Where'd She Get These Ear Tufts From?

[cardammon]

Hi! I took in a stray a month ago and she turned out to be pregnant.... Hoping to say that the kittens are (at least vaguely) related to some breed to help them find homes.

Here's the future mom. She's tiny (3 kilos), has black ear tufts and tufts between her toes. VERY soft fur, and a long bushy tail with a black tip. Also has a very interesting sandy/reddish coloration. She doesn't look like any breed that i know of, but those ears had to have come from somehere?

(belly shaven after the ultrasound)

 

[StefanZ]

Perhaps aomewhat look alike to a Somali.

May even be for rral of pet quality.

 

[cardammon]

Perhaps aomewhat look alike to a Somali.

May even be for rral of pet quality.

oh, yeah she does look a bit like them! What is a rral?

 

[StefanZ]

Real .

Sorry Im on Iphone difficult to make corrections.

 

[cardammon]

also the longer hairs on her back and tail are "ticked" i guess? i don't know if this is at all rare but somethinmes the're half white half black, and some have a couple white stripte across th

Real .

Sorry Im on Iphone difficult to make corrections.

Oh wow! I'd be surprised haha)) She does have ticked fur though, at least on the longer hairs on her back and tail. (hairs are either half white half black or have white stripes across them). I have no idea if that's at all rare, just something i stumbled on when reading about Somalis.

 

[cardammon]

oops my browser is glitchy right now and typed the message twice... sorry about that...

 

[StefanZ]

Thinking twice I think I shall reduce my first "perhaps somewhat look alike".

I think she is a decent look alike to a Somali.

 

[StefanZ]

This said after looking more closely on the pics. What you write on your readings does confirm.

 

[StefanZ]

Had you looked if she has a chip?

 

[cardammon]

Had you looked if she has a chip?

no, it didn't occur to me... i'll have to check the next time i take her to the vet! Somalis don't have tipped ears though, no?

 

[StefanZ]

Im not that great expert pn somalis. Also what is typical for a purebred may differ in a pet quality and even more in a mix.

 

[lutece]

She appears to be a brown torbie and white domestic longhair, pattern is broken mackerel tabby.

She has a superficial resemblance to a Somali because the red in the torbie makes her look very "rufoused" and foxy. But if you look closely, it is a torbie pattern which is sex-linked red, not Aby rufousing. She does NOT have the ticked tabby pattern which is the characteristic pattern of Abyssinians and Somalis; she has stripes and spots. Note that all tabbies have ticked fur between the spots/stripes.

There might be some Maine Coon contributing to the ear tufts, since that breed is selectively bred for particularly luxurious ear tufts. But ear tufts can also show up on other cats including shorthairs (I've seen some Chartreux with them!)

 

[cardammon]

She appears to be a brown torbie and white domestic longhair, pattern is broken mackerel tabby.

She has a superficial resemblance to a Somali because the red in the torbie makes her look very "rufoused" and foxy. But if you look closely, it is a torbie pattern which is sex-linked red, not Aby rufousing. She does NOT have the ticked tabby pattern which is the characteristic pattern of Abyssinians and Somalis; she has stripes and spots. Note that all tabbies have ticked fur between the spots/stripes.

There might be some Maine Coon contributing to the ear tufts, since that breed is selectively bred for particularly luxurious ear tufts. But ear tufts can also show up on other cats including shorthairs (I've seen some Chartreux with them!)

Okay, so after some googling i think i understand what that means; thank you for the detailed answer

It's crazy that ear tufts can just show up. Does that mean they are recessive?