What do you think of this key to ID domestic cats?
KEY TO I.D. Felis pussycaticus
1A Face with caved-in appearance—-> Persian (VHC, VHL)
1B Face without caved-in appearance—-> 2
2A Ears bent over——> Scottish Fold (VHC, VHL)
2B Ears straight ——> 3
3A Paid a huge pile of money from cat breeder ——> 4
3B Cat free or nearly so——> 5
4 Consult the breeders for specific pedigree——> Bengal, Tonkinese, Abbyssinian, Siamese, Burmese, Rag doll, Main Coon, Sphinx, Siberian, Savannah, etc.
5A Tail short ——> American Bob Tail (VHC, VHL)
5B Tail long ——-> 6
6A Hair long ——-> American Long Hair (VHC)
6B Hair short ——-> American Short Hair (VHC)
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Note: VHC = Variable Hair Color
VHL = Variable Hair Length
(Key most useful for domestic cats located within the Americas)
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@Dutchess: they’re not domestic cats.
It looks like a weird way to go about it, seems inaccurate, and ends up with American Long Hair and American Short Hair, where the usual term is Domestic Short/Long Hair, which also makes up almost all cats.
It seems to imply you can say any cat with a concave face is a Persia, and any with bent ears are Scottish Folds, but I think that’s not strictly true.
Also it has the only path to consulting a breeder to find the many other breeds is to know someone “paid a huge pile of money from cat breeder” but that is not necessarily true.
So it’s someone taking a broken system and trying to make it look smart and/or funny by giving it numbers and codes.
@Zaku You’re right. It’s a joke. Just having a little fun with domestic cat classification. I thought that Felis pussycaticus was a good clue. Oh well.
Bobcats are not domestic cats. That makes me sad.
And Pluto is not a planet
WAAAAA!!
Sniff. Ok. I feel a little better now @Zaku.
Any cat that thinks it’s a breed is really a trans-dog!
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