How tabby cats got their “M” marking
by Finn Frode (Copenhagen, Denmark) Milly - our old Norwegian Forest Cat As you'll know most tabby cats carry a distinctive "M" marking in their foreheads. In Lorraine Chittock's book 'Cairo Cats -...
View ArticleAre We Unconsciously Racist When Selecting Cat Colour?
Is cat color preference partly based on unconscious, deep-rooted racism? Is racism a form of tribalism? Humans are essentially tribal because we struggle to live alone and therefore we must live in a...
View ArticleDifference between Torbie and Tabby
It can be very difficult to distinguish between torbie and tabby cats. For me, it may be almost impossible to be sure, on occasions. Ideally, you have to be a member of the cat fancy with some real...
View ArticleWhat does “tabby” mean?
The question, “what does tabby mean?” is asked on the Internet. I’m sure that when people are asking the question they are referring to the coat of a domestic cat. This is because the word “tabby” is...
View ArticleAgouti Cat Color
The agouti cat color refers, in fact, to a coat pattern; a type of cat coat and in fact the most common cat coat. The word “agouti” is the name given to a coat in which individual hair strands are …...
View ArticlePictures of striped tabby cats
Striped tabby cats are also called mackerel tabbies in reference to the skin of the fish by the same name. This is the ancient type of tabby pattern close to the one we see in the ancestral wild cat...
View ArticleWhy do many domestic cats have white ‘socks’ on their paws?
To get straight to the point the reason why domestic cats often have white socks is because during the early centuries of cat domestication people liked to see rare tabby cats with white fur on their...
View ArticleWhat is a tabby cat?
A tabby cat can be any one of the following: a random bred domestic cat, a feral cat, a stray cat, a community cat or a purebred, pedigree cat and even a wild cat; all of which have or can … Continue...
View ArticleWhat type or breed of cat was Muezza, the cat of Prophet Mohammad?
People ask whether Muezza was a particular type or breed of cat. There are different questions but I can answer them both together. Muezza is a famous cat. I don’t know for sure whether the cat was...
View ArticleEvolution of the blotched tabby pattern of domestic cats
The time when the blotched or classic tabby pattern, as it is called, emerged among domestic cats is of interest to people in the cat world. The tabby coat is the most common in domestic, stray and...
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