Please send us your comments on the following photos 
What kind of cat?
October 2002
Hi All, I photographed a "Wild" cat in Cambridge this week. Has anyone got any idea as to what it is?
Terry Dye.
We discussed this in detail with Terry on the chat session. General opinion was that it had unusual markings - prominent spotting on mid and hind bopdy with stripes on legs and tail, and fewer markings on neck. Probably an unusually domestic, although I can't identify the breed, if any.
Chris Smith, Scottish Big Cats
The images of the cat strolling down the pavement, to me, looks like an ordinary domestic tabby...if it's a Bengal it wouldn't be considered a very good one!
Allan Paul, Scottish Big Cats
About the photo of Terry, I don't think it is a domestic bengal - the breed could be a Mau ( the only domestic spotted cat without wild cat blood )
here some examples :
http://aime.ws/ or http://cats.aime.ws/
http://www.webfelin.com/descriptif.cfm?annonces__reference=115
Isidore
Isidore mentions "a Mau ( the only domestic spotted cat without wild cat blood )"
All domestic cats are descended from wildcats of various forms...even the
Mau. It's thought all the different breeds have been influenced by whatever
the local wildcat was, be it a European wildcat, African, Asian, Sand Cat
etc.
It's because all domestics have essentially wild blood that it is so
difficult to tell a big tabby cat from a wildcat, and the reason that the
original wildcat markings, such as the tabby striping and 'M' forehead
markings are so common in the most domestic looking cats...the natural wild
blueprint is so strong.
Allan Paul, Scottish Big Cats
Do you think it could be a hybrid of somesort.it definitely has unusual markings for a domestic cat.
Has photographer seen it since?
He should have followed it.
Regards.
Lloyd
We had a two cats that lived here in Rosyth, Fife that looked something like this. I call them ally cats. Wild as hell and big. As I do a lot of huntting with my gun I see some big cats that are run aways but this pic you have here, I have seen bigger ones very close up and seen them kill rabbits and birds. They are a pest. Also H.M.Dockyard, beore it went to Babcock, that was covered in them, so most of them moved out when the dockyard closed its Navy Base and moved in on the surronding streets and at night you see a lot of them there
J. Stewart.
I have a kitten that looks like this cat. The cat in your photo looks a lot like my kittens dad. I have attached a couple of photos of my kitten so you can see. My kitten is a snow lynx Bengal.
D. McKamey.
Seal lynx point bengal
Sirpa & Jukka Jarnberg
SiruCats Bengals
http://www.sirucats.com
 |
 |
 |
| Return to index | Return to Scottish Big Cats | Return to Photo Album |