What breed causes tuffs behind ears?

[lefa7474]

I am trying to figure out what kind of breeds my cat might be, his mom is a purebred Russian Blue (she was surrendered as a pregnant female cat to the shelter I work at) and dad is unknown. When I adopted him at 10 weeks old he looking nothing more than a solid blue medium haired cat, as he aged he started getting longer fur, ear furnishings, and these very long and light colored hair behind his ears that are very prominent. I've heard that he looks like a Norwegian Forest Cat and Nebelung but I can't find what breed has these strange ear fluffs that he has, any ideas?!

Here Frankie is around 3 months old, little amount of fluff.


Then a behind shot at the same age.

Fast forward to him as a 2 year old, an up close shot.

This last one is to show what he looks like from the front. Please help me out in finding what he could be!

One more for the full body fluff!

 

[gabicards]

I don't know the answer to your question, but wanted to reply anyway because your cat is so cute! I had never seen those tuffs behind the years, that's so interesting.

 

[FeebysOwner]

These are older threads on this site talking about ear tufts behind the ears, along with some pictures. May not really be of any help in answering your question but I thought you might find them interesting.
Tufts behind his ears? | TheCatSite
Tufts Behind Ears? | TheCatSite
Behind ear and toe tufts | TheCatSite
Changeling cat maybe part Maine Coon? | TheCatSite

 

[lefa7474]

I don't know the answer to your question, but wanted to reply anyway because your cat is so cute! I had never seen those tuffs behind the years, that's so interesting.

Thank you! I was not expecting him to have all that hair when I got him lol, I've never seen it before!