It s actually a coat pattern and there are five different types of tabby cats.
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A tabby is any domestic cat felis catus with a distinctive m shaped marking on its forehead stripes by its eyes and across its cheeks along its back and around its legs and tail and differing by tabby type characteristic striped dotted lined flecked banded or swirled patterns on the body neck shoulders sides flanks chest and abdomen.
Within the marble pattern you will hear descriptive terms referring to the type of marble pattern a cat or kitten might have.
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You ll find the most common terms below.
But these cats can also come in cinnamon sorrel colors gray beige charcoal silver or blue color patterns.
A tabby cat is not a breed.
Known for their distinctive patterns capped by m shaped stripes on their foreheads they re instantly recognizable worldwide.
This is often called a marbled pattern variation.
Bengal body structure and facial markings.
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The 5 tabby cat patterns.
Tabby is not a breed of cat but a set of distinguishing characteristics that can appear in many different breeds and colors.
The marbled coat pattern is derived from blotched tabby stripes that swirl.
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The ideal marble bengal cat has a horizontally flowing random asymmetrical pattern made up of swirls of two or more colors.
All tabbies have the same forehead markings.
And quite a few marbled breeds like the marbled manx cats the marbled british shorthairs and marbled oriental and asian tabbies.
The marble bengal cat has four official types reduced horizontal flow horizontal flow chaos pattern and sheet marble patterns.
Learn the differences between tabby cat patterns right here.
Describes when there are three definite colours present the background the marble markings and the center like seen in a spotted doughnut rosette.
Bengal cats also have a striped black tipped tail.
Tabby cats are among the most popular cats.
These marbled bengals are often referred to as tri colored marbles.
Sometimes the spots link together to resemble more of a striped patterns but these are still considered bengal cats.
Most associations that have a bengal breed standard do give preference to marbles that have three or more shades.
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