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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tabby" title="Tabby – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Tabby" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kasukakirjaline_kass" title="Kasukakirjaline kass – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Kasukakirjaline kass" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%93%CE%AC%CF%84%CE%B1_%CE%A4%CE%AC%CE%BC%CF%80%CE%B9" title="Γάτα Τάμπι – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Γάτα Τάμπι" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" 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For other uses, see <a href="/wiki/Tabby_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="Tabby (disambiguation)">Tabby (disambiguation)</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Cat_November_2010-1a.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Cat_November_2010-1a.jpg/220px-Cat_November_2010-1a.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="294" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Cat_November_2010-1a.jpg/330px-Cat_November_2010-1a.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Cat_November_2010-1a.jpg/440px-Cat_November_2010-1a.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1795" data-file-height="2397" /></a><figcaption> Mackerel tabby, with the distinctive striped pattern and forehead 'M'.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Felis_silvestris_silvestris_Luc_Viatour.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Felis_silvestris_silvestris_Luc_Viatour.jpg/170px-Felis_silvestris_silvestris_Luc_Viatour.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="255" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Felis_silvestris_silvestris_Luc_Viatour.jpg/255px-Felis_silvestris_silvestris_Luc_Viatour.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Felis_silvestris_silvestris_Luc_Viatour.jpg/340px-Felis_silvestris_silvestris_Luc_Viatour.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2723" data-file-height="4085" /></a><figcaption>A <a href="/wiki/European_wildcat" title="European wildcat">European wildcat</a> (<i>Felis silvestris</i>) bearing a similar coat pattern to that of a tabby cat. It is thought that the tabby pattern originates from the numerous related species of wildcat.</figcaption></figure> <p>A <b>tabby cat</b>, or simply <b>tabby</b>, is any <a href="/wiki/Domestic_cat" class="mw-redirect" title="Domestic cat">domestic cat</a> (<i>Felis catus</i>) with a distinctive M-shaped marking on its forehead, stripes by its eyes and across its cheeks, along its back, around its legs and tail, and characteristic striped, dotted, lined, flecked, banded, or swirled patterns on the body: neck, shoulders, sides, flanks, chest. The four known distinct patterns, each linked to genetics, are the mackerel, classic or blotched, ticked, and spotted tabby patterns. </p><p>"Tabby" is not a <a href="/wiki/Cat_breeds" class="mw-redirect" title="Cat breeds">breed of cat</a> but a coat pattern. It is very common amongst <a href="/wiki/Moggy" title="Moggy">non-pedigree cats</a> around the world.<sup id="cite_ref-about_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-about-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The tabby pattern occurs naturally and is connected both to the coat of the domestic cat's direct ancestor and to those of its close relatives: the <a href="/wiki/African_wildcat" title="African wildcat">African wildcat</a> (<i>Felis lybica lybica</i>), the <a href="/wiki/European_wildcat" title="European wildcat">European wildcat</a> (<i>Felis silvestris</i>), and the <a href="/wiki/Asiatic_wildcat" title="Asiatic wildcat">Asiatic wildcat</a> (<i>Felis lybica ornata</i>), all of which have similar coats, both by pattern and coloration. One genetic study of domestic cats found at least five founders.<sup id="cite_ref-Driscoll:2007_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Driscoll:2007-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Driscoll:2009_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Driscoll:2009-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology">Etymology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tabby_cat&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:PSM_V37_D105_English_tabby_cat.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/PSM_V37_D105_English_tabby_cat.jpg/220px-PSM_V37_D105_English_tabby_cat.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="136" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/PSM_V37_D105_English_tabby_cat.jpg/330px-PSM_V37_D105_English_tabby_cat.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/PSM_V37_D105_English_tabby_cat.jpg/440px-PSM_V37_D105_English_tabby_cat.