Shelter cat has a unique face

This cat is at my local animal shelter, however her face is so unique I've never seen a cat like her! Her eyes are spaced very far apart, her nose is very flat, and her head perfectly round. She is a shorthair calico, I think she is adorable if I didn't have any cats I would adopt her. http://www.petfinder.com/petdetail/27900716/

 She is indeed extremely cute.  The face actually looks like a wide oval ?   which makes her look similar to the American Shorthair breed,   but the  wide set eyes make me wonder if she may have some Persian or Exotic Shorthair ancestry.

Or the unusually wide set eyes could be a developmental anomaly  that just happened with that particular cat, 

 I hope she will soon get a good home.

Just a thought, I have no actual medical background to know anything about this, but she kind of lookes like this tiger http://www.pbh2.com/***/meet-kenny-an-inbred-white-tiger/ but not as extreme. 
This guy has down syndrome, and just like in People it alters the face structure a bit. eyse are far apart and the nose is a little more close to the eyes. I have no idea how animals with Mental dissiblities behavior differ from People. But from what I can see thats what I would guess.. 
She is an absolute cutie! I personally want to adopt a persian someday, but if I ever came accross her I would grab her in a heart beat! <3

Cynbarrie, thanks.    I did have the idea pop in my head that it was a similar look as people with Down's Syndrome   but I didn't know if there was anything  like that that might cause similar facial differences in cats    so i just said something vague about a "developmental anomaly". 

   I know it can't be literally the exact same thing since Down's  Syndrome in humans involves the 21st pair of chromosomes  and cats only have 19 pairs.    (I think the same is true for tigers.  so whatever Kenny has , it's not the exact same problem as in humans.    & in brief research I wasn't able to find anything definite about what specifically was wrong with him or about mental disabilities in white tigers;  though I found some things about physical problems.

It also looks like fetal alcohol syndrome, but I doubt the cat's mom was lapping up the alcohol.

I also thought of hydrocephalus,  although her head doesn't look as big and domed as  i thought they usually did  -- BUT  the photos on Petfinder don't show a side view.    IF she has that , it may have for some reason improved since kittenhood  since the cat is still alive and apparently not obviously very debilitated.

or there may be some birth defect from some other cause.

I can say there is not any breed I know where the eyes are normally THAT wide set.   so I   think it's likely something abnormal happened here , though it may be only cosmetic  and not associated with a health problem.  

 & it could be from a breed that is bred to have eyes rather wide set anyway and then (possibly due to inbreeding plus selecting for some increasingly exaggerated version of the trait)  and then  some cat ended up with a much more extreme look.  

 Or she may be a pure moggy and  the look had nothing to do with breed,  but was just some spontaneous abnormality in a random-bred cat.  That is probably more likely.

One might be able to tell by spending some time with the kitty if she seems to have some condition that affects her abilities in some way,     

you are correct, Kenny probably does not have 'down syndrome', but it is the closest thing we can relate whatever he may have, to what the general public will understand. But these sort of defects are not uncommon in the cat (or any animal for that matter) world. 
The famous Grumpy Cat or Lil Bub are examples of cats with some sort of mental/developmental abnormality, Grumpy cat has a similar-ish face to this little girl (she is not nearly as grumpy looking though lol) 
But that would be my first guess as to why she looks so unique. Thankfully though, the Fandom of Grumpy Cat and Lil Bub have mad adopting cats the first choice to people, and also helping out mentally/physically disabled cats and dogs, by getting rid of that stigma.
 

I had no idea animals could get this. Would you agree that it is a concern the shelter has nothing mentioned of this under the listing, wouldn't it be a special needs cat? It's being listed as an ordinary cat getting no special care and as states above it looks like it has an infection. I've been in the shelter its filthy and cats are sick often.

I feel so bad for her now I really want to see someone adopt her this shelter is known to put many dogs and cats to sleep if they aren't adopted right away.

Well sometimes they don't need any extra special treatment.. like Grumpy Cat (her name is actually Tater sausauce) She's basically a normal cat just behaves a little differently and looks a little different..
I'm assuming you volunteer at this shelter.. If you are worried that she may need special treatment you should ask, or maybe suggest they look into her health a little bit. Do you know how old she is?? if she is still a young cat her health may not be affected yet, they may not ever show up. 
I'm sure there is an expert out there somewhere that understands Cat Mental Health and Disabilities, if you are really curious I would Post this in the Health section.. 
Share what you have heard from us and see if anyone can give you any reliable information.  
I am no vet, all my info has just come from what I randomly search on the internet, but the health section is your best bet to narrow down the possibilities

Grumpy Cat's name is Tarder Sauce. Yes, that's how the owner spells it.

mrblanche said:

Grumpy Cat's name is Tarder Sauce. Yes, that's how the owner spells it.

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I was typing on my Ipad.... Auto correct fixed it for me and also somehow thought I was trying to say "sausauce" lol 
I know that show its spelled, they call her Tard a lot of the time for short. lol

Ah.  The ever-treacherous auto correct.  Most people get it wrong.

Cynbarrie said:

 
Well sometimes they don't need any extra special treatment.. like Grumpy Cat (her name is actually Tater sausauce) She's basically a normal cat just behaves a little differently and looks a little different..
I'm assuming you volunteer at this shelter.. If you are worried that she may need special treatment you should ask, or maybe suggest they look into her health a little bit. Do you know how old she is?? if she is still a young cat her health may not be affected yet, they may not ever show up. 
I'm sure there is an expert out there somewhere that understands Cat Mental Health and Disabilities, if you are really curious I would Post this in the Health section.. 
Share what you have heard from us and see if anyone can give you any reliable information.  
I am no vet, all my info has just come from what I randomly search on the internet, but the health section is your best bet to narrow down the possibilities

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I agree with cynbarrie.  it's possible they didn't note anything because if she does have some problem, it's very mild and mostly affected her appearance.  As I wrote above,   by spending some time with her it may become apparent if she seems to have problems that would make her need some special kind of care.   If you do volunteer there,  you could mention it to the shelter vet or shelter manager.