Egyptian Mau Orange Tabby Cat

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Egyptian mau orange tabby cat. Although these rules are correct it turns out that they are too. The egyptian mau is a medium sized cat with a long and graceful body and long lean legs. Ancient egyptians may have given cats the personality to conquer the world. 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.

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. Join millions of people using oodle to find kittens for adoption cat and kitten listings and other pets adoption. The orange tabby color is commonly found in persian munchkin american bobtail and british shorthair bengal maine coon abyssinian and egyptian mau cats. These cats are just as loving as those of any other color but there is a certain charm about their appearance.

Later another cat was also brought to italy and the pair were mated. When i first started breeding maus in 1996 cat colour genetics were a complete mystery to me. The egyptian mau colour genetics by melissa bateson. Don t miss what s happening in your neighborhood.

The egyptian mau is the fastest of the domestic cats with its longer hind legs and unique flap of skin extending from the flank to the back knee which assists in running by allowing the legs to stretch back farther providing for greater agility and length of stride. They should have spots across the body even in the shoulder blades and vest buttons across their bellies. The egyptian mau is a natural breed. 19 2017 11 00 am.

Around 1950 b c e someone painted an unusual creature on the back wall of a. In 1972 a silver egyptian mau female bred by princess troubetskoy became the first egyptian mau to win a canadian cat association grand championship. By david grimm jun. Egyptian mau cats are spotted tabbies.

If you want a cat with good color you should go to someone who specializes only in the bronze mau. Egyptian mau sale the egyptians have always been interested in cats and it is believed that in 1953 a noblewoman left egypt with a tabby cat returning to italy. Maus have been clocked running more than 48 km h 30 mph. Sometimes we get classic tabby egyptian maus but these are very rare.

Its body parts are generally in proportion to each other and it has a long graceful tail. During those early years because of the lack of breeding stock the mau was likely outcrossed with selected domestic cats along with some inbreeding. Now you know why the orange tabby is so special. An egyptian mau is usually medium sized weighing in at about seven to nine pounds when full grown.