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- From: nvonstein@memstvx1.memst.edu
- Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
- Subject: Re: Meaning of tabby cats
- Message-ID: <1992Dec28.140108.4761@memstvx1.memst.edu>
- Date: 28 Dec 92 14:01:08 -0600
- References: <1992Dec22.160649.15563@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> <1h9tclINN787@uwm.edu>
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- In article <1h9tclINN787@uwm.edu>, hcrain@convex.csd.uwm.edu (Helen C Crain) writes:
- > From article <1992Dec22.160649.15563@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>, by jhoskins@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (James M Hoskins):
- >>
- >>
- >> What are the characteristic, defining markings of what are
- >> called tabby cats?
- >>
- > Well, for one thing, tabbies have a little "M" over their
- > eyes.
- >
- >> Also, can anyone comment on coloration and markings of "tortise-shell
- >> tabbies" and "mackerel tabbies"?
- >
- > I thought the distinction was between mackeral and the so
- > called classic, or bulls-eye tabbies. Mackeral tabby
- > markings are basically linear, and the classic markings
- > occur in circular patches. Doesn't the tortise-shell simply
- > refer to a fairly specific combination of colors? ?Black,
- > orange, and white?
- > combination
-
- One of my tabbies (Chili) is long haired and I believe to be a tortoise shell.
- What is most distinctive about her, though, is that on her tummy she has a
- reddish blonde patch with a white splotch in the middle. She is very pretty
- and her fur is so long and fluffy. When she was younger, she was pretty bad
- about not grooming herself much, so she was often seen with little dust bunnies
- in her fur. I would her call her The Nitty Gritty Dirt Bag, which later became
- Dittums. She is as sweet as she is lovely, and is truly one of my best
- friends. Her mission in life is to guard me from that "damn dog" that lives in
- the house (Josh). Josh doesn't bother any of the cats; Chili just sees him as a
- territorial threat.
-
- Nancy
-
-
-
- > --
- > Helen C. Crain hcrain@convex.csd.uwm.edu
- > UWMilwaukee Nursing Wisconsin, USA
- > "There is more of good nature than good sense at the
- > bottom of most marriages" HD Thoreau
-