Dilute calico with ear tufts! What could she be?

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Not a cat breed expert but I am sure somebody will reply to you soon.

Just dropping by to say how pretty your cat is!
What is her name?
 
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Not a cat breed expert but I am sure somebody will reply to you soon.

Just dropping by to say how pretty your cat is!
What is her name?
Aw thank you! I think she’s gorgeous too but I may be biased ;) her name is Minnie!

I think she is dilute calico mixed with some breed that has lynx tips (tufts), such as Maine coon. I hear it’s pretty rare for a regular domestic short hair to have that feature.
 

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I hear it’s pretty rare for a regular domestic short hair to have that feature.
Not really. Many Domestic shorthairs have ears like that. But you are right, she is so gorgeous!!
 
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She's beautiful! I would describe her as a dilute calico domestic shorthair.

Shorthaired cats can indeed have tufts of hair at the tip of the ear like that. I have had several cats with ear tufts over the years, and I know for sure that my cats do not have Maine Coon ancestry. I have seen ear tufts even in homozygous shorthairs (cats that don't carry the recessive longhair gene).

It is also possible that your cat may have had a Maine Coon ancestor and that may have been how she inherited her ear tufts. However, other than the ear tufts, I'm not seeing a strong resemblance to the Maine Coon. Most cats are not any particular breed.
 

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My almost solid black 7lbs domestic shorthair has them even, any old cat can it is pretty common.

She is absolutely gorgeous though!! I love that coloring.
 
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