Long - haired, short - haired, solid colored, bi-colored, tri-colored, good old
tabby coat pattern, purebred or «moggy», whichever type it is that you share your home with, your cat will return your love with her devoted companionship.
Now, though, about 80 percent of modern domestic cats carry a mutation that gives a cat a blotched
tabby coat pattern.
Not exact matches
Blue indicates mackerel
coats and red the blotched
tabby pattern.)
We know that domestic cats come in a mind - boggling variety of breeds — from sweet
Tabby cats to naked Sphynx cats, our feline friends vary in terms of their
coat patterns and individual features.
Their beautiful
tabby coats are known as «Classic» with very distinct contrasting colors and circular
patterns on their sides.
The
coat pattern may be
tabby, bicolor, tortoiseshell, shaded or a combination of
tabby and tortoiseshell.
Also, even though there are many
coat colors and
patterns, the most common color is still brown (usually ticked)
tabby, similar to many wild cat species, while only a few dog breeds still retain the agouti coloring of wolves.
Although white is the most popular
coat color, it may display any other color or
tabby pattern.
Some people suggest that mackerel
tabbies should have been called classic, because their
coat pattern was the original, and more reminiscent of the domestic cats origins.
Cats with ticked
coat markings do not display the usual stripes, blotches or swirls of the
tabby pattern and do not at first glance seem to be
tabby cats at all.
The
coat comes in just about any color or
pattern you could wish for, including lilac, chocolate, black, white, pointed,
tabby and many more.
Tabby cats are often mistakenly thought of as being a particular breed of cat, but it is the coat pattern that is known as «tabby», and this pattern can occur in all breeds of domestic
Tabby cats are often mistakenly thought of as being a particular breed of cat, but it is the
coat pattern that is known as «
tabby», and this pattern can occur in all breeds of domestic
tabby», and this
pattern can occur in all breeds of domestic cat.