#black blotched tabby bicolor

[amber-tortoiseshell]

Saw your tags on that poll, are you getting an NFC??

Indeed I am!

I applied for it around a year ago, but i knew i wanted the kitten to arrive only after i finished university and moved back home. (If everything goes well, i'll get my master's degree in a month; after that please address me only as Mr. Amber-Tortoiseshell.)

So. My future kitten. The next litter in the cattery is promised to be born in the middle of june. Naturally i calculated the possible colors ages ago:

But if they announce another litter before I book a kitten here (it's possible, i've been talking with the breeder), maybe i'll wait out that one, we can get more interesting colors there. (Mackerels! Tortoiseshells! Solids! Maybe harlequins, depending on the father!)

[recklessrex]

Okay so I know there's always a lot of "Mungojerrie's a male calico and that's like insanely rare omg he's so special!" in the cats fandom. But that feels so weird to me because... well let me break it down. I have two arguments:

Firstly, I want to acknowledge a theory, one that the whole "calico Mungo=calico male=super rare omg!" thing quite unfairly ignores, a very very good theory I've seen floating around occasionally, that Mungo is trans. This is an excellent theory and I love it, though I personally don't hc Mungo this way (I have my theories on who in the tribe is trans, just Mungo's not currently one of them). It would definitely explain why a male presenting Cat would have a normally female-exclusive color pattern

BUT

and here's my second argument, what if calicos are NOT exclusively born female in the universe Cats takes place in?

Hear me out

Calico is defined as a pattern consisting of at least 25%-75% white, with at least two other colors. The two other colors are typically orange/red and black, but can be brown, grey, tan, cream, gold, lilac, blue-grey, etc. (To my understanding this doesn't include darker shades of the same color as often seen in tabbies, for example an orange base with darker orange stripes in a ginger tabby)

Now let's have a look at how many male Cats fit this description:

Mungojerrie

Of course, the obvious one, with the most easily recognizable calico pattern in a fairly even distribution of orange, white, and black

Plato/Admetus (name depending on production)

Carrot top boi with black and red blotches on a white base, pictured here with actual calico for comparison

Pouncival/Carbucketty

White base, with black, brown, and sometimes rust stripes and patches

Tumblebrutus/Bill Bailey

Same story as Pounce, pictured here again with actual calico

Macavity

This one depends on the particular production's costume, but in quite a few, including the 1998 video, he's got enough white to quality as well as black and gold stripes and sometimes patches on a mostly red base

Coricopat

Again, not all his costumes include enough white to qualify, but the majority of the ones I've seen feature plenty of white plus lots of black/dark brown and a decent amount of orange/gold stripes/splotches

Honorary Mentions: Some interpretations of Skimble have enough white and black to technically qualify, but I'm not including him here because it's not nearly so common as the others. Usually Skimble's white marks are less than 25%. There's also some argument for Admetus/George depending on production, but his greys browns and blacks are too similar for me, I think he's just a tabby, plus he doesn't always have enough white

Mungo's starting to look a little less special isn't he? (No offense Mungo, you're very special for other reasons)

Could all if these boys be trans? Absolutely! It's 100% possible these are all trans characters. Not my personal hc (again, I have my theories, and none of these are among them… currently…), but it's an entirely valid hc.

Could all these be interpreted as something else? Well, I guess potentially Mac could be seen as a red tabby and the black marks could represent dark red, and his different costume interpretations certainly complicate things. Pounce and Brutus could also be potentially interpreted as bicolor brown tabbies, but it's a lot harder to make that argument with them, especially with the flecks of gold or rust that are often included in their costumes, and that much of their color is in patches rather than stripes. Cori, ehhh I mean I guess you could argue he's supposed to be a hypermelanistic orange tabby, idk I feel like that's reaching at this point, but I guess that's a valid interpretation.

But Plato.

No.

There's no alternate interpretation.

Plato is a calico. End of story.

So in conclusion, I think calico males are actually a lot less rare in the Cats universe than they are in reality thank you for coming to my TED talk.

Bonus: three calicos and brown tabby being a fan club

Extra Bonus: Three calicos dancing in the dressing room

[i-want-cheese]

What Color Is Your Cat?

Domestic cats come in four main colors.

Red / Orange (x)

Light Brown (x)

Dark Brown (x) 

and Black (x)

These four basic colors are the “deep” colors. This means the individual fur hairs have the color pigment all the way down the shaft. This creates a beautiful, “deep” color.

However, when the gene for agouti hairs is active, the pigment will instead gather in bands along the hair shaft. This creates a lovely “dilute” color that, to the naked eye, appears paler than the deep, nonagouti hairs. (x)

Instead of Red, you get Cream (x)

Instead of Light Brown, you get Fawn (x)

Instead of Dark Brown, it’s Lilac (x)

And instead of Black, it’s Gray / Blue (x)

There are also two special case colors. The first is white. White cats still contain the genetic markers for a non-white color, but the “white gene” masks that color and makes the hairs white.

The second special color is silver. A mutation that can happen to cats with any genetic color predisposition, it removes the yellowish or tannish pigment from the hairs, leaving them a beautiful silver instead. (x)

Except for black and gray, it usually takes special breeding to get a cat that is a solid color. Most cats will have a combination of colors and markings that makes them beautiful and unique.

Since they have a common ancestor in the African Wildcat, all domestic cats carry the gene for a tabby pattern. (x)

Even solid-colored cats will sometimes show a “ghost tabby” pattern under the right light, especially as a kitten. (x)

Patterns form when agouti hairs and nonagouti hairs gather in various patches, stripes, and dots on the cat. Where the nonagouti hairs gather, the cat will appear darker, and where there are more agouti hairs, the cat will appear lighter.

Is your cat a tabby?

As mentioned above, all cats carry the gene for the tabby pattern, though it is not always visible. There are four main kinds of tabby patterns.

Mackerel Tabby (x)

The original tabby pattern, it is so called because the stripes down the sides resemble the bones of a fish.