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2216" data-file-height="1368" /></a><figcaption>A 19th-century drawing of a tabby cat</figcaption></figure> <p>The English term <i>tabby</i> originally referred to "striped silk <a href="/wiki/Taffeta" title="Taffeta">taffeta</a>", from the <a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a> word <i>tabis</i>, meaning "a rich watered <a href="/wiki/Silk" title="Silk">silk</a>". This can be further traced to the <a href="/wiki/Middle_French" title="Middle French">Middle French</a> <i>atabis</i> (14th century), which stemmed from the <a href="/wiki/Arabic" title="Arabic">Arabic</a> term عتابية / <i>ʿattābiyya</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This word is a reference to the Attabiya district of <a href="/wiki/Baghdad" title="Baghdad">Baghdad</a>, noted for its striped cloth and silk;<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> itself named after the <a href="/wiki/Umayyad_dynasty" title="Umayyad dynasty">Umayyad</a> governor of <a href="/wiki/Mecca" title="Mecca">Mecca</a> <a href="/wiki/Attab_ibn_Asid" title="Attab ibn Asid">Attab ibn Asid</a>. Such silk cloth became popular in the <a href="/wiki/Muslim_world" title="Muslim world">Muslim world</a> and spread to England, where the word "tabby" became commonly used in the 17th and 18th centuries.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Use of the term <i>tabby cat</i> for a cat with a striped coat began in the 1690s, and was shortened to <i>tabby</i> in 1774. The notion that tabby indicates a female cat may be due to the feminine proper name Tabby as a <a href="/wiki/Nickname" title="Nickname">nickname</a> of "<a href="/wiki/Tabitha" title="Tabitha">Tabitha</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Patterns">Patterns</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tabby_cat&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Patterns"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Katzepasstauf_(2009_photo;_cropped_2022)_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Katzepasstauf_%282009_photo%3B_cropped_2022%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-Katzepasstauf_%282009_photo%3B_cropped_2022%29_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Katzepasstauf_%282009_photo%3B_cropped_2022%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-Katzepasstauf_%282009_photo%3B_cropped_2022%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Katzepasstauf_%282009_photo%3B_cropped_2022%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/440px-Katzepasstauf_%282009_photo%3B_cropped_2022%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1123" data-file-height="1123" /></a><figcaption>Typical tabby patterns in the head region: An 'M' on the forehead, bright eye rims and borders of the ears</figcaption></figure> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1273380762/mw-parser-output/.tmulti">.mw-parser-output .tmulti 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.thumbcaption{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow>.thumbcaption{text-align:center}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner span:not(.skin-invert-image):not(.skin-invert):not(.bg-transparent) img{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner span:not(.skin-invert-image):not(.skin-invert):not(.bg-transparent) img{background-color:white}}</style><div class="thumb tmulti tright"><div class="thumbinner multiimageinner" style="width:224px;max-width:224px"><div class="trow"><div class="theader">Four basic tabby patterns</div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:222px;max-width:222px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Black_mackerel_tabby_DSH_(no_background).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Black_mackerel_tabby_DSH_%28no_background%29.jpg/220px-Black_mackerel_tabby_DSH_%28no_background%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="118" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Black_mackerel_tabby_DSH_%28no_background%29.jpg/330px-Black_mackerel_tabby_DSH_%28no_background%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Black_mackerel_tabby_DSH_%28no_background%29.jpg/440px-Black_mackerel_tabby_DSH_%28no_background%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="685" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">Mackerel</div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:222px;max-width:222px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:DSH_blotched_transparent_(cropped).png" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/DSH_blotched_transparent_%28cropped%29.png/220px-DSH_blotched_transparent_%28cropped%29.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="144" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/DSH_blotched_transparent_%28cropped%29.png/330px-DSH_blotched_transparent_%28cropped%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/DSH_blotched_transparent_%28cropped%29.png/440px-DSH_blotched_transparent_%28cropped%29.png 2x" data-file-width="632" data-file-height="413" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">Classic or blotched</div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:222px;max-width:222px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Star_Spangled_Cat_(mirrored).