Pointed Cats
The earliest pointed cat was the Siamese so even today many people think that all pointed cats are Siamese. There are now many other pointed breeds - Ragdolls, Birmans, Balinese, and Tonkinese. Some breeds like the Siberian, Cornish Rex, and Exotic Shorthair can be any color or pattern including pointed. Pointed is just the name of a color pattern so domestic cats can also be pointed. The only thing that all pointed cats have in common is blue eyes.
The pattern in the points - face, feet and tail - can be either solid or tabby. A pointed cat with tabby markings in the points is called a "Lynx Point". So a seal point has solid color points and a seal lynx point has tabby markings in the color points.
Adding tabby stripes can make seeing the difference between a seal lynx point and a blue lynx point difficult for a novice. The top of the nose will always look brown on a seal lynx point.
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Red Point
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Cream
Point
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Seal
Point
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Seal
Point
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Blue
Point
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Blue
Point
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Seal
Lynx Point
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Blue
Lynx Point
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Photos courtesy of Helmi Flick Cat Photography
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