diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/pet_states/edit.sass b/app/assets/stylesheets/pet_states/edit.sass
index 727d4ed56..616176379 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/pet_states/edit.sass
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/pet_states/edit.sass
@@ -3,3 +3,13 @@ outfit-viewer
 
 .fields li[data-type=radio-grid]
 	--num-columns: 3
+
+.reference-link
+	display: flex
+	align-items: center
+	gap: .5em
+	padding-inline: .5em
+
+	img
+		height: 2em
+		width: auto
diff --git a/app/controllers/pet_states_controller.rb b/app/controllers/pet_states_controller.rb
index bc9aed56d..cd988d9c9 100644
--- a/app/controllers/pet_states_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/pet_states_controller.rb
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ class PetStatesController < ApplicationController
 	def find_pet_state
 		@pet_type = PetType.find_by_param!(params[:pet_type_name])
 		@pet_state = @pet_type.pet_states.find(params[:id])
+		@reference_pet_type = @pet_type.reference
 	end
 
 	def pet_state_params
diff --git a/app/models/pet_type.rb b/app/models/pet_type.rb
index 3c6dda412..08606c4a3 100644
--- a/app/models/pet_type.rb
+++ b/app/models/pet_type.rb
@@ -137,6 +137,10 @@ class PetType < ApplicationRecord
     pet_states.count { |ps| ps.pose == "UNKNOWN" }
   end
 
+  def reference
+    PetType.where(species_id: species).basic.merge(Color.alphabetical).first
+  end
+
   def self.find_by_param!(param)
     raise ActiveRecord::RecordNotFound unless param.include?("-")
     color_param, _, species_param = param.rpartition("-")
diff --git a/app/views/pet_states/edit.html.haml b/app/views/pet_states/edit.html.haml
index 9a407baed..79d302c0d 100644
--- a/app/views/pet_states/edit.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/pet_states/edit.html.haml
@@ -26,6 +26,11 @@
 				= f.radio_field do
 					= f.radio_button :pose, pose
 					= pose_name(pose)
+			- if @reference_pet_type
+				= link_to @reference_pet_type, target: "_blank", class: "reference-link" do
+					= pet_type_image @reference_pet_type, :happy, :face
+					%span Reference: #{@reference_pet_type.human_name}
+					= external_link_icon
 
 		= f.field do
 			= f.label :glitched, "Gliched?"