Fine-Grained Cat Breed Recognition with Global Context Vision Transformer

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2602.07534v1
• Date: Sat, 07 Feb 2026 13:13:47 GMT
• Title: Fine-Grained Cat Breed Recognition with Global Context Vision Transformer
• Authors: Mowmita Parvin Hera, Md. Shahriar Mahmud Kallol, Shohanur Rahman Nirob, Md. Badsha Bulbul, Jubayer Ahmed, M. Zhourul Islam, Hazrat Ali, Mohammmad Farhad Bulbul,
• Abstract summary: We present a deep learning-based approach for classifying cat breeds using a subset of the Oxford-IIIT Pet dataset.<n>We employed the Global Context Vision Transformer (GCViT) architecture-tiny for cat breed recognition.
• Score: 1.2554129265335305
• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: Accurate identification of cat breeds from images is a challenging task due to subtle differences in fur patterns, facial structure, and color. In this paper, we present a deep learning-based approach for classifying cat breeds using a subset of the Oxford-IIIT Pet Dataset, which contains high-resolution images of various domestic breeds. We employed the Global Context Vision Transformer (GCViT) architecture-tiny for cat breed recognition. To improve model generalization, we used extensive data augmentation, including rotation, horizontal flipping, and brightness adjustment. Experimental results show that the GCViT-Tiny model achieved a test accuracy of 92.00% and validation accuracy of 94.54%. These findings highlight the effectiveness of transformer-based architectures for fine-grained image classification tasks. Potential applications include veterinary diagnostics, animal shelter management, and mobile-based breed recognition systems. We also provide a hugging face demo at https://huggingface.co/spaces/bfarhad/cat-breed-classifier.

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