The cat fancy through their cat associations – I typically refer to the Cat Fanciers’ Association (CFA) in the US – not infrequently demand through their breeding guidelines called breed standards that specified cat breeds such as the Siamese and LaPerm have almond shaped eyes. Here is an infographic on the topic which some might find useful. Of course, non-pedigree and purebred cats can also have almond shaped eyes such as my cat whose featured in the infographic.
In daylight cats’ eyes are not as sharp as human eyes. Infographic.
We don’t really know what our cat companion sees in terms of sharpness of image unlike for other humans for whom we can assume that their eyesight is not dissimilar to ours. A cat can’t undergo an eyesight test! We can’t ask our cat if they have vision problems and so on. I sense …