Lifestyle Pets Kansas Rescue Cat with Extra Toes 'for World Domination' Finds Forever Home "He fits perfect in our home!" wrote Jinx the polydactyl cat's new owner, after the feline quickly gained fans on social media By Glenn Garner Glenn Garner Glenn Garner is a form writer-reporter who worked heavily with PEOPLE's Movies and TV verticals. He left PEOPLE in 2023. People Editorial Guidelines Published on March 3, 2022 05:37PM EST Photo: Kansas Humane Society A stray cat with a physical deformity has quickly found his forever home in Kansas. The Kansas Humane Society (KHS) introduced a new addition on Wednesday — a black cat named Jinx, who has a congenital physical anomaly known as polydactyly. Polydactyl cats have extra toes that sometimes look like thumbs. "Jinx doesn't have extra toes. He has extra paws, and he's planning to use them for world domination! You know, daily cat things..." KHS wrote jokingly in its post introducing Jinx and his extra toes that look like another paw. Toe-tally Weird! Minnesota Cat with 28 Toes Ties Record for Feline with the Most Digits "Jinx is polydactyl," the shelter added. "While polydactyl cats have this genetic abnormality, it doesn't cause them any pain or health problems — they just have extra toes." By Thursday, Jinx was adopted. Wichita resident Rebel O'Connor took the feline home. "I adopted this little curious guy! He fits perfect in our home!" O'Connor wrote in an Instagram comment about the cat. Although cats are typically born with five toes on each of their front paws and four on each of their hind paws, polydactyl cats are not uncommon and have become referred to as Hemingway Cats, referencing the late author's love for felines. Ernest Hemingway kept polydactyl cats and many other felines at his Key West, Florida home — now the Hemingway Home Museum. The polydactyl pets mated with local cats and spread the unusual trait. Today, the Hemingway Home Museum houses 60 polydactyl cats, all descendants of Hemingway's pets. RELATED VIDEO: Cat and Elk Come Face-to-Face at Colorado Window Jake, a ginger tabby cat in Ontario, Canada, currently holds the Guinness World Record for most toes on a cat with 28 total digits. A Minnesota cat aptly named Paws tied with Jake's record in 2018. To learn more about the Kansas Humane Society and support the rescue's life-saving work, visit the shelter's website.