What breed is my kitten?

A very cute Brown Tabby Domestic Shorthair kitten and I bet he is really going to be a very handsome cat. Beautiful eye shape and that dark tabby eyeliner accentuates it. His eye colour may still be in the process of changing, they may end up being more gold. You'll just have to wait and see.

Virtually all tabbies, no matter their origin, have some kind of "M" marking on their forehead.

Not an Egyptian Mau, but you can say there is something very ancient about his looks: Brown Tabby is the original wild colour/ wild type -- a camouflage pattern inherited from the wildcat ancestors.

As some others said, it looks like he may have the Classic Tabby pattern (which came from northern Europe.) It's hard to see for sure w/o seeing more of his side. In any case it doesn't look like Spotted Tabby. (Spots on the belly don't count -- that's often seen in other kinds of tabbies, especially as kittens.) You can make sure which kind of tabby pattern it is by looking at his sides and back which is where the difference mostly is seen.

Here are kinds of tabby patterns.

* Classic Tabby = swirls , whorls, sometimes bull's eye patterns , uneven curvy blotches etc.

* Mackerel Tabby = vertical stripes on the side -- like what some people call "tiger cats"

* Spotted Tabby = spots on their sides ( not just on the belly) Egyptian Maus have a Spotted Tabby coat. But there are also domestic spotted tabbies.

* Ticked Tabby = Every (or almost every) guard hair is banded with different colours. The best known example of this is the Abyssinian.

Re cat breeds:

It's normal to be curious about our pets' breeds but what many people don't understand is that cats are not like dogs which mostly are some particular breed or a mix of a few breeds. There has been MUCH less human control of cat breeding than dog breeding. Pedigreed cats are only about 3% of cats -- that's including all the breeds. The vast majority of cats have just bred randomly on their own, and they don't really have a "breed", they have a mix of genes from the general cat population in their part of the world.

These non-breed, random-bred cats come in a wonderfully varied array of colors, patterns and fur lengths and they're generally referred to as "Domestic Shorthairs" or "Domestic Longhairs" which just means no particular breed / ancestry unknown.

Re mixes:

It's not that there's been NO mix of genes from pedigreed cats into the general cat population. But unless there is some extreme feature ( such as a flat face like a Persian or Exotic, or a very wedge shaped head & big ears like a Siamese or Oriental ) it's not easy to tell if cats have a recent pedigreed ancestor. But it just makes sense that most of them would not. and the less common the breed, the less likely there would be many of them wandering around breeding with moggies and producing mixed offspring. The ones who are sold as pets are nearly always altered as kittens; it is part of the sales contract that it be done by a certain age. And in the US it's often done before they go to their new homes.

Those are NOT Gooseberry Green eyes. THIS is the colour of Mau eyes - http://www.tica.org/public/breeds/em/em_a.jpg

And he also looks absolutely NOTHING like a Mau in any other regard, either. Your kitten is a Brown Classic Tabby DOMESTIC - a kitten of no particular breed just like over 97% of the cats on this entire planet. The M on his forhead is simply part of tabby markings and means nothing. Kittens of particular breeds don't just "happen". They only come from the mating of pedigreed cat to pedigreed cat and kittens are only found at breeders where they're sold for $600 and up.

Cats were domesticated thousands of years ago and breeds only established in the last hundred or so years, most cats have NO breeds whatsoever in their history. Add to that the fact breeders tend to sell their kittens altered and never allow crossbreeding so you just don't end up with "mixes" like so many people incorrectly think. And LOL that the supposed "Maine Coon" breeder called it a mix!

Your cat isn't an Egyptian Mau at all. Your cat has the classic tabby markings not spotted tabby marking Egyptian Mau are known for.

Your cat is a brown classic domestic short hair

Definately mixed, the eye color gives it away. That kind of eye color is not found in Egyptian Mau cats.

Looks like a mackerel pattern tabby in my opinion. He's got the distinctive M on his forehead.

that is deffinately not an egyptian mau lol they are more elegant looking and have a light spotted coat and the colors are white...gray silver...fawn and almost blue color

Aww hes adorable! But he looks just like a tabby.

Ive bottlefed a few that look juuust like him.

he is a tabby cat. i have a cat with a m as well.if it has long hair it is long haired,short, short haired

i think mixed my cat looks just like him and she is mixed

what color is he and size?

mix...maybe have some MC...but def adorable