4/12/2023 0 Comments Lavender tabby catThere are 3 levels of colourpointing seen in cats. high levels of rufousing in breeds with wildcat ancestry. Other genes can give the impression of golden e.g. Therefore it is debatable whether golden smokes exist. The mechanism for golden is generally analogous to silver, but appears due to the wide band gene that lightens and brightens the background colour of agouti regions of the coat. Some smoke kittens may show a residual tabby pattern until they get their full adult coat. When the silver gene is combined with a self (non-agouti) colour, the result is smoke. Depending on the degree of ticking, this ranges from tipped (chinchilla) to shaded to silver tabby. In genetically tabby (agouti) cats, this results in a tabby or ticked pattern on a silver base. When the silver gene is present, the light bands are pale grey or nearly white. black and brown bands for genetically black cats, red and cream bands for genetically red cats. Normal agouti hairs have bands of light and dark pigment corresponding to the coat colour e.g. Red tabbies are variable in colour from sandy yellow (marmalade) through to the rich red found in show cats. The tabby patterns and colours are shown in the 2 charts below. Strictly speaking, the Bengal marbled pattern should be a horizontally aligned clouded pattern inherited from the Asian Leopard Cat, but in most Bengals it is a slightly modified classic tabby pattern. There are also several modified tabby patterns produced by selective breeding, mutation or by crossing to a wild species. Some classic tabbies display a dark "cape" due to heavy markings their agouti areas may be reduced to small patches on a black background. The spotting gene breaks up the underlying mackerel or classic tabby pattern into spots. Spotted tabbies can be due to broken mackerel stripes (in which case the spots are not so rounded) or to a spotting gene. Mackerel tabbies have thin striped markings while classic tabbies have blotched markings. Agouti (unpatterned) tabbies have ticked fur, but almost no striped markings except residual barring on the legs, tail, head and chest. The main tabby patterns are agouti (ticked/Abyssinian), mackerel, classic and spotted.
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