Crookshanks a Kneazle?(concerns FB)

[Celeste Chang]

No: HPFGUIDX 16011

I posted this before, but it didn't get a response, so... repost. With 
a few points added.

Sorry if this has been asked before, but has anyone ever thought that 
maybe Crookshanks is a Kneazle? I don't think Crookshanks is Mrs. 
Figg... I was under the impression that Animagi transformed into 
animals of the same sex, but... JKR indicates that Kneazles can 
crossbreed with cats, so maybe the fact that he doesn't have markings 
is due to the fact that his family line has been crossed so much with 
normal cats. That may also explain why he wasn't wanted, and why he 
stayed so long in the pet shop- maybe pure-bred Kneazles are much more 
desirable than those whose blood has been so diluted that they appear 
to resemble cats more than Kneazles.

Kneazles are also said to have the ability to sense unsavoury or 
suspicious characters... Crookshanks certainly didn't likePettigrew. 
(This also features in my Draco's-not-evil-argument- Draco has 
encountered Crookshanks before, and if Crookshanks was a Kneazle, he 
would have hissed at Draco if Draco was truly evil. So there.)
Kneazles are also extremely intelligent and loyal- Crookshanks could 
communicate with Sirius and understand what Sirius wanted, and when 
Sirius was threatened, Crookshanks protected Sirius with his body. 
"Occasionally aggressive" also fits Crookshanks quite well- he doesn't 
hesitate to sink his claws into Harry when the need arises.

Kneazles have tails like a lion's... is this what a bottlebrush tail 
would look like? Or perhaps the bottlebrush is the result of breeding 
with cats. The fact that owners of Kneazles must get licenses was 
never mentioned by Hermione... maybe Crookshanks looked enough like a 
normal cat that they didn't need one?

- Celeste Chang