Polydactyl cat have a total of 18 toes, with five toes on each fore paw, and four toes on each hind paw; polydactyl cats may have as many as eight digits on their front and/or hind paws. Both Jake, a Canadian polydactyl cat, and Paws, an American polydactyl cat, were recognised by Guinness World Records as having the highest number of toes on a cat, 28. Various combinations of anywhere from four to seven toes per paw are common. Polydactyly is most commonly found on the front paws only, it is rare for a cat to have polydactyl hind paws only, and
The Tale of Samuel Whiskers or The Roly-Poly Pudding pudding. Potter had considerable experience drawing rats, mice, and cats before approaching "Samuel Whiskers" but the book is exceptional in her "oeuvre" for the many interior scenes at Hill Top and the character and personality of the domineering Samuel Whiskers. In 1933, Theron K. Butterworth published a dramatic adaptation of the tale as "Mr. Samuel Whiskers". In 1993, an animated film adaptation was telecast on the BBC anthology series, "The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends" with the voices of Rosemary Leach as Tabitha Twitchet, John Gordon Sinclair as John Joiner, Patricia Routledge as Ribby, Struan Rodger as Samuel Whiskers,