Dark Red Tabby Cat

I ll briefly quote robinson s genetics if i may all of the red tabby cats display the sex linked orange gene o the o is carried by the x chromosome.

Dark red tabby cat. The banded background ground colour consists of hairs which are more than one colour along the hair shaft and is termed agouti. All red or orange cats have tabby markings because the gene that carries this color pattern is the same gene that carries orange coloration. The most well known of orange cats garfield is a classic example of a red tabby. I have 4 tabby cats first theres theodore a ginger mackerel tabby then cheshire a silver mackerel tabby lillian a buff and white marble tabby and minnie a brown tabby not sure what pattern she has but i posted a picture of her i love her stripes.

A tabby is any domestic cat felis catus with a distinctive m shaped marking on its forehead stripes by its eyes and across its cheeks along its back and around its 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. The male has only one x chromosome. Red cats are not their own breed and you can find them in many cat breeds as well as moggies cats with no pedigree. I have 9 cats all together lol theyre all rescues but only 4 are tabbies.

Tabby refers to a coat pattern in cats which consists of dark swirls stripes spots superimposed on a lighter background of ticked banded fur. Red tabby cats are male. This is about cat genetics again unfortunately.