Different Types Of Tabby Cat Patterns

Spotted tabby bengal adult two ocicats with spotted tabby coats.

Different types of tabby cat patterns. The tabby s letter m. The term calico much like tabby refers to a pattern of colors rather than a breed. Tabbies come in a wide variety of colors including orange brown silver gray and black. Mackerel classic spotted and ticked.

The hybrid bengal sports a good example of this pattern as do ocicats. If a cat has three colors and the distinctive tabby forehead marking they re a calico tabby. Classic tabby pattern arguably one of the commonest tabby types the classic tabby patterned cat is blotched or marbled. You are probably wondering how a completely black cat can be a tabby but take a look at her coat on a sunny day and you will notice the hidden tabby markings all over her body.

Patched tabby cats are also known as tortoiseshell cats with separate patches around his legs and head. Many american shorthair cats demonstrate this pattern. Types of tabby patterns classic. White orange and black.

The classic tabby is characterized by the bullseye on its side as well as an m pattern just above its eyes. Some of the different tabby breeds include the abyssinian domestic shorthair and american bobtail. See if you can figure out which tabby your cat is. There is a fifth type known as patched.

There are five types of tabby coat patterns each possessing its own unique markings. Cats with these patterns have swirls all over their body and the rings around their legs that are much wider than the rings of the mackerel tabby type which will be discussed next. Although there are many variations this coat pattern has four distinctive types. Specific breeds have variations of the four tabby patterns the sokoke coat pattern consists of a modified classic tabby and the bengal coat can consist of marbled arrowhead pawprint doughnut and clouded the latter three are variations of the spotted pattern.

Calico cats have three colors. We ve listed them below alongside photos of each. They are usually colored brown and red with the most prominent markings on the cat s head or legs. The spotted tabby cat pattern is similar to the mackerel or classic pattern except the stripes or swirls are broken rather than continuous giving rise to a spotty pattern on the body.

The cat pictured in this chart has a very high color contrast which shows his whorls clearly.