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American Bobtail.... I knew she reminded me of something I have seen between the tail and the build. The color wouldn't fit with the breed so influence only. And the double coat for the fluff but shorthair. One of these days I'll know everything. Thanks abyebI'm thinking she's a shorhair, just with a thick double coat (like that of the American or British Shorthair). I don't think she has any Persian influence, her face shape isn't flat enough, and she doesn't have that stocky build of the Persian. Does she have a short tail? If so, she could have some American Bobtail influence, (she does have a body type fairly in alignment with an ABT), but a bobtail could also be a natural mutation too. Your kitten is so precious, and she would be called a copper-eyed white Domestic Shorthair.
Persians look quite different: Breed Profile: The Persian, he does look more like a Mediumhair in the second picture, so he would be a copper-eyed white Domestic Mediumhair.View attachment 180915 Thanks for your comments, the picture clicked was after he got a haircut and I wasn't sure what breed he is, ppl say he's a Persian but I am not sure, he's got quite a long tail though.
Oh my goodness, how sweet!!
He is GORGEOUS!!!What you have there is a Domestic Long Hair.
Domestic because of the head/nose/mouth structure
Long haired because the ear hair extends well beyond the edge of the ear - short haired kittens don't get this
If it was a Persian it'd be a ball of fluff long ago. As to the tail issue - it might just be a trick of the perspective in the first picture that makes it look short... if you want to know for sure the tail should be 39% of the length of the spine (don't include fur at the end of the tail) - if it's shorter than that it may have a Manx gene mutation but it'd still be a "Longy" which means few to none of the issues that come with a full blown Manx.
Here's an example of a Longy DLH all grown up:
^He's actually up for adoption now if you live in the GTA (he's an awesome cat - so friendly)
I'm thinking he possibly has some of the Turkish breed(s) of cat genes in him, as he is white and has a "normal" rather than a human-engineered "smushy" face. The true Persians, though, did not have that look; but they were and are very "cobby" in appearance, whereas your kitten is more long-legged and elegant in form.View attachment 180915 Thanks for your comments, the picture clicked was after he got a haircut and I wasn't sure what breed he is, ppl say he's a Persian but I am not sure, he's got quite a long tail though.