With tabby cats, it is essential to understand the difference between color and pattern. The term “tabby” refers to the type of markings that appear on a cat. Tabby cat colors, by comparison ...

Tabby Patterns – The most iconic Maine Coon look, often with bold stripes, swirls, or spots. Subtypes include classic (swirled “bullseye” patterns), mackerel (narrow tiger-like stripes), and ticked ...

Although these cats share similar color palettes, each pattern is produced ... further shaped by tabby-pattern genes which ...

Mackerel tabby pattern is characterised by set close and ... an example of the richness and diversity of cat genetics. Two-colored, bi-color cats possess two-colored fur, often white and some ...

Tyler Jordan, a Canadian PhD student in the College of Veterinary Medicine at North Carolina State University says tabby cats have what is called an agouti type hair colourization pattern.