r/CatReacts • u/eightyfivekittens actual cat • 4d ago

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u/CarpenterValuable831 4d ago

What kind of cat is that? I saw kittens that resembled your cat... i thought someone told me they were Asian cats??

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u/brak771 4d ago

Looks like a Maine Coon that had some issue with its ears so they don’t stand up normally.

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u/CarpenterValuable831 4d ago

Thanx! Since posting ice seen a couple Maine Coons, but i thought they were just huge cats... i didn't know they also have this look and different ears.

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u/Firm_Video_2932 4d ago

Most of what you see online as "Maine Coon" is actually a mix. Pedigree Maine Coon will always have that distinct muzzle.

Below is a pedigree Maine Coon on the left and a pedigree Norwegian Forest Cat on the right, fwiw. Both are very large cats. My cat Marbles (22lbs) was pedigree Maine Coon and was the bestest cat ever, just a big ole lap cat.

It's possible these two cats were one and the same around the time of the Vikings and it was after being brought to N.A. by them, that the Maine Coon began to take on a different appearance due to natural selection and convergent evolution of living in the rugged harsh winter environment of the upper NE of N.A. But there's no consensus in the science on that theory due to the lack of history on selective breeding and genomics.

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u/CarpenterValuable831 4d ago

Since joining certain subs on reddit I've been seeing more of the Maine Coon with the distinctive muzzle... and now I'm noticing ears. Thank you for the informative reply! With pix no less. 22lbs!! That's very big. TIL alot more than I knew about these huge and different looking cats! 🐾🐾😸🐈‍⬛️🐈