Classic Tabby (x)

Also called a “blotched tabby.”

Spotted Tabby (x)

This pattern only rarely shows up in the domestic short- and longhair breeds. It usually requires special breeding to bring about.

Ticked Tabby (x)

A cat is considered a ticked tabby if her fur is almost entirely agouti hairs and has minimal visible pattern.

All tabby cats have an M shape on their foreheads. (x)

White patches? It’s piebald!

Piebald simply means your cat has white on it, but isn’t all white. There are different terms for piebald, or particolor, cats depending on the amount and placement of the white vs. the color.

Van (x)

Mostly white with patches of color mainly on the head and tail

Bicolor (x)

One to two thirds white, bicolor cats usually have color markings on their heads and torsos as well as tails.

Mitted (x)

While mitted cats, obviously, have white on their paws, they can also have white on their chin, chest, belly, and back legs.

Lockets (x)

As you can see, the white patch looks like a locket on a necklace sitting on the chest. Small white patches can also be referred to as “buttons” and appear in other places on the body.

But wait... My cat is more colorful than that!

Tortoiseshell, or “Tortie,” patterns appear when a cat has two different color genes in her DNA and neither is dominant over the other. These colors are usually red and black, though other combinations can appear as well. Since the color gene is carried on the X chromosome, only female cats can exhibit tortie patterns. (The exception being an XXY intersex condition, but those males will be infertile.)

There are several tortie patterns...

Tortoiseshell (x)

Classic red and black. Beautiful!

Calico (x)

When a tortie has patches of white, she’s called a calico.

Torbie (x)

A tortie cat with a visible tabby pattern is called a torbie or patched tabby.

Pointed Cats

They’re not sharp and pointy--well, not more than any other cat. No, the term “pointed” refers to the fact that these cats have light-colored bodies with darker color appearing only at certain “points.” (Yeah, I would’ve come up with a better name too, but it’s stuck now.)

When thinking of a pointed cat, most people will think of the Siamese cat breed. They are pointed, but not all pointed cats are Siamese.

Colorpoint (x)

The darker patches are solid or unpatterned.

Tortie Point (x)

The darker patches have a tortie pattern.

Lynx Point (x)

Lynx point patterns have stripes on the darker patches.

Tortie Lynx Point (x)

A combination of the tortie and lynx characteristics.

So, now that you have all the information you need, tell me

What Color Is Your Cat?

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List of cat breeds

Official Website: List of cat breeds

Abyssinian          Ethiopia                Natural Oriental                Short     Ticked

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  Aegean Greece Natural                 Semi-long            Bicolored or tricolored

Aegean

American Curl    United States     Mutation                             Short/long          All

American Curl

American Bobtail              United States     Mutation                             Short/long          All

American Bobtail

American Shorthair         United States     Natural                 Short     All but colorpoint

American Shorthair

American Wirehair           United States     Mutation                             Rex        All but colorpoint

American Wirehair

Aphrodite Giant Cyprus  Natural Lean and muscular           All           All but cinammon and chocolate

Aphrodite Giant

Arabian Mau      Arabian Peninsula            Natural                 Short

Arabian Mau

Australian Mist  Australia              Crossbreed: Abyssinian and Burmese      Moderate           Short     Spotted or tabby

Australian Mist

Asian     Developed in the United Kingdom (foundation stock from Asia)                                   Short     Evenly solid

Asian

Asian Semi-longhair        United Kingdom               Crossbreed: Burmese and long-haired cats                           Semi-long                Evenly solid

Asian Semi-longhair

Balinese               Developed in the United States (foundation stock from Thailand)                               Oriental                Long                Colorpoint

Balinese

Bambino              United States     Crossbreed: Munchkin and Sphynx          Dwarf    Hairless or downy

Bengal  Developed in the United States (foundation stock from Asia)        Hybrid: Abyssinian and Egyptian Mau × leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis)                    Short     Spotted, marbled, or rosetted

Bengal

Birman  Developed in France (foundation stock from Burma, etc.)              Crossbreed: original Birman (near extinction) with Persian and Siamese                             Semi-long            Colorpoint with white feet

Birman

Bombay               Developed in the United States (some foundation stock from Burma and Thailand)            Crossbreed: American Shorthair and Burmese             Moderate           Short     Solid black

Bombay

Brazilian Shorthair           Brazil     Natural                 Short     All

Brazilian Shorthair

British Semi-longhair      United Kingdom                               Cobby   Medium               All

British Semi-longhair

British Shorthair               United Kingdom               Natural Cobby   Short     All

British Shorthair

British Longhair United Kingdom                               Cobby   Long      All

British Longhair

Burmese              Burma   Natural                 Short     Solid

Burmese

Burmilla                United Kingdom               Crossbreed: Burmese and Chinchilla Persian                        Short/long          Solid, in Shaded Silver and Silver Tipped patterns

Burmilla

California Spangled         United States     Crossbreed: Abyssinian, American Shorthair and British Shorthair                               Short     Spotted

California Spangled

Chantilly-Tiffany               United States                                                     Solid, ticked, spotted and blotched tabby

Chantilly-Tiffany

Chartreux            France  Natural Cobby   Short     Solid blue

Chartreux

Chausie France  Hybrid: Abyssinian× jungle cat (Felis chaus)                          Short     Ticked

Chausie

Colorpoint Shorthair

(for Colorpoint Longhair, see Javanese below)                                                    Short     Colorpoint

Colorpoint Shorthair

Cornish Rex        United Kingdom (England)           Mutation                             Rex        All

Cornish Rex

Cymric or

Manx Longhair;

Longhaired Manx[a]       United Kingdom (Isle of Man), and Canada            Mutation, from original Manx                     Long                All but colorpoint

Cymric

Cyprus  Cyprus  Natural Lean and muscular           All           All but colorpoint and mink

Cyprus

Devon Rex          United Kingdom (England)           Mutation             Oriental                Rex        All