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" 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A patched tabby is a cat with <a href="/wiki/Calico_cat" title="Calico cat">calico</a> or <a href="/wiki/Tortoiseshell_cat" title="Tortoiseshell cat">tortoiseshell</a> markings combined with patches of tabby coat (such cats are called caliby and torbie, respectively, in <a href="/wiki/Animal_fancy" title="Animal fancy">cat fancy</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-about_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-about-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>All five patterns have been observed in random-bred populations. Several additional patterns are found in specific breeds and so are not as well known. For example, a modified classic tabby is found in the <a href="/wiki/Sokoke" title="Sokoke">Sokoke</a> breed. Some of these rarer patterns are because of the interaction of wild and domestic genes, as with the rosette and marbled patterns found in the <a href="/wiki/Bengal_(cat)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bengal (cat)">Bengal</a> breed. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Mackerel_(striped)_tabby"><span id="Mackerel_.28striped.29_tabby"></span>Mackerel (striped) tabby</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tabby_cat&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Mackerel (striped) tabby"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Brindle" title="Brindle">Brindle</a></div> <p>The mackerel, or striped, tabby pattern is made up of thin vertical, gently curving stripes on the sides of the body. These stripes can be continuous or broken into bars and short segments/spots, especially on the flanks and stomach. Three or five vertical lines in an "M" shape almost always appear on the forehead, along with dark lines from the corners of the eyes, one or more crossing each cheek, with many stripes and lines at various angles on the neck and shoulder area, on the flanks, and around the legs and tail, marks which are more or less perpendicular to the length of the body part. Mackerel tabbies are also called 'fishbone tabbies,' probably doubly named after the <a href="/wiki/Mackerel" title="Mackerel">mackerel</a> fish.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Mackerels are the most common among tabbies.<sup id="cite_ref-about_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-about-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Classic_(blotched)_tabby"><span id="Classic_.28blotched.29_tabby"></span>Classic (blotched) tabby</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tabby_cat&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Classic (blotched) tabby"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The classic tabby, also known as blotched tabby, has the 'M' pattern on the forehead but, rather than primarily thin stripes or spots, the body markings are thick curving bands in whorls or a swirled pattern, with a distinctive mark on each side of the body resembling a <a href="/wiki/Bullseye_(target)" title="Bullseye (target)">bullseye</a>. 80% of modern-day cats have the recessive allele responsible for the classic pattern.<sup id="cite_ref-Ottoni-2017_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ottoni-2017-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Black tabbies generally have dark browns, olives, and ochres that stand out more against their black colors. Classic tabbies each have a light-colored "butterfly" pattern on the shoulders and three thin stripes (the center stripe being the darkest) running along the spine. The legs, tail, and cheeks of a classic tabby have thick stripes, bands, and/or bars. The gene responsible for the coloring of a classic tabby is <a href="/wiki/Dominance_(genetics)" title="Dominance (genetics)">recessive</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Ottoni-2017_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ottoni-2017-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Many <a href="/wiki/American_Shorthair" title="American Shorthair">American shorthair cats</a> demonstrate this pattern.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ticked_tabby">Ticked tabby</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tabby_cat&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Ticked tabby"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The ticked tabby pattern is due to even fields of <a href="/wiki/Agouti_(coloration)" title="Agouti (coloration)">agouti</a> hairs, each with distinct bands of colour, which break up the tabby patterning into a salt-and-pepper appearance that makes them look sand-like—thus there are few to no stripes or bands. Residual ghost striping and/or barring can often be seen on the lower legs, face, and belly and sometimes at the tail tip, as well as the standard 'M' and a long dark line running along the spine, primarily in ticked tabbies that also carry a mackerel or classic tabby allele. These types of cats come in many forms and colours. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Spotted_tabby">Spotted tabby</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tabby_cat&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Spotted tabby"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>It's thought that the spotted tabby results from a modifier gene that breaks up the mackerel tabby pattern and causes the stripes to appear as spots.