As far as I am concerned, this is a Bhutanese Abyssinian cat. What I mean is that she is a naturally occurring, random bred, community cat that has a very close resemblance to the well-known Abyssinian cat, which is a purebred, pedigree cat.
I don’t know whether this has any significance in any way whatsoever but when I saw this photograph by Rudolph Furtado (who lives in Mumbai, India and who likes to travel a lot and write about it), it struck me that there is a close resemblance to this random bred, community cat and the purebred equivalent.
Here is a photo of a purebred Abyssinian cat. The tabby banding on the legs has been bred out.
I’m sure there are similar ticked tabby cats everywhere in the world but I have not seen one on my travels on the Internet which caught my eye like this one in her resemblance to the Abyssinian cat.
This is Rudolph’s comment:
Spotted this pregnant tabby inside the “Paro Dzong” in Bhutan. A cute and friendly stray that must have been looked after by the Buddhist monks residing inside the Dzong. The film “Little Buddha” was filmed in this Dzong.
Here is the location:
This picture shows the likeness between the wild cat species called the jungle cat and the Abyssinian:
Well done Sandy. Great story and lovely rescue.
I once came upon 2 semi feral cats, who were about 6 months old. One looked Abyssinian and the other was Himalayan mix, siblings who’d been left behind a store, when the rest of the litter had been taken to shelter. They had evaded capture. I started feeding them, and after a few weeks, they came out for the sound of my car. Eventually took treats from my hand. I was able to enlist the help of Forgotten Felines, and the director took one home, and found a home for the other one. They were gorgeous cats, and had become tame, rather than evolve into full ferals. Happy ending for all.