What breed is my new kitten?

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About 2 weeks ago I found a 7 or 8 week old kitten in my yard so I picked her up an looked around to see where she may have come from but none of neighbors were home so I decided to take her in the house well no one has come looking for her an she is so tame an lovable that she has to belong to someone but I've had her this long that I have decided I'm going to keep her well when I picked her up I noticed she has very bold an unique markings so I started searching on line an found she looks a lot like a Marble Bengal with the Bulls eye pattern so if anyone can help me determine her breed or even if she's a Bengal mix , purebred Bengal or just a regular short hair kitty I would greatly appreciate it! Even if she isn't a purebred Bengal or Bengal mix it won't change my mind about keeping her I'm just curious to know thank you for your input! Please refer to the pictures I have posted an please let me know if better pictures are needed to help determine her breed! 


 
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My guess is she is a "regular short hair kitty" as you put it. Having classic "marble" tabby pattern.

Not so very usual, but not really unique either.

If she was a bengal kitten gone astray, the owner would surely did everything to find her, as they arent cheap even the pet quality ones. Messages at all message tables, shelters around, vets around, etc...

She was lucky she found a safe haven with you. And you got richly rewarded for your good deed.

Good luck!
 
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Thank you very much for your feed back and I'm lucky as well for finding her she has brought a lot of giggles an laughter into my home and has become a great playmate for my other 2 kitties as well
 

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 Oh my, she is very cute and she sure does have a striking pattern.  She's a very pretty Classic Tabby domestic kitten.     and it's hard to tell but that lighter area sure does look light.   I am wondering if you actually found a Silver Classic Tabby kitten!  (WOW!) 

Classic tabby is from a recessive gene,  it has to be inherited from both parents. so it is less common than Mackerel Tabby (vertical stripes on the sides)  which is dominant.     It may have started in the UK ,  or at least it seems to be more common there. 

The marble Bengals'  pattern  IS from the same major gene as Classic Tabby, but there are other polygenetic influences on it that can be affected via selective breeding.  For example, although the bull's eye is common in classic tabbies;  it's considered a fault in Bengals and is mostly bred out.   though of course in a mix it could be more likely. 

 Bengals are a popular breed and not all breeders and owners are responsible so it's not impossible she could have some Bengal in her,  but  I don't think there is reason to think so just based on that pattern because it came from the regular domestic cats. 

If you wanted to compare her to a breed,  closer would probably be American Shorthair  ( which is the pedigree version of the regular domestic shorthairs of the U.S. ,  and Black Silver Classic Tabby is the most popular pattern.     (I'm not suggesting she is a pedigree American Shorthair.  Her head shape is not really like them.  and it's not likely you would find any 7-8 wk old pedigreed kitten wandering around and apparently nobody looking for her. )

I think it is great you said you  feel lucky too.    I have said the same thing before when people said my rescued kitties were lucky.   
 
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