Devon Rex

Donskoy or

Don Sphynx        Russia                                   Hairless

Donskoy or Don Sphynx

Dragon Li or

Chinese Li Hua   China     Natural                 Short     Striped tabby

Dragon Li or Chinese Li Hua

Dwelf                    Crossbreed: American Curl, Munchkin and Sphinx             Dwarf    Hairless

Dwelf

Egyptian Mau    Egypt     Natural                 Short     Spotted

Egyptian Mau

European Shorthair         Finland and Sweden       Natural                 Short     All but chocolate, lilac, cinnamon, fawn, amber, ticked, or colorpoint

European Shorthair

Exotic Shorthair United States     Crossbreed: American Shorthair and Persian        Cobby   Short     All

Exotic Shorthair

Foldex[5]             Canada Crossbreed: Exotic Shorthair and Scottish Fold    Cobby   Short     All

Foldex

German Rex       East Germany    Mutation                             Rex        All

German Rex

Havana Brown   United Kingdom               Crossbreed: Siamese and black short-haired cats                                Short     Solid brown

Havana Brown

Highlander          United States     Crossbreed/hybrid: Desert Lynx and Jungle Curl  Moderate           Short/long          All

Highlander

Himalayan or

Colorpoint Persian[b]     United States and United Kingdom           Crossbreed: Persian and Siamese              Cobby   Long                Colorpoint

Himalayan or Colorpoint Persian

Japanese Bobtail              Japan    Natural, mutation            Moderate           Short/long          All but colorpoint and ticked

Japanese Bobtail

Javanese or

Colorpoint Longhair[c]   Developed in the United States and Canada (foundation stock from Southeast Asia)                Crossbreed: Balinese, with some Colorpoint Shorthair, Oriental Longhair and Siamese      Oriental                Long                Colorpoint

Javanese or Colorpoint Longhair

Karelian Bobtail Western Russia Natural, mutation

Khao Manee      Thailand               Natural                 Short     Solid white

Khao Manee

Korat     Thailand               Natural                 Short     Solid blue

Korat

Korean Bobtail   Korea    Natural, mutation                            Short/long          Colorprint

Korn Ja Thailand               Natural                 Short/hairless    Solid

Kurilian Bobtail or

Kuril Islands Bobtail         Eastern Russia and Japan              Natural, mutation            Semi-cobby        Short/long          All but colorpoint

Kurilian Bobtail or Kuril Islands Bobtail

LaPerm United States     Mutation             Moderate           Rex        All

LaPerm

Lykoi      United States     Mutation                             Partly hairless    Ticked

Lykoi

Maine Coon        United States     Natural Large     Long      All but colorpoint and ticked

Maine Coon

Manx    United Kingdom (Isle of Man)     Natural, mutation                            Short/long          All but colorpoint

Manx

Mekong Bobtail Russia   Mutation                             Short     Colorpoint

Mekong Bobtail

Minskin United States     Crossbreed: Munchkin and Sphynx          Dwarf; semi-cobby          Short/hairless    All

Minskin

Munchkin            United States     Mutation             Dwarf    Short/long          All

Munchkin

Nebelung            United States                                     Semi-long            Solid blue

Nebelung

Napoleon                                                            Short/long          Varied

Norwegian Forest Cat     Norway Natural                 Long      Traditional, sepia, or mink

Norwegian Forest Cat

Ocicat    United States     Crossbreed: Abyssinian, American Shorthair and Siamese                              Short     Spotted

Ocicat

Ojos Azules         United States                                                     All

Oregon Rex        United States     Mutation                             Rex

Oriental Bicolor Developed in the United States and United Kingdom, later in Continental Europe; foundation stock ultimately from Thailand                               Oriental                                Bicolor

Oriental Bicolor

Oriental Shorthair[d]      Developed in the United States and later the United Kingdom; foundation stock ultimately from Thailand    Crossbreed: European Shorthair and Siamese      Oriental                Short     All but colorpoint

Oriental Shorthair

Oriental Longhair[d] or

Foreign Longhair;

Mandarin;

British Angora (obsolete)             Developed in the United Kingdom and United States; foundation stock ultimately from Thailand                    Oriental                Semi-long            All but colorpoint

  Persian (modern)             Developed in the United States and Europe (foundation stock from Greater Iran) Mutation, from the traditional Persian         Cobby   Long      All

Persian, modern

Persian (traditional)        Greater Iran       Natural, but some crossing with Turkish Angora Cobby   Long      All

Traditional Persian

Peterbald            Russia   Crossbreed: Donskoy, Oriental Shorthair and Siamese; early: Balinese and Javanese                Oriental                Hairless/flocked, velour, brush, or straight coat   All

Peterbald

Pixie-bob             United States     Mutation (falsely claimed to be a bobcat hybrid early on)                               Short                Spotted

Pixie-bob

Raas       Indonesia            Natural                 Short

Ragamuffin, or

Liebling (obsolete)          United States     Crossbreed: Ragdoll with limited out-crossing to Himalayan, Persian, other long-haired cats Cobby   Long      All

Ragamuffin

Ragdoll United States     Mutation (behavioral) in a crossbreed, presumed Persian or Turkish Angora and Birman or Burmese              Cobby   Long      Colorpoint, mitted, or bicolor

Ragdoll

Russian Blue       Russia   Natural                 Short     Solid blue

Russian Blue

Russian White, Black, and Tabby                Developed in Australia (foundation stock from Russia)     Crossbreeds: Russian Blue and short-haired cats from Siberia (Russia)                 Short     Solid white, solid black and tabby

Sam Sawet          Thailand               Natural                 Short     Solid

Savannah            United States     Hybrid: Domestic cat × serval (Leptailurus serval)[6]         Large     Short     Spotted

Savannah

Scottish Fold      United Kingdom (Scotland)          Mutation             Cobby   Short/long          All

Lilac-coated Scottish Fold

Selkirk Rex          United States     Mutation, crossbreed: American Shorthair, Persian, Himalayan, Exotic Shorthair and British Shorthair                               Rex (Short/long)               All

