Tabby Cat Light Orange Kitten
Every cat is an individual but orange cats have a reputation for being snuggly attention lovers.
Tabby cat light orange kitten. He also has a brother named linus. Personality varies from cat to cat having little to do with coat pattern or color. He also has a brother named linus. The orange tabby cat is often referred to by many names.
Only about 1 in 5 orange tabby cats is female. The term calico much like tabby refers to a pattern of colors rather than a breed. Photography courtesy karen stephenson. The most common breeds with this pigment are munchkins egyptian maus british shorthairs bengals maine coons abyssinians american bobtails and persians.
If a cat has three colors and the distinctive tabby forehead marking they re a calico tabby. These are both nicknames that derive solely from the color of the cat and it s no wonder that these names were chosen. Two of the most common nicknames for the orange tabby are ginger cats or marmalade cats. White orange and black.
American bobtails persians scottish folds norwegian forest cats and munchkins are among the most likely breeds to have tabby coloring. The orange color of these cats is very distinct and very noticeable. Tiger is an orange tabby cat who loves to be loved. One interesting orange tabby cat fact is that most of these guys are guys approximately 80 percent of orange tabby cats are male.
This is a really interesting fact and it tells us that sex and coat color genetics are somehow related at least in orange cats. Orange tabby cats are almost always male. Leo is an orange tabby who is about 11 years old. Tabby cats are some of the most common cats in the world.
Up to 80 of orange cats are male and nobody knows why. Within their calico spots they may have tabby stripes. The are both from the same litter. Scientists and researchers are fairly certain that orange tabbies color transpires from a sex linked gene with the x chromosome responsible for the orange coloring.