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Similarly, the classic tabby pattern may be broken by the spotted tabby gene into large spots. One can see both large and small spot patterns in the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Mist" title="Australian Mist">Australian Mist</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bengal_cat" title="Bengal cat">Bengal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Serengeti_cat" title="Serengeti cat">Serengeti</a>, <a href="/wiki/Savannah_cat" title="Savannah cat">Savannah</a>, <a href="/wiki/Egyptian_Mau" title="Egyptian Mau">Egyptian Mau</a>, <a href="/wiki/Arabian_Mau" title="Arabian Mau">Arabian Mau</a>, <a href="/wiki/Maine_Coon" title="Maine Coon">Maine Coon</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Ocicat" title="Ocicat">Ocicat</a> breeds, among others, as well as some crosses. Naturally, the most common spotted tabby looks most similar to the mackerel tabby, including the classic marks on the limbs, tail, and head, as well as the 'M' on the forehead. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Orange_tabby">Orange tabby</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tabby_cat&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Orange tabby"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Cat_coat_genetics#Sex-linked_red" title="Cat coat genetics">Sex-linked red</a></div> <p>The orange tabby, also commonly called red or ginger tabby, is a color-variant of the above patterns, having <a href="/wiki/Melanin" title="Melanin">pheomelanin</a> (O <a href="/wiki/Allele" title="Allele">allele</a>) instead of <a href="/wiki/Eumelanin" class="mw-redirect" title="Eumelanin">eumelanin</a> (o allele). Though generally a mix of orange and white, the ratio between fur color varies, from a few orange spots on the back of a white cat to a completely orange coloring with no white at all. The orange areas can be darker or lighter spots or stripes, but the white is nearly always solid and usually appears on the underbelly, paws, chest, and muzzle. </p><p>The face markings are reminiscent of the mackerel or classic tabby and, with orange/white, inclusion of a white spot on the face that covers the mouth, coming to a point around the forehead. Because a masking gene is present on white fur, its inclusion is often <a href="/wiki/Asymmetry" title="Asymmetry">asymmetrical</a>, leading to more or less white fur on each paw or side of the face.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Roughly 75% of ginger cats are male.<sup id="cite_ref-t333_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t333-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Male cats with the gene for orange can be either X°Y ginger or X-Y black or non-ginger tabby. Females with the gene have three possibilities: X-X- black or non-ginger tabby, X°X° ginger, and X-X° tortoiseshell, thus male cats cannot be tortoiseshell unless they have <a href="/wiki/Klinefelter_syndrome" title="Klinefelter syndrome">two X chromosomes</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-t333_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t333-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Torbies_and_calibies">Torbies and calibies</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tabby_cat&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Torbies and calibies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Tortoiseshell_cat" title="Tortoiseshell cat">Tortoiseshell cat</a> and <a href="/wiki/Calico_cat" title="Calico cat">Calico cat</a></div> <p>Since female cats have two X chromosomes, it is possible for them to have the O (orange) allele on one X chromosome and o (black) on the other. This causes both colors to appear in random patches, either with or without the tabby pattern. When paired with the tabby pattern, these cats are known as <b>torbie cats</b>. If there is also <a href="/wiki/Cat_coat_genetics#White_spotting_and_epistatic_white" title="Cat coat genetics">white spotting</a>, the cat is known as a <b>caliby</b> (US English). </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-packed"> <li class="gallerycaption">Gallery of tabby variations</li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 106.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 104.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sunlit_Cat.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Orange tabby cat"><img alt="Orange tabby cat" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Sunlit_Cat.jpg/157px-Sunlit_Cat.jpg" decoding="async" width="105" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Sunlit_Cat.jpg/236px-Sunlit_Cat.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Sunlit_Cat.jpg/315px-Sunlit_Cat.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3024" data-file-height="4032" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Orange tabby cat</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 142px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 140px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cat_December_2009-1_(cropped_2023).