by Andrea
(Vancouver, WA, USA)
I bought my cat from a Munchkin breeder. The advertisement said: Nonstandard Lynxpoint and White Munchkin Boy.
When I look at pictures of different cats, he looks like he may have Norwegian Forest cat in him, because his ears have lots of hair and he has long hair that comes out of his paws.
He seems small for his age (1 1/2 yrs) but I'm not sure, I think his father was a Napoleon??
He also, has an M on his head like the Maine Coon. Anyway, can anyone help me out?
Andrea
Hi Andrea... thanks for visiting and asking. A non standard Munchkin is a Munchkin cat that is not a dwarf cat.
As you know dwarf cats have short legs but not all Munchkins are born with short legs. In fact about 50% are.
When they are born with normal length legs they are normal looking cats and called "nonstandard".
That means that you boy is Munchkin cat. That is his breed.
Within that breed there are a wide range of coat types. Your boy has lynx points. That means he is a pointed cat in the same way a Siamese is pointed for example but the points are affected by the tabby gene. He has tabby points in effect rather than solid coloured points.
The presence of the tabby gene also produces the classic tabby "M" on the forehead.
I could be miles of the mark but he also seems to have the inhibitor gene producing the smoke appearance coat that I think I can see on his back.
This is a coat in which each hair strand is lighter near the body and darker at the tip of the each hair.
I must say that he is a lovely looking cat. I hope that this helps.
I have moved this page to the Munchkin cats page by the way.
Hello, this is our cat gizmo, a overwhelming common name it seems, he is ten and we wanted to know what breed you think he is? We where told main coon. Thx!!!
Hi Beth. He sounds very interesting. If you have photo please upload it using the button below the comment box. Thanks for sharing.
I have a very unusually type. Of cat he is have gray and him mom is black looks as he may have short hair cat idk but I still love him…
Hi Crystian, as far as I can tell from the picture, you have (a) black and white cat (random bred – meaning not of a cat breed and (b) and tabby and white also random bred.
Lovely cats and well done for saving them. Great job. Almost all cats are random bred, sometimes called mixed breed. All pedigree cats (purebred cats) are registered with cat associations in the West (Europe and N. America).
Thanks for visiting and asking.
I saved these two kittens from being put to sleep and i never owned a cat until now because i couldn’t let kittens so young never have a chance to live. they are brother and sister could you tell me what kind they are ?
Patricia, thank you for sharing. Annabella seems to be a stunning looking cat with caramel tabby markings. Some domestic shorthaired cats are particularly beautiful and they can look like pedigree, purebred cats.
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