Domestic Cat Breeds Tabby
The breed comes in many color points including lynx points that are also known as tabby.
Domestic cat breeds tabby. Garfield the cartoon character. Patched tabby the patched type pattern can present with more than one or several color patterns on their coats. Maine coons on the other hand are probably the most popular pedigreed tabby cat. Stubbs mayor of talkeetna alaska from july 1997 until his death.
The colorpoint shorthair was a breed created by crossing siamese with abyssinian and other red coated domestic cats. There are many cat breeds which use the tabby cat patterns illustrated above including the abyssinian domestic shorthair american bobtail american curl american shorthair maine coon ocicat and oriental cat. Most elite pedigreed cat breeds are of solid or ombre coloring. The mackerel tabby pattern gives slender vertical gently curving stripes on the sides of the body.
Most wild cats will show a natural spotted pattern and this is present on many of the more exotic domestic tabby breeds. The ocicat was selectively bred with the sole purpose of making them look fancy. The breeders sure did do their job. Origin tabby domestic shorthair cats are one of the oldest pet cats to have been around.
The maine coon is one of the more popular pedigree breeds in north america. Longhair or persian longhair origin. There are references for the presence of tabby cats in the mid 17th century which were owned by archbishop of canterbury which was a big cat lover. Domestic shorthairs the most common of non pedigreed housecats often have tabby markings as well.
The tabby colorpoint shorthairs have an m marking on their forehead and darker bands on their legs and tails. Regarding orange coats both the abyssinian and somali use the ticked pattern and the bengal uses the spotted pattern. These stripes may be continuous or. Orangey the orange tabby who played cat in breakfast at tiffany s.
List of cat breeds with pictures. Here is a list of breeds which are allowed the tabby pattern in cfa. Milo the orange tabby cat from the movie milo and otis. American burmese british burmese origin.