On Sat, 19 Feb 2005 14:52:03 -0500, John Francis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > That's the basic generic "brown tabby" - the default shape and > colouring for cats before breeders start selecting variations. > > Many of the wild breeds (Norwegian Forest Cat, Scottish Wildcat) > look just like that (though it's a bad idea to try to stroke them) > > Timur is a wonderful example of how the tabby stripes can break up > into spots; I've got one of those in my current batch of fosters. > We call her the Ocelittle (she's too small to be an Ocelot). >
Yeah, now that I see the whole thing, I would have said tabby, too, although I'm no expert. >From the first portrait, it sort of almost had an Egyptian Mau look to it. http://www.cfainc.org/breeds/profiles/egyptian.html I don't know a lot about cats and breeding (or humans and breeding, now that I think about it <g>), but I once owned a purebred cat: a Devon Rex. Coolest cat I've ever owned. They have somewhat curly fur, and since they have almost dander, they're good for those who are allergic (which my ex is - to EVERYTHING in the world, as it turns out): http://www.cfainc.org/breeds/profiles/devon.html More personality in it's tail than most have at all, and ~great~ jumpers. They look pretty weird, though... Anyway, enough about cats. The first pic was indeed a lovely cat portrait. cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson
