But when we're just meeting a cat online, like Teddy with Thumbs, a beautiful orange Maine Coon, we instead wonder what they ...

This sixth toe often looks like a thumb, which has led to nicknames ... While extra toes on polydactyl cats typically appear on the front paws, they can also sometimes occur on the back paws ...

Polydactyl cats typically fall into one of two categories ... Extra digits are typically preaxial (found on the “thumb” side ...

They’re also called “mitten cats,” or “thumb cats,” but most people now refer to them as “Hemingway cats.“A non-polydactyl cat has four toes on the front feet and four on the rear, plus an additional ...

“It almost looks like a catcher’s mitt,” Paws’ owner Jeanne Martin told CBS. Polydactyl cats are nicknamed Hemingway cats, thanks to author Ernest Hemingway and his undying love for cats ...