Selkirk Rex

Serengeti            United States     Crossbreed/hybrid: Bengal and Oriental Shorthair                             Short     Spotted

Serengeti

Serrade petit      France  Natural                 Short

Serrade petit

Siamese (modern)

(for traditional, see Thai below) Developed in the United States and Europe (foundation stock from Thailand)                Mutation, from traditional Siamese (now known as Thai)                Oriental                Short     Colorpoint

Siamese

Siberian or

Siberian Forest Cat;

Neva Masquerade (colorpoint variety)   Russia   Natural Semi-cobby        Semi-long            All

Siberian

Singapura            United States     Crossbreed: Burmese and Abyssinian                      Short     Ticked

Singapura

Snowshoe           United States     Crossbreed: American Shorthair and Siamese                      Short     Colorpoint with white feet

Snowshoe

Sokoke Kenya   Natural                 Short     Ticked tabby

Sokoke

Somali   Somalia Mutation                             Long      Ticked

Somali

Sphynx Canada Mutation             Oriental                Hairless All

Sphynx

Suphalak              Thailand               Natural                 Short     Solid

Suphalak

Thai or

Traditional, Classic, or Old-style Siamese;

Wichien Maat[e]              Thailand               Natural Moderate           Short     Colorpoint

Thai

Thai Lilac              Thailand               Natural                 Short     Solid lilac

Thai Lilac

Tonkinese           Canada Crossbreed: Burmese and Siamese                          Short     Colorpoint, mink, or solid

Tonkinese

Toyger  United States     Crossbreed/hybrid: Bengal and short-haired cats               Moderate           Short     Striped

Toyger

Turkish Angora  Turkey  Natural                 Semi-long            All but colorpoint

Turkish Angora

Turkish Van        Developed in the United Kingdom (foundation stock from Turkey)             Natural                 Semi-long                Van pattern

Turkish Van

Ukrainian Levkoy             Ukraine                                Hairless

Ukrainian Levkoy

Wila Krungthep Thailand               Natural                 Short     Solid

York Chocolate  United States (New York)             Natural                 Long      Solid brown

York Chocolate

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List of cat breeds

Official Website: List of cat breeds

Abyssinian          Ethiopia                Natural Oriental                Short     Ticked

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  Aegean Greece Natural                 Semi-long            Bicolored or tricolored

Aegean

American Curl    United States     Mutation                             Short/long          All

American Curl

American Bobtail              United States     Mutation                             Short/long          All

American Bobtail

American Shorthair         United States     Natural                 Short     All but colorpoint

American Shorthair

American Wirehair           United States     Mutation                             Rex        All but colorpoint

American Wirehair

Aphrodite Giant Cyprus  Natural Lean and muscular           All           All but cinammon and chocolate

Aphrodite Giant

Arabian Mau      Arabian Peninsula            Natural                 Short

Arabian Mau

Australian Mist  Australia              Crossbreed: Abyssinian and Burmese      Moderate           Short     Spotted or tabby

Australian Mist

Asian     Developed in the United Kingdom (foundation stock from Asia)                                   Short     Evenly solid

Asian

Asian Semi-longhair        United Kingdom               Crossbreed: Burmese and long-haired cats                           Semi-long                Evenly solid

Asian Semi-longhair

Balinese               Developed in the United States (foundation stock from Thailand)                               Oriental                Long                Colorpoint

Balinese

Bambino              United States     Crossbreed: Munchkin and Sphynx          Dwarf    Hairless or downy

Bengal  Developed in the United States (foundation stock from Asia)        Hybrid: Abyssinian and Egyptian Mau × leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis)                    Short     Spotted, marbled, or rosetted

Bengal

Birman  Developed in France (foundation stock from Burma, etc.)              Crossbreed: original Birman (near extinction) with Persian and Siamese                             Semi-long            Colorpoint with white feet

Birman

Bombay               Developed in the United States (some foundation stock from Burma and Thailand)            Crossbreed: American Shorthair and Burmese             Moderate           Short     Solid black

Bombay

Brazilian Shorthair           Brazil     Natural                 Short     All

Brazilian Shorthair

British Semi-longhair      United Kingdom                               Cobby   Medium               All

British Semi-longhair

British Shorthair               United Kingdom               Natural Cobby   Short     All

British Shorthair

British Longhair United Kingdom                               Cobby   Long      All

British Longhair

Burmese              Burma   Natural                 Short     Solid

Burmese

Burmilla                United Kingdom               Crossbreed: Burmese and Chinchilla Persian                        Short/long          Solid, in Shaded Silver and Silver Tipped patterns

Burmilla

California Spangled         United States     Crossbreed: Abyssinian, American Shorthair and British Shorthair                               Short     Spotted

California Spangled

Chantilly-Tiffany               United States                                                     Solid, ticked, spotted and blotched tabby

Chantilly-Tiffany

Chartreux            France  Natural Cobby   Short     Solid blue

Chartreux

Chausie France  Hybrid: Abyssinian× jungle cat (Felis chaus)                          Short     Ticked

Chausie

Colorpoint Shorthair

(for Colorpoint Longhair, see Javanese below)                                                    Short     Colorpoint

Colorpoint Shorthair

Cornish Rex        United Kingdom (England)           Mutation                             Rex        All

Cornish Rex

Cymric or

Manx Longhair;

Longhaired Manx[a]       United Kingdom (Isle of Man), and Canada            Mutation, from original Manx                     Long                All but colorpoint

Cymric

Cyprus  Cyprus  Natural Lean and muscular           All           All but colorpoint and mink

Cyprus

Devon Rex          United Kingdom (England)           Mutation             Oriental                Rex        All

Devon Rex

Donskoy or

Don Sphynx        Russia                                   Hairless

Donskoy or Don Sphynx

Dragon Li or

Chinese Li Hua   China     Natural                 Short     Striped tabby

Dragon Li or Chinese Li Hua

Dwelf                    Crossbreed: American Curl, Munchkin and Sphinx             Dwarf    Hairless

