Tabby Cat Fur Patterns

What cat breeds can have the tabby coat pattern.

Tabby cat fur patterns. Each can have either mackerel classic or ticked tabby patterns meaning 66 possible tabby variations from these colors alone. It sounds simple but it s actually fairly rare for a cat to have absolutely no other color. The classic tabby has bold swirling patterns along his sides much like a marble cake. The cat can be all black white gray red or cream.

This pattern usually has whorls ending in a target on the side of the cat. A solid color without any patches stripes swirls or spots is considered one of the basic cat coat patterns. Brown and white as for the brown but with white on the bib tummy and all four paws. The pattern of circular smudges on the classic.

Many american shorthair cats demonstrate this pattern. Abyssinian american bobtail american curl american shorthair american wirehair australian mist bengal british shorthair cornish rex devon rex egyptian mau exotic maine coon munchkin ocicat oriental persian scottish fold scottish shorthair siamese. Types of tabby patterns classic. Brown mackeral tabbies are the most common.

The cat pictured in this chart has a very high color contrast which shows his whorls clearly. Black stripes ranging from coal black to brownish on a background of brown to gray.