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Black mackerel tabby cat"><img alt="Black mackerel tabby cat" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Cat_December_2009-1_%28cropped_2023%29.jpg/210px-Cat_December_2009-1_%28cropped_2023%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="140" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Cat_December_2009-1_%28cropped_2023%29.jpg/315px-Cat_December_2009-1_%28cropped_2023%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Cat_December_2009-1_%28cropped_2023%29.jpg/420px-Cat_December_2009-1_%28cropped_2023%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1641" data-file-height="1640" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Black mackerel tabby cat</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 170px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 168px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cat,_Standard_Orange_Tabby.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Orange-blotched tabby-and-white cat"><img alt="Orange-blotched tabby-and-white cat" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Cat%2C_Standard_Orange_Tabby.jpg/252px-Cat%2C_Standard_Orange_Tabby.jpg" decoding="async" width="168" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Cat%2C_Standard_Orange_Tabby.jpg/378px-Cat%2C_Standard_Orange_Tabby.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Cat%2C_Standard_Orange_Tabby.jpg/504px-Cat%2C_Standard_Orange_Tabby.jpg 2x" data-file-width="957" data-file-height="798" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Orange-blotched tabby-and-white cat</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 212px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:RoyalNefertt_Serket_of_AchetAton.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Black silver spotted tabby Egyptian Mau"><img alt="Black silver spotted tabby Egyptian Mau" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/RoyalNefertt_Serket_of_AchetAton.jpg/315px-RoyalNefertt_Serket_of_AchetAton.jpg" decoding="async" width="210" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/RoyalNefertt_Serket_of_AchetAton.jpg/473px-RoyalNefertt_Serket_of_AchetAton.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/RoyalNefertt_Serket_of_AchetAton.jpg/630px-RoyalNefertt_Serket_of_AchetAton.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4529" data-file-height="3019" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Black silver spotted tabby <a href="/wiki/Egyptian_Mau" title="Egyptian Mau">Egyptian Mau</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 91.333333333333px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 89.333333333333px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Spotted_classic.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Black-blotched (left) and spotted (right) tabby British Shorthair cats"><img alt="Black-blotched (left) and spotted (right) tabby British Shorthair cats" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Spotted_classic.jpg/134px-Spotted_classic.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Spotted_classic.jpg/201px-Spotted_classic.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dd/Spotted_classic.jpg 2x" data-file-width="246" data-file-height="385" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Black-blotched (left) and spotted (right) tabby <a href="/wiki/British_Shorthair" title="British Shorthair">British Shorthair</a> cats</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 149.33333333333px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 147.33333333333px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Olhos_de_um_gato-3.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Black tortoiseshell ("tortie") cat"><img alt="Black tortoiseshell ("tortie") cat" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Olhos_de_um_gato-3.jpg/221px-Olhos_de_um_gato-3.jpg" decoding="async" width="148" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Olhos_de_um_gato-3.jpg/331px-Olhos_de_um_gato-3.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Olhos_de_um_gato-3.jpg/441px-Olhos_de_um_gato-3.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1657" data-file-height="1578" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Black <a href="/wiki/Tortoiseshell_cat" title="Tortoiseshell cat">tortoiseshell</a> ("tortie") cat</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 102px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 100px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Black_tortoiseshell_tabby_and_white_cat_side_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Black tortoiseshell mackerel tabby-and-white tricolor ("caliby") cat"><img alt="Black tortoiseshell mackerel tabby-and-white tricolor ("caliby") cat" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Black_tortoiseshell_tabby_and_white_cat_side_%28cropped%29.jpg/150px-Black_tortoiseshell_tabby_and_white_cat_side_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Black_tortoiseshell_tabby_and_white_cat_side_%28cropped%29.jpg/225px-Black_tortoiseshell_tabby_and_white_cat_side_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Black_tortoiseshell_tabby_and_white_cat_side_%28cropped%29.jpg/300px-Black_tortoiseshell_tabby_and_white_cat_side_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2134" data-file-height="2985" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Black tortoiseshell mackerel tabby-and-white tricolor ("caliby") cat</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 212px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ragdoll_Kater,_drei_Jahre_alt,_RAG_n_21_seal-tabby-colourpoint,_Januar_2015.