Dwelf

Egyptian Mau    Egypt     Natural                 Short     Spotted

Egyptian Mau

European Shorthair         Finland and Sweden       Natural                 Short     All but chocolate, lilac, cinnamon, fawn, amber, ticked, or colorpoint

European Shorthair

Exotic Shorthair United States     Crossbreed: American Shorthair and Persian        Cobby   Short     All

Exotic Shorthair

Foldex[5]             Canada Crossbreed: Exotic Shorthair and Scottish Fold    Cobby   Short     All

Foldex

German Rex       East Germany    Mutation                             Rex        All

German Rex

Havana Brown   United Kingdom               Crossbreed: Siamese and black short-haired cats                                Short     Solid brown

Havana Brown

Highlander          United States     Crossbreed/hybrid: Desert Lynx and Jungle Curl  Moderate           Short/long          All

Highlander

Himalayan or

Colorpoint Persian[b]     United States and United Kingdom           Crossbreed: Persian and Siamese              Cobby   Long                Colorpoint

Himalayan or Colorpoint Persian

Japanese Bobtail              Japan    Natural, mutation            Moderate           Short/long          All but colorpoint and ticked

Japanese Bobtail

Javanese or

Colorpoint Longhair[c]   Developed in the United States and Canada (foundation stock from Southeast Asia)                Crossbreed: Balinese, with some Colorpoint Shorthair, Oriental Longhair and Siamese      Oriental                Long                Colorpoint

Javanese or Colorpoint Longhair

Karelian Bobtail Western Russia Natural, mutation

Khao Manee      Thailand               Natural                 Short     Solid white

Khao Manee

Korat     Thailand               Natural                 Short     Solid blue

Korat

Korean Bobtail   Korea    Natural, mutation                            Short/long          Colorprint

Korn Ja Thailand               Natural                 Short/hairless    Solid

Kurilian Bobtail or

Kuril Islands Bobtail         Eastern Russia and Japan              Natural, mutation            Semi-cobby        Short/long          All but colorpoint

Kurilian Bobtail or Kuril Islands Bobtail

LaPerm United States     Mutation             Moderate           Rex        All

LaPerm

Lykoi      United States     Mutation                             Partly hairless    Ticked

Lykoi

Maine Coon        United States     Natural Large     Long      All but colorpoint and ticked

Maine Coon

Manx    United Kingdom (Isle of Man)     Natural, mutation                            Short/long          All but colorpoint

Manx

Mekong Bobtail Russia   Mutation                             Short     Colorpoint

Mekong Bobtail

Minskin United States     Crossbreed: Munchkin and Sphynx          Dwarf; semi-cobby          Short/hairless    All

Minskin

Munchkin            United States     Mutation             Dwarf    Short/long          All

Munchkin

Nebelung            United States                                     Semi-long            Solid blue

Nebelung

Napoleon                                                            Short/long          Varied

Norwegian Forest Cat     Norway Natural                 Long      Traditional, sepia, or mink

Norwegian Forest Cat

Ocicat    United States     Crossbreed: Abyssinian, American Shorthair and Siamese                              Short     Spotted

Ocicat

Ojos Azules         United States                                                     All

Oregon Rex        United States     Mutation                             Rex

Oriental Bicolor Developed in the United States and United Kingdom, later in Continental Europe; foundation stock ultimately from Thailand                               Oriental                                Bicolor

Oriental Bicolor

Oriental Shorthair[d]      Developed in the United States and later the United Kingdom; foundation stock ultimately from Thailand    Crossbreed: European Shorthair and Siamese      Oriental                Short     All but colorpoint

Oriental Shorthair

Oriental Longhair[d] or

Foreign Longhair;

Mandarin;

British Angora (obsolete)             Developed in the United Kingdom and United States; foundation stock ultimately from Thailand                    Oriental                Semi-long            All but colorpoint

  Persian (modern)             Developed in the United States and Europe (foundation stock from Greater Iran) Mutation, from the traditional Persian         Cobby   Long      All

Persian, modern

Persian (traditional)        Greater Iran       Natural, but some crossing with Turkish Angora Cobby   Long      All

Traditional Persian

Peterbald            Russia   Crossbreed: Donskoy, Oriental Shorthair and Siamese; early: Balinese and Javanese                Oriental                Hairless/flocked, velour, brush, or straight coat   All

Peterbald

Pixie-bob             United States     Mutation (falsely claimed to be a bobcat hybrid early on)                               Short                Spotted

Pixie-bob

Raas       Indonesia            Natural                 Short

Ragamuffin, or

Liebling (obsolete)          United States     Crossbreed: Ragdoll with limited out-crossing to Himalayan, Persian, other long-haired cats Cobby   Long      All

Ragamuffin

Ragdoll United States     Mutation (behavioral) in a crossbreed, presumed Persian or Turkish Angora and Birman or Burmese              Cobby   Long      Colorpoint, mitted, or bicolor

Ragdoll

Russian Blue       Russia   Natural                 Short     Solid blue

Russian Blue

Russian White, Black, and Tabby                Developed in Australia (foundation stock from Russia)     Crossbreeds: Russian Blue and short-haired cats from Siberia (Russia)                 Short     Solid white, solid black and tabby

Sam Sawet          Thailand               Natural                 Short     Solid

Savannah            United States     Hybrid: Domestic cat × serval (Leptailurus serval)[6]         Large     Short     Spotted

Savannah

Scottish Fold      United Kingdom (Scotland)          Mutation             Cobby   Short/long          All

Lilac-coated Scottish Fold

Selkirk Rex          United States     Mutation, crossbreed: American Shorthair, Persian, Himalayan, Exotic Shorthair and British Shorthair                               Rex (Short/long)               All

Selkirk Rex

Serengeti            United States     Crossbreed/hybrid: Bengal and Oriental Shorthair                             Short     Spotted

Serengeti

Serrade petit      France  Natural                 Short

Serrade petit

Siamese (modern)

(for traditional, see Thai below) Developed in the United States and Europe (foundation stock from Thailand)                Mutation, from traditional Siamese (now known as Thai)                Oriental                Short     Colorpoint

