A Michael Broad Blog
Yes, the Toyger is a real cat breed and a fairly modern one. The underlying goal of the breeders was to create a purebred cat that looks like a miniature or toy tiger. I think it’s in line with some early ideas about some cat breeds when breeders first introduced the wild cat hybrids …
Here is a compact Toyger infographic. The word ‘Toyger’ can only mean the artificially bred and created ‘toy tiger’ purebred domestic cat from America. The creation of Judy Sugden (the daughter of the founder of the Bengal cat, Jean Mill, incidentally). I think she thought that she could create a perfect miniature copy of …
Cat breeders have been more successful in matching a domestic cat to the lion than to the tiger. The Toyger (toy tiger) is a designer cat breed. The reason for its existence is to match the tiger in appearance. To bring the tiger into the home in miniature but safer! The Maine Coon was …
This is a neat photograph of a Toyger in a tree by Michelle Groskopf of the New York Times which I have taken the liberty of publishing on my website. I hope that she doesn’t mind. It is nice to write about the exotic cat breeds from time to time. The Toyger is quite …
To to more precise, the question means what domestic cat looks like a tiger and the answer to the question is the Toyger. This is a selectively bred, artificially created purebred cat with the intention of having the appearance of a tiger. The breed was developed by refining and clarifying the mackerel tabby pattern …
The title should read “domestic cat that looks like a tiger” because officially there is only one domestic cat that looks like a tiger (or is meant to look like a tiger) and it is a purebred cat called the Toyger, the “toy” “tiger”. I guess nowadays a lot of people have heard of …
I don’t know anything about cat eye makeup except that it must be makeup that tries to copy the appearance of the eyes of a domestic cat. Common sense or cat sense 😉 I do know a bit about cat eyes, though. Judging by the finished look women involved in the makeup business have …
This short article focuses on the breed standard. This is a part of the Pictures of cats.org website where I like to present the best of photographs in large format. That means they can’t go on the main site as it is too small. Here is a fine photograph by Helmi Flick. The picture …
