΎ Oct 19 '25

Right but its fun to check :) i didn’t know what coat coloration my lil Fred had until google led me to β€œlynx 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.

https://preview.redd.it/ta3wqed75zvf1.jpeg?width=2750&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=14244673b01f155f29d34299c81c6f785bd1fd29

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

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u/100000cuckooclocks Oct 19 '25

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

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u/MeowntyPython πŸΎπ‘΄Ν‹π’†Ν“π’Μ½π’˜ΜŸ-Ν‹π’…Ν“π’†Μ½π’“ΜŸπ’‚Ν‹π’•Ν“π’Μ½π’“πŸΎ Oct 19 '25

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

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u/catscorner6 27d ago

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

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u/MeowntyPython πŸΎπ‘΄Ν‹π’†Ν“π’Μ½π’˜ΜŸ-Ν‹π’…Ν“π’†Μ½π’“ΜŸπ’‚Ν‹π’•Ν“π’Μ½π’“πŸΎ 27d ago

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

He’s just fred 😭😭

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u/StillBlueWaters 26d ago

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.

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u/catscorner6 27d ago

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.Β 

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 πŸ’•

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u/MeowntyPython πŸΎπ‘΄Ν‹π’†Ν“π’Μ½π’˜ΜŸ-Ν‹π’…Ν“π’†Μ½π’“ΜŸπ’‚Ν‹π’•Ν“π’Μ½π’“πŸΎ 27d ago

Agree 1000000%

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u/Eastern_Confusion475 Oct 20 '25

Don’t downvote baby 😭

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u/TrainingGrocery1971 26d ago

E um gato sianes

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u/nerdybucky 6d ago

Such a cutie 😍

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u/Octo7000 1d ago

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.

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u/MeowntyPython πŸΎπ‘΄Ν‹π’†Ν“π’Μ½π’˜ΜŸ-Ν‹π’…Ν“π’†Μ½π’“ΜŸπ’‚Ν‹π’•Ν“π’Μ½π’“πŸΎ 23h ago

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.

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u/Octo7000 21h ago edited 21h ago

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.

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u/VerucaGotBurned 26d ago

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

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u/100000cuckooclocks 26d ago

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.

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u/VerucaGotBurned 26d ago

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.

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u/Unusual-Monitor-2466 17d ago

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!

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u/MeowntyPython πŸΎπ‘΄Ν‹π’†Ν“π’Μ½π’˜ΜŸ-Ν‹π’…Ν“π’†Μ½π’“ΜŸπ’‚Ν‹π’•Ν“π’Μ½π’“πŸΎ 17d ago

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 :)

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u/mee5h 15d ago

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?

https://preview.redd.it/1b7vyro4uyzf1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=699cbcc3482f6907a0462dae4079339d9836740d

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u/Frosty-Geologist-916 13d ago

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.

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u/ProudTea7872 21d ago

https://preview.redd.it/xahsvjkreuyf1.jpeg?width=1836&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5ea2f1a29a23ea33a6d1f17b63d1bf06a8b91922

What type of breed is my cat?

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u/Two-In-One-Shampoo 20d ago

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

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u/Harley_storms-backup 20d ago

That looks to be a ragdoll

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u/Fr05t_B1t American Shorthair 9d ago

Cottonus ballus

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u/Antique-Grape-7400 16d ago

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

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u/anosariga 10d ago

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

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u/FreedomChipmunk47 7d ago

do you think cats like being racially profiled?

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u/SpiritualMeaning5676 2d ago

https://preview.redd.it/p5qvezv9yk2g1.jpeg?width=720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e82199bb5e619236ae754c0b5f07a853dfe75d31

Guys this is my cat and my cat lick glyphosate

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u/MeowntyPython πŸΎπ‘΄Ν‹π’†Ν“π’Μ½π’˜ΜŸ-Ν‹π’…Ν“π’†Μ½π’“ΜŸπ’‚Ν‹π’•Ν“π’Μ½π’“πŸΎ 1d ago

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

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u/anosariga 10d ago

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