my rescue baby

In July I found Chino when he was only about 2 1/2 weeks old. He had just started walking and needed to be bottle fed.
He's now 8 months old and a very sweet and pretty kitty. I'm wondering if anyone has a guess about what breed he resembles or may be? I haven't weighed him in a few months but I would put him around 10-12 lbs.

First, welcome to TCS !

If Chino is 10 to 12 pounds at eight months, his looks probably recall his genetic heritage pretty well.  I'd suspect a lot of Norwegian Forest Cat genetics, especially with the conformation of the muzzle, jowls and whisker break, but only a DNA test will tell for certain. 

That tail is just fantastic !

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1CatOverTheLine
Thank you! I definitely see the resemblance and since I live in a fairly warm climate it's likely he'll never be SUPER fluffy.
Many people have told me they think he looks like a Maine coon, but I don't think his fur is thick or dense enough for that.

Im a believer of the triangularish, somewhat prolonged head with the typical Norwegians, so Norse ancestry wont be my proposal.   Although I do agree he will end up as a largish cat, and with that fur nicely growing in...

Maine Coon sooner, or possibly Siberian as ancestors...

His tabby pattern as seen on pic  2,  is interesting.  Its obviously the mackerel pattern, but it forms sort of a bulls eye anyways, no?  So my guess is, he has both these genes, striped (mackerel) tabby and classic (bulls-eye) tabby. The gene for   Striped dominates over the gene for bulls-eye, but here the bulls eye shines through anyway...

StefanZ
So he most likely has a diverse tabby ancestry and some Maine coon or another large breed?
since I have no idea about where he came from it's difficult to say. it's likely that someone in my area had a pregnant cat and disposed of the unwanted kittens after they were both, which is awful
another possibility is that his mother was feral and he was somehow separated from the best.
either way, raising him as my baby gave us such an incredible bond. he is very sweet and affectionate although he does have a bit of a feisty streak. it seems to be something he's growing out of though. he is fairly vocal but mostly trills and he is even kind of conversational, he'll respond with trills when I speak to him.

helenaaaaaac said:

@StefanZ
So he most likely has a diverse tabby ancestry and some Maine coon or another large breed?
since I have no idea about where he came from it's difficult to say. it's likely that someone in my area had a pregnant cat and disposed of the unwanted kittens after they were both, which is awful

another possibility is that his mother was feral and he was somehow separated from the best.
either way, raising him as my baby gave us such an incredible bond. he is very sweet and affectionate although he does have a bit of a feisty streak. it seems to be something he's growing out of though. he is fairly vocal but mostly trills and he is even kind of conversational, he'll respond with trills when I speak to him.

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Tabby is a pattern, common in many breeds and among domestics. Very common with Maine coons, for example

In everything else I do agree and sympathize with you!  

StefanZ said:

Tabby is a pattern, common in many breeds and among domestics. Very common with Maine coons, for example

In everything else I do agree and sympathize with you!  

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At 8 months and 10-12 lbs, do you have a guess as to how large he may be once full grown?

helenaaaaaac said:

At 8 months and 10-12 lbs, do you have a guess as to how large he may be once full grown?

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At eight months the average male weighs between seven and eight pounds.  Siamese are typically considered fully mature at 12 to 16 months; Bengals between 18 and 24 months; the big breeds - Maine Coons, Norwegian Forests and Siberians - depending upon metabolism, can take as long as four years to reach their full enormity size.

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helenaaaaaac said:

At 8 months and 10-12 lbs, do you have a guess as to how large he may be once full grown?

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He will probably be big.   Although such predictions arent sure: for example my Vagis, was a biggish kitten, without being fat, but become a smallish stud.     He was a Russian blue.

StefanZ said:

 
He will probably be big.   Although such predictions arent sure: for example my Vagis, was a biggish kitten, without being fat, but become a smallish stud.     He was a Russian blue.

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Russian Blues do grow incredibly fast those first six months.  I've often wondered if there's a link from their initial growth spurt and the fact that they're the healthiest, most issue-free of the purebreds.

I like the name Vagis; was he like Virgil's wanderer?

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1CatOverTheLine said:

 
Russian Blues do grow incredibly fast those first six months.  I've often wondered if there's a link from their initial growth spurt and the fact that they're the healthiest, most issue-free of the purebreds.

I like the name Vagis; was he like Virgil's wanderer?

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Its a nickname from Zjivago, which in its turn, has both russian connotations (yes, dr Zjivago), and also, first letter in our surname.