What kind of cat breed do I own?

You have an red with white tabby. But you also have a rather rare female, as in that color, males outnumber females about 4-5:1.

So DSH, red tabby with white. All right, where is the red? Your vet may have her down as orange, but the red comes from how genetically the color comes from. DSH means domestic short hair, meaning many different parentage's in her background; a mixed breed cat.

You see the "M" on her forehead? That is the sign of a tabby. But heck, even a lion is a tabby so she has some great company.

She looks adorable.

I'm taking a wild guess with this (sorry) but we have cats similar to this in size. We were told it is a "teacup cat" which is a term for a cat that stops growing and is still the size of an almost grown kitten. Usually its a result of something like the parents of the cat having relations to each other. So it will stunt the offspring's growth.

Also another interesting fact is...it is unbelievably rare to find female cats with orange like that. So that could factor in to her uniqueness =D

I hope I've helped in some sort of way.

A lovely little Red Tabby & White domestic shorthair. Red tabby females are NOT rare at all - maybe a bit uncommon, but certainly not rare.

All it takes is for dad to be a red or cream tabby and mom to either be tortie/calico or red herself. Simply TWO red genes - one from each parent.

She just looks like an American shorthair to me; a mix, no specific breed. She's just on the small side.

You might find it interesting to know, tho, that orange cats are usually male. The inheritance of that color is sex-linked. (Are you sure it's a female)? I think the percentage is like 75% male/25% female. See the link below for more details. ;)

The breed is American Shorthair.

The coloring is Orange Tabby.

Many people confuse coloring with breed.