What breed do you think my cat is?

StefanZ

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And sorry if my english is not very good
Nothing wrong with your english!  But as you hint english isnt your native language(right??), in what country are you?   It may help us analyse what he is, beside being a beautiful  point and tabby, or lynx point as they say.  (this M you mentioned).

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Thanks! Yeah, my native language is spanish 
 

We live in Mexico :)
I just searched for the breeds you mentioned and I guess he's a lynx point as you say


His characteristics are the same, the rings on the tail, the striped legs and the "M"  :D

When the vet mentioned the burmilla and I searched for information, I wasn't sure, because I saw these cats have a more round head and their eyes are deep green, besides, the hair is very short and silky,

and Tito's hair is not that short :p

 
 

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Yeah, and also, burmilla arent supposed to be pointed.  Theoretically, they can have a sort of masque, as they are in part descentands of Burmese cats.  Who are masqued (but it is a different gene than in siamese point/masque)    But in practice it seems their burmilla descendants dont carry masque.  They get the coloring in other ways instead.

I suppose for the time being, you can say he is sort of old type siamese, or perhaps better,  lynx-point,  short and concise.   :)

The exact color of the point I dont dare to tell, I have misquessed them earlier...   Observe, he may get darker with time.  Points often do.
 

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Whatever he is (besides adorable) he does not appear to be a Burmilla. They must have green eyes (in The Cat Fanciers Association) as well as no tabby markings with the exception of broken rings on the legs being accepted. He sure looks like a Lynx point something - lynx point refers to the marking not a breed. Looks to be a blue lynx point, but I could be wrong since it is hard to tell from photos. Burmillas come in shaded and tipped varieties - the undercoat is pure white in all the Burmilla colors, if that helps. I would tend to agree that he looks more like an old type Siamese, but I am no expert.
 
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Thank you very much for your help :)
Actually, his marks have become darker since the day I found him, not much but, yeah :p
I now can tell thanks to both of you that he's not a burmilla :) 
I love cats, but honestly I don't know very much about breeds or types of color, etc. 

But I will investigate a little more, because now I'm very interested about it 
 

Thanks :D
 

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I suppose for the time being, you can say he is sort of old type siamese, or perhaps better,  lynx-point,  short and concise.   :)
He definitely looks like a lynx mix to me, too. He's very cute, @Satowffa! I didn't know anything about cat breeds or types, either, until we got two Siamese mixes, one of which is a lynx mix!
 
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