Egyptian Mau Black And White

The breed as it is known today dates to a silver female kitten.

Egyptian mau black and white. The egyptian mau is quite limited to the natural color coating it has. Pet quality types may come in blue smoke blue silver or solid blues and blacks. Egyptian maus are considered one of the progenitor breeds of the modern domestic cat. New users enjoy 60 off.

The cat s coat aside from the spots may be silver bronze or smoke colored. The underside belly of the cat should be of a brilliant pale silver. The egyptian mau mau being the egyptian word for cat is notable for being the only naturally spotted domesticated cat. Download 156 egyptian mau stock illustrations vectors clipart for free or amazingly low rates.

The markings should be of good contrast to the paler undercolor. There s the smoke with black bronze with black or dark brown and silver with charcoal black markings. The ground color of a silver egyptian mau cat is pale silver across the head shoulders outer legs back and tail. The breed conformation is described as a balance between the compactness of a burmese and the slim elegance of a siamese its medium length body is muscular with the hind legs longer than the front giving the mau the appearance of standing on tiptoes when upright.

When i first started breeding maus in 1996 cat colour genetics were a complete mystery to me. The spots on a egyptian mau are typically charcoal or jet black depending on the coats other colors. The back of the ears are of grayish pink with black tips. 139 341 599 stock photos online.

I asked some other breeders for explanations and was told rules of the type smoke x smoke smoke and black bronze x bronze bronze and black and silver x silver anything. The cats were known in europe before world war ii but the devastation of the war left the breed in a perilous state. Charcoal with white to pale silver. This makes it distinct from other spotted cats like the bengal which may have a more reddish coat.