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- From: loosemore-sandra@cs.yale.edu (Sandra Loosemore)
- Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
- Subject: Re: Meaning of tabby cats
- Date: 22 Dec 1992 14:08:55 -0500
- Organization: staff hacker @ Yale Haskell project
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- In-reply-to: jhoskins@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu's message of Tue, 22 Dec 1992 16:06:49 GMT
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- jhoskins@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (James M Hoskins) writes:
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- What are the characteristic, defining markings of what are
- called tabby cats?
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- Also, can anyone comment on coloration and markings of "tortise-shell
- tabbies" and "mackerel tabbies"?
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- If you look closely at the fur of a tabby cat, the individual hairs
- have bands of color on them. Typically they are dark near the root
- and are light-colored near the tip, or have a light-colored band in
- the middle. The tabby gene controls whether the hairs are have this
- banding or are solid.
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- Tortoise-shell refers to color, namely having patches of both red
- and black (or brown) fur.
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- Mackerel tabby refers to the larger patterns of mottling on the fur
- forming narrow stripes. There is also a classic tabby pattern with
- wide stripes, a spotted tabby pattern, and at least one breed of
- cats where the tabby pattern doesn't have any dark mottling at all.
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- -Sandra
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