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Just like with the wild mustangs and ponies of Chincoteague Island, spotting or patchy colouration evolved through genetic mutations of the solid coat-colour allele, allowing cattle, even those in the wild, to obtain patches over their body instead of being a solid colouration.

It is thought by some that it evolved through artificial selection or selective breeding so that people could get cows of this colouration for aesthetic purposes, however documented evidence of feral cattle of the wilds of the United Kingdom dating back to the 17th century stated that cattle, such as those that were created into the Aberdeen Angus breed, were patched and spotted well before people "turned" these cattle into black, solid-coloured and polled cattle we know of the Angus breed (and other breeds)today.

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