Siamese

Siberian or

Siberian Forest Cat;

Neva Masquerade (colorpoint variety)   Russia   Natural Semi-cobby        Semi-long            All

Siberian

Singapura            United States     Crossbreed: Burmese and Abyssinian                      Short     Ticked

Singapura

Snowshoe           United States     Crossbreed: American Shorthair and Siamese                      Short     Colorpoint with white feet

Snowshoe

Sokoke Kenya   Natural                 Short     Ticked tabby

Sokoke

Somali   Somalia Mutation                             Long      Ticked

Somali

Sphynx Canada Mutation             Oriental                Hairless All

Sphynx

Suphalak              Thailand               Natural                 Short     Solid

Suphalak

Thai or

Traditional, Classic, or Old-style Siamese;

Wichien Maat[e]              Thailand               Natural Moderate           Short     Colorpoint

Thai

Thai Lilac              Thailand               Natural                 Short     Solid lilac

Thai Lilac

Tonkinese           Canada Crossbreed: Burmese and Siamese                          Short     Colorpoint, mink, or solid

Tonkinese

Toyger  United States     Crossbreed/hybrid: Bengal and short-haired cats               Moderate           Short     Striped

Toyger

Turkish Angora  Turkey  Natural                 Semi-long            All but colorpoint

Turkish Angora

Turkish Van        Developed in the United Kingdom (foundation stock from Turkey)             Natural                 Semi-long                Van pattern

Turkish Van

Ukrainian Levkoy             Ukraine                                Hairless

Ukrainian Levkoy

Wila Krungthep Thailand               Natural                 Short     Solid

York Chocolate  United States (New York)             Natural                 Long      Solid brown

York Chocolate

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The Fascinating Facts Behind Cat Colors

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Cat colors, patterns and fur length are a cat's calling card. We include these features when referring to specific types of felines. For example, we would call fictional cat Garfield a red tabby Exotic Shorthair.

Note the color, pattern, coat and coat length in the name. The cat fancy – or the community of feline enthusiasts, cat show judges, breed registries, breeders and others who study and adore felines – gave us these designations to make it easier to identify cats.

This may seem hard to believe, but these are some of the most important things in the world. It almost does not seem fair when you get 15 vivid colors like pink, green, blue, yellow and purple.

"Birds derive from their brilliant coloring because of the chemical structure of their feathers and amino acid modifiers, which is different from that of cat coat textures where pigmentation is based on melanin types," says Joan Miller, the Cat Fanciers' Association's outreach and education chair. and renowned cat expert.

Cat colors – what coat colors can cats have?

Cats basically come in black, white or some combination, dilution or mixture of these. Photography by Casey Elise Photography.

Basically, when it comes to cat colors, they are black unless they have inherited the sex-linked orange masking gene, in which case they are red, Miller explains. By red, we mean what is usually called orange. "The hundreds of colors and patterns displayed in domestic cat coats, which changes these basic colors," she says, giving an example of the dilute gene commonly called gray) and red to cream.

Polygenes, genes which require multiple others of their kind for their effects to be observable, then determine whether the color coat will be a dark steel gray-blue or pale powder blue, she explains. These inherited polygenes are controlled by selective breeding in pedigreed breeds. If you've studied for a long time, you probably know that it is wrong and it is wrong. That's because the orange gene is carried on the sex-linked X chromosome. Because they are XY with only one X chromosome, they can only be black or red (or the variations of each due to modifying factors).

Since females are XX, they can be both black and red. "This is how we get the flashy tortoiseshell-colored females, who have black coats with splashes of red. If the dilute factor is inherited, the female cat will be a blue-cream. Should this also be the case for the white spotting factor, then this female can be a white and white, or calico tricolor cat with large black and red areas on a white coat, "Miller says. Piebalds are spots or patches that are absent of pigmentation, or white.

Read more about cat color and genetics on Paws and Effect >>

The tabby pattern

When it comes to coat patterns, here's a mind-blowing fact: All cats start as tabbies. Photography by Casey Elise Photography.

When it comes to cat colors and coat patterns, here's a mind-blowing fact: All cats are tabbies. "Whether they show their tabby pattern or not depends on whether the cat has inherited the dominant agouti gene or the recessive non-agouti solid color gene," she explains. However, even solid-colored red cats will show tabby pattern because the sex-linked chromosome is not affected by the non-agouti gene. Solid-color kittens will sometimes show their underlying tabby pattern when young before their kitten coat and grows in. Also, when they have an eye to a solid coat of light, their underlying tabby pattern can often be faintly seen.

Classic tabbies, also called blotched tabbies, have a combination of stripes, swirls, blouses and what looks like a bull's-eye on the sides of their bodies.

Ticked tabbies have banding on each other's hair with a lighter color at the base, which creates an iridescent speckled appearance but without stripes on the body. Abyssinians and Somalis are these types of tabbies.

Mackerel tabbies have vertical continuous stripes on both sides of their bodies and shoulders to tail.

Spotted tabbies are just that. The size of the spots and the spacing between them vary. Ocicats have large thumbprint spots, Egyptian Maus have high-contrast, randomly placed spots of varied shapes and sizes, and Bengals have rosette spotting, according to Miller, "but random-bred cats will often have broken mackerel or classic striping giving a spotted appearance . "

There's also a pattern called patched tabby. These are some of the other tabby patterns that also show additional red-colored patches due to their inherited sex-linked orange gene, Miller explains.

The pointed pattern

The point-restricted pattern gives Siamese and related breeds their pointed pattern, or a light-colored body with darker colors at the extremities. Photography © studdio22comua | Thinkstock.

Here's another cool point about cat colors: The point-restricted pattern gives Siamese and related breeds their pointed pattern, or a light-colored body with darker colors at the extremities. The gene must be carried out for both men and women.

