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Here is one more pic showing his current size at 24th May 2010:

Darren sent some more pics at 24th May 2010. "He just turned a year old and is eclipsing 20 pounds. Still growing.."

Darren sent me some new pics of the big man:

Thanks Darren. He's getting bigger! Happy New Year to the family.

Well it is confirmed by a cat expert in Houston. Peanut is definately part Savannah. He looked him over an saw so many characteristics that Savannahs possess. Including the fact that he'll catch with his paws, whatever you throw him. He says wild cats do that. Also he is now 8 months and 16 pounds.

This cat, Peanut, sure is a cutie. If he's that size now, you may need a bigger house!LOL! He's a beauty. Sorry, sure couldn't even begin to guess breed.

Here are some more pics of Peanut:

Comment: He does look like a Savannah cat. Particularly his face and nose. Although, of course, he is a tabby cat too (as are Savannahs incidentally)...Michael

Peanut is now 6 months and 14 pounds. He gained 2 pounds in two weeks according to the vet. The Savannah is definately a possible parent. I thought he was one just because of what I read from this site, and what I saw on Animal Planet. He is for sure is a special kitty! If anyone else has an insight, please post a comment! Thanks!

Darren

Hi Darren,

This looks very much like a Savannah kitten to me. His wide long nose bridge ~also looks like he has a good bit of 'nose leather', what looks like cheetah tears and maybe the marks on the back of the ear... is there a white or whitish bar in the middle of the back of the ear, by chance? This is usually present on a Savannah cat (Serval hybrid)but not always.

What a fine cat he is - and a most unusual pattern. It seems as if the tabby spots on his back merges into regular stripes towards his belly? I've never seen that before.
As to his roots, you mention an ocelot refuse, but as the ocelot belongs to a different genus of cats, I doubt it would be able to breed with domestic cats.
It is far more likely that a bengal or an occicat is part of his mix - or that he is the unique result of non-spotted genes acting together. As you may know, the spotted Occicat is a result of mixing Abyssinian with Siamese - and the outcome doesn't look like either of them at all. ;-)
All that can be said for sure is that he is a tabby shorthair mixed breed - and that's not a bad thing at all (see the article 'What breed is my cat'). And with that unique pattern and big size he is sure to be noticed anyway. ;-)

Hi Darren, thanks for sharing. If you would like to email me some pictures I'll put them into the page. My email address is:

mjbmeister [at] gmail.com

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Naturally occurring wild cat hybrids happen quite a lot particularly in places like Africa (African wild cat) and in Scotland (the Scottish Wild Cat) so it is not far fetched to think it can happen on South Padre Island.

I'll do some more work on it to see if I can find something to support the possibility.