Tabby Cat Breeds

The word tabby describes a color pattern of stripes swirls or dots in grey brown buff or orange tones.

Tabby cat breeds. Types of tabby cats classic. This pattern manifests in many american shorthair cats. The word tabby refers to a color pattern that may occur in almost any type of domestic cat. Tabby cats aren t a breed.

Tabby cat names abby badger bumblebee candy candy cane cheetah cheshire chevron cinnamon dotty freya ginger goldy harlequin heathcliff honey jasmine leopard leo mackerel marble marbles marmalade motley nutmeg oliver patches pebbles pepper raya red shadow skunk spot sprinkles tabby tabitha tartan. Tabby is also sometimes used as a generic term for any cat just as hound is sometimes used to describe any dog. The classic tabby cat has striking whirling patterns. A tabby is any domestic cat felis catus with a distinctive m shaped marking on their forehead stripes by their eyes and across their cheeks along their back and around their 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.

By far the most prevalent pattern after the classic mackerel tabbies have striped bands around their legs. They may be striped like a tiger called. Tabbies patterns may be swirled like marble which is called classic coloring.