"The reason is temperature sensitive, the cause of extremity of the body – the face, ears, legs, tail and testicles," Miller explains. "It is part of the albino series and modified the color tone so that it appears black seal brown on a light fawn-colored body. The genetic mutation, its color dilution, and its dilute version, lilac, were also seen in the early Siamese cats. "Tonkinese cats, which are a mix of Siamese and Burmese, have a more subtle point contrast called mink coloring.

Siamese cats were named after the ancient kingdom of Siam, where they originated. "These cats were a sensation when first imported to England in the mid-1800s," Miller says. "When the Siamese first came to America in the early 1900s, they quickly became popular as far as the spread of the recessive point-restricted pattern throughout the country. It is still hidden in the genotype of many random-bred cats and surfaces in which the sire and dam are carriers of the gene.

Shading patterns

Three types of shaded cats include: chinchilla, shaded and smoke the extent of the shading on individual hairs. Photography © Olivia | Thinkstock.

Another thing to consider when we're talking about cat colors? Shading, which is characterized by the color of the hair with a pure white undercoat. Three types of shaded cats include: chinchilla, shaded and smoke, each distinguished by the extent of the shading on individual hairs.

In chinchillas, only the tip of the guard, or outer coat, is colored. With the shaded pattern, a quarter of the guard hair farthest from the cat 's body exhibits the color. In the smoke pattern, half of the guard hair farthest from the cat's body displays the color. When a smoke-patterned cat is still, the coat pattern may appear solid, but when it catches you, you can see the white undercoat.

Bicolors and tricolors

The tortoiseshell, gold tortie, are referred to as particolored. These cats are female, and they are black with random patches of red. Photography by Casey Elise Photography.

With cat colors, people love to talk about bicolored cats, which are white and any other color. The cat can have a little spotting, or even a patch of white, or can be mostly white with a little bit of the other color. The colored area in bicolored cats can also feature any of the tabby patterns.

"The bicolor and tricolor patterns are created by the dominant white piebald-spotting gene," Miller says. "Polygenes help determine the amount of white in the cat's coat. Black bicolored cats with only a small amount of white, such as a 'bib,' white paws and perhaps a white facial 'blaze' are the 'tuxedo' cats. The other extreme is an almost entirely white body. This is called the 'Van' pattern referring to the cats found in the Lake Van area of ​​Turkey centuries ago. "

Calicos are white females with large solid areas of black and red patches and other colors like blues and creams thrown in. They can have a little bit of white, a lot of white or anything in between.

Tortoiseshells, or torties, are referred to as particolored in the cat fancy. Like calicos, these cats are female, except they are black with random patches of red. The black and red can also be the dilute blue and cream. A dilute tortie is a blue female with patches of solid cream or chocolate with red gold lilac with cream. The patches on the tortoiseshell can also be tabby patterned.

Cat colors chart:

Solid coat colors in cats. Photography © Thinkstock Images.

Cat colors and cat personalities

Calico and tortoiseshell cats are female, because the orange gene is carried on the sex-linked "X" chromosome. Photography by Casey Elise Photography.

The University of California, Davis, surveyed 1,200 cat guardians in 2015 and published the results in the Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science. The questions were asked to answer questions about their behaviors. The results are confirmed to be accurate and accurate.

In another survey, researchers from the University of California, Berkeley, and California State University, East Bay, asked 189 cat guardians to assign the terms – active, aloof, bold, calm, friendly, intolerant, shy, stubborn, tolerant and trainable – to cats of five different colors – red, tricolored, white, black and bicolored. Cats, intolerance to tricolored cats and aloofness to white cats.

Keep in mind that these were surveys of human perceptions, not scientific studies that controlled for other possible personality influencers, such as gender and coat length. Calicos and torties are female, which could play a greater role in personality than coat color. Longhaired cats are widely believed to be docile, while shorthaired cats are purported to be energetic.

I have two red tabby domestic longhaired cats who came from the same litter. Some of my friends can not tell them apart, But when it comes to personalities, the two could not be more opposite. One greets everyone who comes to our house; the other has enough love for me and my husband.

More studies are needed before we can conclude that cat colors influence personality.

Cat eye colors

A blue-eyed white cat. Photography by DONOT6_STUDIO / Shutterstock.

Another cool point to consider when it comes to cat colors – cat eye colors. All kittens are born with blue eyes. At about 6 to 8 weeks of age, "their final potential is apparent," Miller says. "Full brilliance is not achieved until a cat reaches maturity." Full maturity can take one to two years, depending on the cat breed. "There are only three basic eye colors," Miller says. "However, eye color of domestic animals is striking and greatly varied. Interestingly, the brilliant copper eye color of a Persian, the deep gold eyes of an Abyssinian or Bombay and the emerald green eyes of a Russian Blue are all derived from the same gene. It is through years of selective breeding that this extreme eye color spectrum has been perfected in the breeds. Random-bred cats usually have greenish gold or hazel eye color; however, a colony of free-roaming cats resulting from natural-line breeding will often develop golden or lemon-yellow eye color. "

Some cat eye colors are linked to coat colors or patterns. For example, white cats can have blue, yellow, gold or odd eyes. "Any cats that have inherited the piebald-spotting factor can have an eye-color – one blue eye and one golden, yellow or greenish eye," Miller says. Cats with the point-restricted color pattern, like the Siamese, have blue eyes because of a gene that is linked to albinism. Tonkinese often have aqua eyes. "Tonkinese showing the deeper Burmese coat colors (sand, blue, champagne or platinum) will have gold or green eye color," Miller says.

Thumbnail: Photography by Xseon | Shutterstock.

This piece was originally published in 2017.