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Black tabby point Ragdoll"><img alt="Black tabby point Ragdoll" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Ragdoll_Kater%2C_drei_Jahre_alt%2C_RAG_n_21_seal-tabby-colourpoint%2C_Januar_2015.JPG/315px-Ragdoll_Kater%2C_drei_Jahre_alt%2C_RAG_n_21_seal-tabby-colourpoint%2C_Januar_2015.JPG" decoding="async" width="210" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Ragdoll_Kater%2C_drei_Jahre_alt%2C_RAG_n_21_seal-tabby-colourpoint%2C_Januar_2015.JPG/473px-Ragdoll_Kater%2C_drei_Jahre_alt%2C_RAG_n_21_seal-tabby-colourpoint%2C_Januar_2015.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Ragdoll_Kater%2C_drei_Jahre_alt%2C_RAG_n_21_seal-tabby-colourpoint%2C_Januar_2015.JPG/630px-Ragdoll_Kater%2C_drei_Jahre_alt%2C_RAG_n_21_seal-tabby-colourpoint%2C_Januar_2015.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2362" data-file-height="1575" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Black tabby <a href="/wiki/Pointed_cat" class="mw-redirect" title="Pointed cat">point</a> Ragdoll</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 110.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 108.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Paintedcats_Red_Star_standing.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Black-rosetted tabby Bengal"><img alt="Black-rosetted tabby Bengal" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Paintedcats_Red_Star_standing.jpg/163px-Paintedcats_Red_Star_standing.jpg" decoding="async" width="109" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Paintedcats_Red_Star_standing.jpg/245px-Paintedcats_Red_Star_standing.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Paintedcats_Red_Star_standing.jpg/327px-Paintedcats_Red_Star_standing.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="1541" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Black-rosetted tabby <a href="/wiki/Bengal_cat" title="Bengal cat">Bengal</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 137.33333333333px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 135.33333333333px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sokoke.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Black modified classic tabby Sokoke"><img alt="Black modified classic tabby Sokoke" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Sokoke.jpg/203px-Sokoke.jpg" decoding="async" width="136" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Sokoke.jpg/305px-Sokoke.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2f/Sokoke.jpg 2x" data-file-width="388" data-file-height="401" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Black modified classic tabby <a href="/wiki/Sokoke" title="Sokoke">Sokoke</a></div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Genetic_explanations">Genetic explanations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tabby_cat&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Genetic explanations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Cat_coat_genetics#Tabbies" title="Cat coat genetics">Cat coat genetics § Tabbies</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Dilute_orange_tabby_cat.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Dilute orange tabby cat" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Dilute_orange_tabby_cat.jpg/220px-Dilute_orange_tabby_cat.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Dilute_orange_tabby_cat.jpg/330px-Dilute_orange_tabby_cat.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Dilute_orange_tabby_cat.jpg/440px-Dilute_orange_tabby_cat.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5328" data-file-height="4000" /></a><figcaption>A cream tabby cat with genetics for red pigment dilution, resulting in a cream phenotype</figcaption></figure> <p>Two distinct gene loci, the agouti gene locus (two alleles) and the tabby locus (three alleles), and one modifier, spotted (two alleles), cause the four basic tabby patterns. The fifth pattern is emergent, being expressed by female cats with one black and one orange gene on each of their two X chromosomes, and is explained by Barr bodies and the genetics of sex-linked inheritance.<sup id="cite_ref-taqpep_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-taqpep-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Kaelin:2010_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kaelin:2010-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Agouti_gene" class="mw-redirect" title="Agouti gene">agouti gene</a>, with its two alleles, <i>A</i> and <i>a</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> controls whether or not the tabby pattern is expressed. The dominant <i>A</i> expresses the underlying tabby pattern, while the recessive non-agouti or "hyper-melanistic" allele, <i>a</i>, does not. Solid-color (black or blue) cats have the <i>aa</i> combination, hiding the tabby pattern, although sometimes a suggestion of the underlying pattern can be seen ("ghost striping"). This underlying pattern, whether classic, mackerel, ticked or spotted, is most easily distinguishable