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The tabby coat colour on cat can be incredibly varied! The "Tabby" term means dark markings (stripes, swirls, spots) on a paler background. The stripe colour is solid (goes right to the hair root), but the background colour is banded with colour on each individual hair.
Here are just some of the many colours:
- Blue Tabby - Cream/ivory-blue base, slate blue markings.
- Brown Tabby - Coppery-brown base, black markings.
- Cameo Tabby - Cream base, pale red markings.
- Chocolate Tabby - Ivory/white base, medium-dark brown markings.
- Cream Tabby - Pale cream base, fawn/buff markings.
- Lavender (Lilac) Tabby - Milky cream base, frosty grey markings.
- Red Tabby - Pale red (ginger) base, deep red (ginger) markings.
- Silver Tabby - Silver base, black markings. Silver Tabbies with coloured markings on a silvery background are called Blue Silver, Red Silver (aka Cameo Tabby) etc.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 14y agoAbyssinian
American Bobtail
American Curl
American Shorthair
American Wirehair
Angora
Asian Shorthair
Asian Semi-Longhair
Balinese
Bengal
Birman
Bombay
British Angora
British Shorthair
Burmese
Burmilla
California Spangled Cat
Chantilly/Tiffany
Chartreux
Chausie
Cherubim
Colorpoint Longhair
Colorpoint Shorthair
Cornish Rex
Cymric
Devon Rex
Egyptian Mau
Exotic Shorthair
Havana Brown
Himalayan
Honeybear
Japanese Bobtail
Javanese
Korat
LaPerm
Longhair
Maine Coon
Malayan
Manx
Munchkin
Nebelung
Norwegian Forest Cat
Ocicat
Ojos Azules
Oriental Longhair
Oriental Shorthair
Persian
Pixie Bob
Ragamuffin
Ragdoll
Russian Blue
Scottish Fold
Selkirk Rex
Siamese
Siberian
Singapura
Snowshoe
Somali
Sphynx
Sterling
Tiffanie
Tiffany
Tonkinese
Traditional (Applehead) Siamese
Turkish Angora
Turkish Van
York Chocolate
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∙ 14y agoThere are 4 types of tabbies - the Classic Tabby, the Mackerel Tabby, the Spotted Tabby and the Ticked Tabby.
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∙ 11y agoThere are about 5 types of tabby coat patterns each possessing its own unique markings. but there are 4 basic types of tabby, (ticked, mackerel, classic and spotted.)
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∙ 13y agoOn average, 2 or 3.
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How common are tabby cats?
Tabby cats are incredibly common. The tabby coat pattern can be found on many breeds of cat, but is particularly common in moggies/Domestic Shorthairs.
Do tabby cats rock?
Yes Tabby cats rock...they are the best
Is a taby cat a larger breed?
No, tabby cats are not a separate breed themselves. Many different cat breeds can have tabby pelts. If your cat is a large tabby, it probably came from a breed of cats that is larger than others, such as the Maine Coon. But there are many tabby cats that are small too, like the Munschkin.
What is a black cat's breed?
Black is a color, not a breed. Many cat breeds can be black. Certain cat breeds come in specific colors such as Siamese, and they would not be black if they were purebred but any breed that comes in various colors could be black. Siamese cats are also a tabby variety of solid clors and the tortoise shell. Any Siamese is a tabby, but not all tabby's are Siamese.
How many tabby cats are left?
Tabby is an incredibly common coat pattern found in cats, particularly in Domestic Short or Long hairs, or "moggies."
How many types of cat are there in the world and what are there names?
Tabby cats
Is this correct your red tabby is the more playfull of your three cats?
My red tabby is the playfulest of my three cats
Are Tabby cats a mix of cat breeds?
No, Tabby is a coat pattern
How can you tell the difference between a female and male tabby cat?
You can determine if a tabby cat is male or female by its color. Ginger tabby cats tend to be male while tortoiseshell tabby cats are female.
Are tabby cats rare?
Not at all. The Tabby pattern is probably the most common coat pattern found on domestic cats.
Are orange tabby always male?
No, I have personally had female orange tabby cats.
Where did tabby cats come from?
Tabby is a naturally-occurring color pattern within cats. It has developed on its own over time, and while humans may have encouraged it by breeding cats for the tabby patter, it originally came from nature.