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Gray Kitten Pictures: Exactly what Kittens Turn Out To Be

Which cute kitty images bedazzled the heart of many? With a wide range of selections in the Web today, cat enthusiasts can select any breed and color with just a few click the mouse. So, where did the grey color comes from?There are numerous colors and patterns that are genetically possible in the feline population. Although they don’t figure out a feline’s breed, colors have powerful impact in choosing a kitten that a person desires. So, how did all these incredible color mixes come about?Domestic gray kittens obtaining the solid gray coloring are normally called Maltese. Cat enthusiasts can take a look at cursorily for gray kitty photos and see how it goes. These little ones are being referred to as domestic felines of unidentified type whose coloration are normally strong gray. However, there are likewise cat breeds that solely accomplish blue or gray color.Fun Truths Since black is dominant and white is a masking genes, the 2 can not mix. Unless, there is a blue or silver cat either or both of the parent’s family, the kittens are most likely not going to be gray.Remember that the term blue describes the gray-blue color also known as gray. The gray color is a water down variation of black explained by some as deep bluish-gray.

Some breeds are more associated with this color, but it can be seen in many types or with mixed-breed cats.The Grey World of Cats The silver tabby, as it is typically understood, is a distinctive white/black tabby typically in a mackerel or blotched pattern. You can likewise have a blue silver, cream silver, or red silver tabby depending on the color of

the stripes.A blue tabby has gray stripes on a grayish or enthusiast ground color. The gray stripes may either be a dark slate gray or a light blue-gray. If your feline is practically strong black or gray, but the roots of the hairs are

distinctly white, it is a smoke.Seeing exactly what the kitties end up being is enjoyable! The association between a feline’s color and personality type have been linked by feline owners and veterinarians. For example, the silver tabby kittycats huge, bouncy and effective kittens. Although not the lap type, they regularly dominate felines and take pleasure in human company.Black and White Tidbits A bicolor kitten has actually white fur integrated with some other color, for instance black or tabby. Black and white felines are likewise called magpie or piebald felines. The black and white kitties are particularly striking with their contrast of colors.Beauty is in the Eye of the

Beholder The cutest kitty

remains in the eye of the beholder. Whatever type or pattern or color a kittycat has, be it cinnamon, cream, gray or black and white kitties, provide the little feline a chance to grow up and have a great home. Cute kitties on display! Amusing, fluffy, gray, black and white kitties. project

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Black silver blotched tabby - ns 22

Genotype: A_ D_ E_ I_ mcmc oo/o- spsp titi ww

Black blotched tabby bicolor - n 03 22

Genotype: A_ D_ E_ ii mcmc oo/o- spsp titi ws_

(What do these letters mean?)

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Black blotched tabby bicolor - n 03 22

Genotype: A_ D_ E_ ii mcmc oo/o- spsp titi ws_

Black mackerel tabby bicolor - n 03 23

Genotype: A_ D_ E_ ii Mc_ oo/o- spsp titi ws_

(What do these letters mean?)

[amber-tortoiseshell]

Black smoke with white - ns 09

Genotype: aa D_ E_ I_ __ oo/o- __ __ wsw

Black blotched tabby bicolor - n 03 22

Genotype: A_ D_ E_ ii mcmc oo/o- spsp titi ws_

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Black blotched tabby bicolor - n 03 22

Genotype: A_ D_ E_ ii mcmc oo/o- spsp titi ws_

Black silver shaded tabby - ns 11

Genotype: A_ D_ E_ I_ __ oo/o- __ __ ww + extreme wide band

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The final battle

Black

Genotype: aa B_ C_ D_ __ E_ ii kk __ oo/o- __ __ ww __ __

Synonym submissions: All black, pure black cat, Solid black, Black. Just solid black. The kind where the eyes are the only distinguishable feature.

Submitter: @ergontropy, @chulacabra, @mr-beistie

Black tortoiseshell silver blotched tabby bicolor

Genotype: A_ B_ C_ D_ __ E_ I_ kk mcmc Oo spsp titi wsw or wsws Wb_ wb'wb'

Synonym submissions: black silver calico

Submitter: @sweetcreatortimetravel

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Black bicolor - n 03

Genotype: aa D_ E_ ii __ oo/o- __ __ ws_

Red blotched tabby - d 22

Genotype: A_ D_ __ ii mcmc OO/O- spsp titi ww

(What do these letters mean?)

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Do you have any tips on telling the difference between different varieties of tabby on long-coated cats? Like 95% of the examples on google are shorthair tabbies.

I can't say anything in good conscience, sorry. If it's a cat around you and not just a picture, try to get a look in the sun, that can help to see the patterns better.

Blotched is usually (but not always) recognisable of the bigger dark patches, but i have a very hard time differentiating between mackerel and spotted tabbies, the pattern too easily gets too blurred to say anything confidently. Best i think is, um, checking them when they're young, and the pattern is more visible. Not always possible, yeah.

This cat is spotted, by the way.

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Black tortoiseshell silver blotched tabby bicolor

Genotype: A_ B_ C_ D_ __ E_ I_ kk mcmc Oo spsp titi wsw or wsws Wb_ wb'wb'

Synonym submissions: black silver calico

Submitter: @sweetcreatortimetravel

Black tortoiseshell bicolor

Genotype: aa B_ C_ D_ __ E_ ii kk __ Oo __ __ wsw or wsws __ __

Submitter: @teknoctarkamacska, @fuckingshitupjacket

Propaganda:

my bestest girl i cant imagine a more beautiful thing (with pics)

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Black tortoiseshell bicolor

Genotype: aa B_ C_ D_ __ E_ ii kk __ Oo __ __ wsw or wsws __ __

Synonym submissions: i won't leave out dear Trapiti that's for sure

Submitter: @teknoctarkamacska

Propaganda:

#trapiti <3

Black tortoiseshell blotched tabby harlequin

Genotype: A_ B_ C_ D_ __ E_ ii kk mcmc Oo spsp titi wsws (occasionally wsw) Wb_ wb'wb'

Synonym submission: Calico

Submitter: @geeselouise

Propaganda:

Our Calico is the most friendly cat in the whole world- she greets all our neighbours in the apartment complex at the gate and walks them to their flats. She checks in on our elderly neighbour at night to make sure she's okay, and she makes best friends with all the local children who call her name and she will wake up from a nap to come play with them. She is a rescue and an absolute darling delight who has made the whole neighborhood more friendly to one another. Nellie for president!

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