Breeder told me she was a lynx point? She is a Siamese ragdoll. I just wanna know what type of lynx point

[Luv kitties]

 

[Kris107]

Others will certainly correct me if I'm wrong, but a lynx point can't be a purebred siamese. The lynx point coloring is a tabby so therefore the linage isn't pure? I am a big fan of my color point domestic shorthairs, so it makes her no less special!

 

[Luv kitties]

her mom is a blue lynx ragdoll that’s why she has the markings and such but her dad a siamese

 

[Luv kitties]

Her other siblings were blue blue point and chocolate points

 

[Meowmee]

She is a beauty …she looks like a shorthair cat, so not a rag doll but a mix maybe, if neither of her parents are purebred with papers she would be called a dsh lynxpoint. Even if they are purebred she would still be considered a dsh by most prolly. I think she is a seal lynxpoint but her points are not super dark.

Lynx point Siamese cats are not recognized as purebred Siamese by CFA – Cat fanciers association, but they are accepted by tica I think and maybe others. They were started in the 40s and 50s by breeding ginger tabby cats with Siamese cats I believe. Numerous other cats, both short hair and long hair now have been bred with siamese cats to get the points also and some of the lynx point, tortie point and the more unusual colors for the points.

For CFA they only recognize the official original color points of the original Siamese. Which were seal point, blue point, chocolate point, and lilac point. Long ago, almost all of the Siamese cats were seal points. I guess the other point colors started as mutations with the dilute genes of some sort and then when people started breeding for that more. Blue is the dilute of seal or black, and lilac is the dilute of chocolate as I recall. Seal point however, does not really look like black in person to me, even though it’s genetically the same. Quinn’s points look like a very dark brown.

I have to find what I read originally about how the other 3 points started showing up more in Siamese cats because I can’t remember it completely.

Oddly enough, however, the traditional or original Siamese cats do not look like what the modern and extreme siamese look like today. They are not so elongated and they do not have huge ears like the modern oriental short hair cats. And some consider them to be a separate breed which is kind of crazy in my opinion, and call them ThaiCat.

My Quinn is a traditional purebred sealpoint Siamese, and he is registered as Siamese. He’s kind of like a mix of a slightly more angular, cat, and the apple head. When he was younger, he looked more wedgie. He looks just like the first siamese cats who came to the west. At some point, some Siamese breeders did not like the change in the look of Siamese cats and they kept breeding the traditional looking cats.

 

[Kris107]

 

[StefanZ]

To know what sort of lynx she is, we would need to see the markings on hr body...which usually istnt easy. Peehaps a genetic test?

 

[Maurey]

She's black lynx point. If you're interested in the pattern, we can rule out ticked tabby because of the pattern of her scarab (the M), and most likely spotted because it's an uncommon modifier. Can you share a better photo of her sides? We may be able to determine the pattern if it's vivid enough on her sides.