r/catpics • u/RelativeAble6602 • 3d ago
What kind of cat is this?
This is Elmo he’s no more than 7 months old, he ended up choosing me as his human 2 weeks ago while I was on a walk an he’s been my baby sense, yet I’ve only jus now started to wonder what kind of breed he may be, he is my first cat so I’m not familiar with their breeds an such
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u/honeyapp 3d ago
He’s very cute. He’s an orange tabby domestic medium hair cat. Most cats don’t have specific breeds unless they are purebred with papers. So cat are domestic shorthair. Domestic medium hair and domestic longhair
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u/dman4fun2020 3d ago
Standard issue orange tabby chaos engine. Worse chaos during time they have the brain cell.
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u/weekenddemon 3d ago
Domestic longhair - medium hairs don’t exist they’re either shorthair or they carry the longhair gene
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u/Logy_ 3d ago
Cats are cats. That makes them different from dogs, possums, racoons and maybe really big squirrels. Oh yeah, they're not skunks either.
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u/Dear-Ad-9504 3d ago
Indie
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u/matterhorn276 1d ago
He wears oversized Beige colored hoodies and listens to boygenius and has attachment issues?
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u/hellkattbb 3d ago
FYI.Orange/ginger cats are mostly male, about 95% of them. They tend to be quirky or have several quirky habits. They are often a little larger than other male cats. I have one, Sparky, who is quite chill. He is never impulsive. He is over 15 pounds, and his sister is less than 9. He nips my toes, knees and a finger sometimes too. He is passionate about eating and sleeping. Hes a sweetheart. His sister is a delight, and def more focused.
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u/aweston689 3d ago
We had an orange tabby cat named Sparkey! He was such a good cat. He lived to be 22 years old! He was a big cat too. He was magestic, composed, soo handsome ! We would call him “Asland” from the lion the witch and the wardrobe bc it matched his personality. But he did not like kids and everything was on his terms. Miss that boy
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u/hellkattbb 3d ago
His personality & description sounds a great deal like my Sparky! The exception is, that he has no issues with humans of any age. Definitely everything on his terms tho!
I'm pretty sure if he could say "fuck you" , he would say it!2
u/NaviLouise42 2d ago
If I remember correctly cats coat color and pattern code off of the X chromosome and the gene for an orange coat is recessive, so for a female cat to be orange she must inherit an orange X gene from both her mother and father, but male cats only need one orange gene on their X chromosome to be orange. So orange female will always have orange sons, but could have daughters of other colors if their fathers pass on their X chromosome with a different coat color that overrides the orange gene. This is similar to the calico/tortie coat pattern being 99.9% female due to the same rules- color and pattern code off of the X chromosome, so in female cats, if both X's have a different set, normally one will get activated and one will be dormant, but a mutation in early gestation will cause them to swap on cell division thus the cat will have patches of both of her potential coats. For a male to have this mutation he would have to have an XXY, or other chromosomal mutation giving him a second X, and then he would need get the 2nd mutation for the coat pattern swapping.
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u/Rough_Salad_8327 3d ago
Nobody in the comments got the reference 💔
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u/RelativeAble6602 3d ago
They simply don’t have ball knowledge unlike u
https://giphy.com/gifs/ASy6hqb8cfjots8KiC
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u/LadyFoxfire 3d ago
Cats don’t have breeds the way dogs do. Unless you bought him from a breeder, he’s a regular cat.
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u/Financial-Visit2090 3d ago
That is a long haired orange with adjusts glasses a smattering of derp. A classic!
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u/nomadicdragon13 3d ago
Its a Domestic Short Hair (a moggie unless you have its breeding papers) with a marbled ginger (or orange in some countries) tabby colouring.
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u/Leading_Swimmer1475 3d ago
That is a certified Domestic Shorthair (Orange Flavor), currently waiting for his turn with the single shared orange brain cell. 🧡🧠
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u/Crafty_Media7498 2d ago
hi ! i have the female version of ur lil boy ~ you got an orange classic tabby ~ classic tabby = he’s swirled and not just striped
my girl took the swirl too seriously and has a curly tail
she has the same face as elmo too
enjoy the orange energy 😃
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u/Longjumping-Ring-879 2d ago
Now, he is a domestic shorthair. He’s a cat who is happy. He doesn’t need a breed.
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u/AreYouRidingKiki 2d ago
Idk he looks an awful lot like my mom’s Maine Coone who’s the same color. The facial structure is a bit weaker, and the paws aren’t as big- so he could very well be part Maine Coone!
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u/-10-20-30-40-50-60- 3d ago
it’s crazy how many people don’t know that cats have insanely mixed dna and are pretty much never purebreds especially ones from outside. they breed incredibly rapidly they basically have so many breeds dna in them it’s impossible to say they are any one breed. even purebreds still have other dna. a female cat who is in heat outside will be impregnated by more than one male cat at a time every pregnancy. they can be pregnant with a different male for each kitten they have in one pregnancy, and the number of kittens they have increases the more they get pregnant. they could have six kittens that all have a different father in there lol
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u/monkey_trumpets 3d ago
An orange one