Rescued feral kitten, something wild?

turkishvanmama

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I rescued 2 litters of kittens and kept one. Her forehead always looked fuzzy and larger than the rest but she only had 1 sibling from her litter and her brother looked different. She is now 14 weeks and her tail has been unusually long since 8 weeks and is getting longer. If she didn't curl it up while she walked it would drag. It's also puffy fur, she has ear tuffs, wide feet, and wide forearms/shoulders with very distinct ribbing.

She has tabby stripes and a very pale mouth with pale "eyeliner" around her eyes. She us overall shaggy grey and tan tabby with a spotted belly. She jumps crazy high for how small she is and has a very wild side to her although being domesticated at 4 weeks. Almost a wild cat look in her face a lot. She loves biting even to show affection, a habit we gave been working on very hard to break. Anyone have any clues? I'm suspecting her dad may have been a hybrid cat.
 

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Oh what a beautiful girl :rbheart:

Her color and pattern is a brown mackerel tabby :D

I think the breed she most resembles is probably a maine coon. ;) See my boy in my avatar pic - he's a brown classic tabby and white maine coon, she looks very similar to him.
 

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Agree with GemsGem.  Also, now its summer.  When winter season comes, she will get more fur, and probably, will get  the MCO-ish mane around her shoulders and neck...

You got a natural  Maine Coon.  Therefore not said she is necessarily a descendent from a pure breed Maine Coon, but sooner, one of those from which Maine Coons become purebred from...   :)

A prettie!    What used my mom to say:  "Oj oj, I cant stand it any more!   Please, draw me somebody in my arm, please, draw somebody in my leg!"
 
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Thanks for the responses :). Maine coone was a part of my suspect list lol. I will say I've never seen a kitten with a tail as long as their body. I live in northeastern U.S. so I suppose it could be possible since I hear they are a natural breed here? Such a mystery kitten! :)
She def has me stumped because her features are looking wilder as she gets bigger.
 
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