Spotted Tabby Cat Breeds

Within their calico spots they may have tabby stripes.

Spotted tabby cat breeds. However spotted cat breeds are fairly rare and this pattern is naturally found only in the egyptian mau and bahraini dilmun cat. The tabby pattern can also occur in pointed breeds of cat such as the siamese colorpoint shorthair himalayan balinese birman and ragdoll tabby or lynx point. Spotted patterns are found naturally on most wild cats are often found on more exotic domestic breeds. Certain tabby cat breeds will display smaller dotted spots while others will have larger ones.

But like all other types the coat pattern has agouti hairs on the body. The brown tabby pattern is so common in this breed that many people don t realize that the main coon comes in other colors. Tabby cats are some of the most common cats in the world. An agouti tabby does not have the common lines or specks on his body.

The maine coon is one of the largest cat breeds and probably the most popular pedigree tabby cat. They can be circular or elliptical. American bobtails persians scottish folds norwegian forest cats and munchkins are among the most likely breeds to have tabby coloring. There are several common type patterns of tabby cats included spotted classic patched tabby ticked and mackerel.

Brewer named the breed after one of the original cats a female named pixie and the breed s distinctive stubby tail she says. The spotted coat pattern is in fact a variety of the tabby pattern which is the most widely spread pattern among both domestic and pedigree cats. Since the spotted tabby is closely related to the mackerel tabby pattern the non spotted patterns are quite similar such as the m shape on the forehead. A spotted tabby has specks all over.

And the color types of tabby cats mostly present in some colors are silver tabby brown tabby and orange tabby. Agouti the abyssinian is the perfect example of an agouti pattern. The pixiebob originated in the 1980s when breeder carol ann brewer began mating various spotted cats with short tails in washington state fisher says. Spotted tabbies have small spots that form a pattern instead of the characteristic lines of the classic mackerel patterns.

Tica officially recognized the pixiebob in 1995. These specks come in all sizes. Maine coons can be found in classic tabby stripped or patched tabby pattern. Ticked tabby cat agouti.