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Chocolate coloured cat

Are brown cats rare?

PoC avatarPosted on July 18, 2022 by Michael BroadJuly 18, 2022

To answer the question, I believe that it is sensible to divide the domestic cat world into two categories: purebred and non-purebred cats (moggies). That’s because there is a distinct difference when answering the question between these two categories. Purebred … continue reading…

Posted in Rare Cat Breed | Tagged cat genetics, genetics, havana brown, rare cat, recessive genetic mutation, Suffolk Chocolate
Male tortoiseshell 'Comet'

What is the “unicorn of cats”?

PoC avatarPosted on June 9, 2022 by Michael BroadJune 9, 2022

The unicorn of cats, so called, is a male tortoiseshell domestic cat. The title has been awarded because they are so rare. My research, years ago, indicated that about one in 3000 tortoiseshell cats are males. Dr. Desmond Morris in … continue reading…

Posted in tortoiseshell | Tagged cat genetics, Cat News, genes, rare cat, tortie cats, tortoiseshell cat | Leave a reply
Albino jaguarundi cub in Colombia

Video of albino jaguarundi rescued in Colombia where it will live in a sanctuary

PoC avatarPosted on April 13, 2022 by Michael BroadApril 13, 2022

Sometimes, the people of Colombia visit PoC for which I’m grateful. As I say, the people living in 86% of the world’s countries visit PoC to varying degrees at varying times, which is why I decided to see if I … continue reading…

Posted in Jaguarundi | Tagged albino cat, cat genetics, Colombia, jaguarundi, rare cat
White cat with amputated ears because of cancer

How rare are white cats?

PoC avatarPosted on September 24, 2021 by Michael BroadSeptember 24, 2021

About 3 percent of cats are white. However, the question needs to apply to domestic and stray cats outside of the pedigree cat population. This is because cat breeders sometimes selectively breed white cat, which distorts the percentage of all-white, … continue reading…

Posted in white | Tagged cat genetics, dominant white gene, rare cat, white cat, white cats | Leave a reply
Moor-head cat

Moor-headed cat

PoC avatarPosted on April 4, 2021 by Michael BroadApril 4, 2021

This is a cat ‘breed’ that might have happened but it never did. It is also described as the black-headed cat or Mohrenkopf which is German for ‘Moor’s head’. Today morenkopf means a small chocolate-covered cream cake! Enough, I digress. … continue reading…

Posted in Cat Breeds | Tagged cat breeds, cat history, cat history pictures, rare cat | Leave a reply

This cat was both spayed and neutered

PoC avatarPosted on March 18, 2021 by Michael BroadMarch 18, 2021

Can cats be hermaphrodite? Yes, there is one for adoption at Caldwell! At March 16th 2021 a hermaphrodite cat whose name is Jessie is up for adoption from the West Valley Humane Society in Caldwell. So domestic cats can be … continue reading…

Posted in genetics | Tagged cat anatomy, cat genetics, gender, hermaphrodite cats, rare cat, spaying and neutering | Leave a reply
Super rare bicolour pattern on off-white cat

Amazing pattern on grade 8 bicolor cat

PoC avatarPosted on March 7, 2021 by Michael BroadMarch 7, 2021

You’ve probably never seen a domestic cat coat like this before. The coat is bicolour meaning two colours: white and dark brown in this instance. The coats are sometimes referred to as ‘solid-and-white’. This coat is very strange because of … continue reading…

Posted in bicolor | Tagged bicolor cats, bicolour cats, piebald gene, rare cat, white spotting gene | 1 Reply
Olivia has the longest neck I have seen on a domestic cat

Domestic cat with longest neck

PoC avatarPosted on October 23, 2020 by Michael BroadOctober 23, 2020

Olivia, who was living at Anne Arundel County Animal Care & Control at the time the photograph was taken, has the longest neck of a domestic cat that I have seen. I’m sure that it is entirely natural and not … continue reading…

Posted in Cat Anatomy | Tagged adoption, America, animal shelter, cat anatomy, rare cat, rescue cat, tabby cat | Leave a reply
Male tortie Cresta

Rare male black tortoiseshell discovered on streets of Welsh town

PoC avatarPosted on November 1, 2019 by Michael BroadNovember 1, 2019

Someone in Wales, UK has become the lucky guardians of a rare male tortoiseshell rescue cat called Cresta who was picked up from the streets of Colony Bay which is a town on the north coast of Wales. The new … continue reading…

Posted in tortoiseshell | Tagged rare cat, tortie cats, tortoiseshell cat
Black Tortoiseshell Kitten with Blaze

All Tortoiseshell Cats Are Feminine

PoC avatarPosted on March 11, 2019 by Michael BroadFebruary 6, 2020

We know that nearly all tortoiseshell cats are female. Dr Morris says that it has been calculated that about one in 200 tortoiseshell cats are males but I’ve also read that one in 3000 is the correct percentage. Let’s say … continue reading…

Posted in tortoiseshell | Tagged cat coats, gender, rare cat, tortoiseshell cat | 1 Reply
White serval Tonga

Picture Of A White Serval

PoC avatarPosted on June 11, 2018 by Michael BroadJune 11, 2018

I bumped into this picture of a white serval on Pinterest and was immediately aware that the cat was a serval and being white he had to be extremely rare as this coat type is not mentioned in the best … continue reading…

Posted in Serval | Tagged african serval, black serval, melanistic serval, rare cat, serval, wild cat species | Leave a reply

One in a million super rare Maine Coon

PoC avatarPosted on January 13, 2017 by Michael BroadJanuary 13, 2017

Three-year-old MezzoMixx is a tortoiseshell Maine Coon with a gorgeous blaze down his nose. Being a breeding male he is exceptionally rare. The degree of rareness is unclear. In the title I have said that he is a one in … continue reading…

Posted in Maine Coon | Tagged blaze on tortoiseshell cats, calico cat, cat breeder, maine coon cat, rare cat, tortoiseshell cat | Leave a reply
male tortie cats

How rare are male tortoiseshell cats?

PoC avatarPosted on November 27, 2014 by Michael BroadJuly 8, 2020

Our dear Sarah Hartwell, Britain’s scientific cat lover, quotes figures of 1 in 1000 to 1 in many thousands with respect to the rareness of the male tortoiseshell cat. She doesn’t have a firm figure and if she doesn’t, there … continue reading…

Posted in tortoiseshell | Tagged calico, calico cat, cat coats, rare cat, tortoiseshell cat | 16 Replies

Snowshoe Cat

PoC avatarPosted on May 25, 2012 by Michael BroadJune 5, 2019

Appearance Breeding History Breeders, Clubs, Standard Introduction This breed of cat is a deliberate hybridization of the Siamese and the American Bicolor cats (American shorthair cats with the white spotting factor). The breed began in 1960 in Philadelphia, USA, when … continue reading…

Posted in Snowshoe Cat | Tagged cat breeds, domestic cat, rare cat, snowshoe cat | 18 Replies

Sokoke

PoC avatarPosted on May 25, 2012 by Michael BroadJune 5, 2019

Introduction Is the Sokoke the rarest of all domestic cat breeds? Is this breed the missing link in the evolution of the classic tabby pattern in cats? No, I am speculating wildly it seems. Is the breed, in fact, a … continue reading…

Posted in Sokoke | Tagged domestic cat, rare cat, sokoke cat | 43 Replies

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