Meet four of Farflung’s cats
By Farflung ·
On the cat-breed card of 15 October, a cat rode in on your pin and sat down beside the country’s fact. Four of them are below, each drawn in its breed’s colours.
Past-prompt spoilers: this gallery reveals four answers from 15 October. Finish that day first if you are playing it in Past week.
Pin a country with a cat breed named after it
Four cats, four coats
Four of the card’s answers. Each quotation is the fact that appeared with that country in the game.
Thailand · Siamese
Common
The Siamese is named for Siam, the old name of Thailand, where it comes from.
The dark points are where the cat is coolest. A Siamese’s pigment is made by an enzyme that works only in cooler skin, so the face, ears, paws and tail darken while the body stays pale, and kittens are born cream (Wikipedia). The Cat Fanciers’ Association’s Siamese guide covers the breed and its Thai origins.
United Kingdom · British Shorthair
Rare
The British Shorthair is a stocky, round-faced cat, best known in blue-grey.
Ours is the British Blue, the breed’s best-known colour. British Shorthairs were among the cats at the first organised cat show, at London’s Crystal Palace in 1871 (Wikipedia). TICA’s breed guide describes the blue cat and its round face.
Egypt · Egyptian Mau
Rare
The Egyptian Mau is one of the few pet cat breeds with natural spots.
The dark mark on our Mau’s forehead stands for the breed’s own, a tabby marking said to look like a scarab. Its spots are carried only on the tips of its hairs (Wikipedia). The CFA’s Egyptian Mau guide explains the spotted coat.
Canada · Sphynx
Elusive
The hairless Sphynx began in Toronto and is also called the Canadian Sphynx.
The breed goes back to Prune, a hairless kitten born in Toronto in 1966 (Wikipedia). With no coat to colour, ours is pink. The CFA’s Sphynx guide tells the Toronto story; the World Cat Federation’s standard uses the name Canadian Sphynx.
One drawing, many coats
All four are the same 13-by-13-pixel drawing. Only the inks change: the coat, markings, paws, ears and eyes each take their own, so one outline is a Siamese on one country and a pink Sphynx on another.
They are playful takes on the breeds, not breed standards.
These four countries and rarities reflect the 15 October answer key, checked on 21 October 2026. They are not the full answer list.