Here is everything you need to know about tabbies and their pattern. There is still much to learn about the genetic behind the different tabby patterns! Similarly, the other tabby patterns of the Bengal and Sokoke could be the influence of some “wild” modifiers. I will describe more in detail all the Bengal-specific tabby patterns in a detailed article on breed-specific cat colors. These patterns were then improved and selected through selective breeding. This breed has an additional tabby pattern because it was hybridized with wild cats: this brought new genes for the new tabby pattern. The Bengal breed has two specific tabby patterns: the rosetted, which is a subcategory of the spotted tabby, and marble tabby, a subcategory of the blotched tabby. In addition to those, we can find some other patterns which are often an intermediate between two of the main ones, or patterns which are specific to some cat breeds such as the rosette and marble of the Bengal cat, or the Sokoke marbled pattern.įor example, broken mackerel is an intermediate between a mackerel tabby and a spotted tabby: these cats have broken stripes or long spots, depending on the point of view.
The four main tabby patterns are not the only ones we can find in tabby cats. Cats called “brown tabby” are genetically black tabby That’s why in many cat fancies black tabbies are called brown tabbies, but they shouldn’t be confused with the chocolate genetic color. Tabby cats usually look clearer than their equivalent solid color because of the agouti hairs. For example, in a chocolate tabby, the markings are composed of hairs with a chocolate color, while the agouti hairs have bands of chocolate and light reddish chocolate. Tabby cats can come in any existing cat colors, such as black, blue, chocolate, lilac, cinnamon, and fawn. When a cat has a tabby pattern, the dark markings are made of solid hairs of the base color while the fur in between the markings is composed of agouti hairs. So, a fur composed of agouti hairs has a clearer color than a solid one.
An agouti hair is composed of several bands of colors: a dark one with the base color of the cat, alternately with lighter and more reddish ones.
Blue tabby cat vs grey tabby series#
The previous articles in the series covered:Ī tabby cat is a cat that has agouti hairs. Note: Before reading this article, I recommend that you read the first article in the series on solid cat colors, as some of the genetic explanations are useful to understand this article. If you are looking for something different this page is well worth a visit - British Shorthairs come in a vast array of colours and patterns.What's the color of your cat? To answer this question, in this third article in my series on cat coats we are going to talk about all the types of markings a cat can have, and the genetics behind them. Look at our kitten page to see if we have of these beautiful blue tabbies available.ĭiscover more British Shorthair colours. Of course, there is always the exception to the rule! But it does tend to be true that tabbies are a bit more hyper. In our experience, tabby British Shorthair cats are more athletic and energetic than their non-tabby counterparts. TemperamentĪ blue tabby will likely have a very similar temperament to your average tabby British Shorthair cat. These are especially unusual! For more information see our page on bicolour cats. BicoloursĪll blue tabbies can also come in the various bicolour patterns: bicolour, harlequin and van patterns. Read more about the silver tabby British Shorthair. Both blue-golden and blue-silver tabbies are incredibly beautiful. The blue silver is a higher contrast, with the background being almost white.
Blue golden tabbies look as though they have been painted. They are very similar in appearance, but the blue-golden tabby is warmer and the combination of the blue on the golden background is very subtle and strikingly unusual - it is incredibly beautiful actually. The blue tabby also comes in ticked, shaded and smoke.īlue tabbies come in either blue-golden or blue-silver. The blue classic tabby is marbled, or rosetted The blue mackerel tabby is stripey, like a tiger Blue tabby patternsīlue British Shorthair tabbies come in all of the many varieties of tabby you can get:
The dilution gene reduces the amount of pigment in the hair, so that black becomes blue. This means that a blue tabby has two copies of the dilution gene. If you would like one please contact us as they don't come along very often! The genetics of the blue tabbyīlue tabbies are genetically identical to black tabbies in all but one way: the blue tabby is homozygous for the dilution gene. V ery occasionally we have blue tabby kittens available in self and bicolour.
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