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The wild-type (in African wildcats) is the mackerel tabby (stripes look like thin fishbones and may break up into bars or spots). The most common variant is the classic tabby pattern (broad bands, whorls, and spirals of dark color on pale background usually with bulls-eye or oyster pattern on flank). [12]
The ticked tabby pattern is a result of a different allele at the same gene locus as the mackerel and classic tabby patterns and this allele is dominant over the others. So a T a T a genotype as well as T a T m and T a T b genotypes will be ticked tabbies.
All Western coat colours and patterns are genetically possible in the breed, such as tabby, solid, tortoiseshell, and bicolour. However, the most common colour in the Siberian cat breed is black (brown) mackerel tabby. [6] [7] The Western coat colours are white, black, blue, red, and cream.
Tabby coat pattern: Recognized by GCCF and CFA. [6] [7] Each hair shaft should have a band of color around the middle of the hair shaft. GCCF recognizes four variants of tabby: classic, mackerel, spotted and ticked. [8] Bicolor pattern: Recognized by GCCF and CFA.
The Tabby patterns include [12] Classic Tabby, Mackerel Tabby, Spotted & Ticked Tabby. The non-tabby patterns include: Tortoiseshell, Bi-Colour, Van patterns Bi-Colour & White, Smoke, Tipped & Colourpointed. British Shorthair's nose colour: black, cherry red, brick red; a circle of black nasal line on the periphery.
First to come was the black mackerel tabby Leo. Pluto, the little ginger tabby kitten, was just supposed to be a foster cat. Abandoned by his mother at only two weeks old, things were rough for ...
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Markings pattern: Mackerel tabby. The markings to the ground pattern contrast must be extreme and distinct, giving a clear, sharply edged pattern. Body markings: Body stripes shall generally be vertically aligned with encircling markings on neck, legs, and tail. Bold, braided, and non-uniform stripes are preferred.