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What breed is this cat

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Badabingyabadabadoo · 19/09/2026 18:09

Can anyone tell me what breed of cat this is. Shes not mine she was sat in my mums garden and very kindly posed for a photo before running off. Shes very beautiful and looked different to most domestic shorhairs

What breed is this cat
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Minokee · 19/09/2026 18:23

We did have a cat like this and it was a plain old moggy. He often got mistaken for a pedigree by passers by but he wasn’t. He was however a very beautiful boy.

TiredTwelve · 19/09/2026 18:27

Chat gpt says:

This cat is a Domestic Shorthair with a blue (grey) tabby coat pattern.

While it resembles purebred breeds like the Russian Blue or British Shorthair due to its soft grey coloring and subtle striping, it lacks the distinct pedigree body structure (such as the British Shorthair's round, chubby cheeks or the Russian Blue's vivid green eyes and silver-tipped coat).

Most mixed-breed cats ("moggies") with grey tabby coats are simply domestic shorthairs with diluted black pigment genes.

MadGoodAndCompletelySafeToKnow · 19/09/2026 18:30

She looks as though she may have Burmese or Oriental heritage somewhere in her ancestry as her face is narrower than that of a typical domestic shorthair mog. She is lovely!

teaandtoastwithmarmite · 19/09/2026 18:33

Looks like a grey tabby. Our neighbours have a white fluffy cat and she had kittens with a ginger and they looked like this

Twelvetimes · 19/09/2026 18:46

I think she is a moggie but I agree it looks like there is some Burmese/oriental heritage. I have Burmese cats and the face and eye shape is similar. Beautiful cat.

Grumpyoldpersonwithcats · 19/09/2026 22:59

DSH - best type of cat 😻

pinneddownbytabbies · 19/09/2026 23:12

Looks like a silver tabby to me, lovely colour but a regular moggy.

LumpkinPumpkin · 20/09/2026 13:52

Beautiful cat.

Definitely has the same face shape as our DSH boy. Beautiful colour - looks like lilac tabby which is quite uncommon in regular moggies so might well have some BSH or Russian blue genes

ThisMachineWillNotCommunicate · 20/09/2026 13:56

Hard to say from a single photo although definitely doesn’t look like any type of purebred. She’s quite likely just a regular domestic shorthair with a diluted grey tabby coat colour but it could be that there is some sort of purebred somewhere in her lineage, it’s very hard to tell with mixed cats just from looking if you don’t know their ancestors!

Astra53 · 20/09/2026 14:05

That is an official breed called 'Beautiful Moggy' 💜

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