under bright light in the early stages of kittenhood and on the tail in adulthood. </p><p>However, the agouti gene primarily controls the production of black pigment, so a cat with an <i>O</i> allele for orange color will still express the tabby pattern. As a result, both red cats and the patches of red on tortoiseshell cats will always show tabby patterning, though sometimes the stripes are muted—especially in cream and blue/cream cats due to the pigment dilution. </p><p>The mackerel pattern and its <i>T<sup>m</sup></i> allele at the tabby gene locus is dominant over the classic (or blotched) allele, <i>T<sup>b</sup></i>. So a cat with a <i>T<sup>m</sup>T<sup>m</sup></i> or <i>T<sup>m</sup>T<sup>b</sup></i> genotype sets the basic pattern of thin stripes (mackerel tabby) that underlies the coat, while a <i>T<sup>b</sup>T<sup>b</sup></i> cat will express a classic tabby coat pattern with thick bands and a ring or concentric stripes on its sides. </p><p>The ticked tabby pattern is a result of a different allele at the same gene locus as the mackerel and classic tabby patterns and this allele is dominant over the others. So a <i>T<sup>a</sup>T<sup>a</sup></i> genotype as well as <i>T<sup>a</sup>T<sup>m</sup></i> and <i>T<sup>a</sup>T<sup>b</sup></i> genotypes will be ticked tabbies. The ticked tabby coat essentially masks any other tabby pattern, producing a non-patterned, or agouti tabby (much like the wild type agouti coat of many other mammals and the sable coat of dogs), with virtually no stripes or bars. If the ticked allele is present, no other tabby pattern will be expressed. The ticked allele actually shows incomplete dominance: cats homozygous for the ticked allele (<i>T<sup>a</sup>T<sup>a</sup></i>) have less barring than cats heterozygous for the ticked allele (<i>T<sup>a</sup>T<sup>m</sup></i> or <i>T<sup>a</sup>T<sup>b</sup></i>).<sup id="cite_ref-taqpep_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-taqpep-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The spotted gene is a separate locus theorized to be directly connected to the <i>T<sup>m</sup></i> allele; it 'breaks' the lines and thin stripes of a mackerel tabby, creating spots. The spotted gene has a dominant and a recessive allele as well, which means a spotted cat will have an <i>Sp Sp</i> or <i>Sp sp</i> genotype along with at least one <i>T<sup>m</sup></i> allele and at least one <i>A</i> allele at those alleles’ respective loci. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Temperament">Temperament</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tabby_cat&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Temperament"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Personality and aggression vary widely from cat to cat, and is multifactorial.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A 2015 study from <a href="/wiki/University_of_California,_Davis" title="University of California, Davis">University of California, Davis</a> sought to examine the relationship between coat color and behavior in cats.<sup id="cite_ref-Stelow:2016_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Stelow:2016-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Researchers ran statistical analyses from 1,274 online surveys completed by cat owners. The owners were asked to rank the cats' aggressiveness during interactions with human aggression, handling aggression, and veterinary aggression. The study concluded that, though aggressive behaviors did show up in different levels between different coats, these were relatively minor.<sup id="cite_ref-Stelow:2016_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Stelow:2016-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The larger differences in aggression seemed to researchers to be sex-linked, rather than related to any coat pattern or coloring:<sup id="cite_ref-Stelow:2016_17-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Stelow:2016-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>With all coat colors combined, females were identified by their guardians as more aggressive during veterinary visits compared with males (<i>X²</i> = 10.36, <i>p</i> = .001). Analyses showed that gray-and-white and black/brown/gray tabby females were more aggressive than their male counterparts at veterinarians’ offices (<i>X²</i> = 9.28, <i>p</i> = .002, and <i>X²</i> = 5.00, <i>p =</i> .025, respectively).</p></blockquote> <p>A similar study also reported no evidence of a link between a cat's behavior and its coat pattern; however, it suggested that any differences were just how they were being perceived, i.e. people perceive orange cats as "friendly" and white cats as "shy", and then look for confirmation of these perceptions.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tabby_cat&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Since the tabby pattern is a common wild type, it might be assumed that medieval cats were tabbies. However, the <a href="/wiki/Natural_philosopher" class="mw-redirect" title="Natural philosopher">natural philosopher</a> <a href="/wiki/John_Aubrey" title="John Aubrey">John Aubrey</a> believed this to be untrue. Sometime after the mid-17th century, he noted that <a href="/wiki/William_Laud" title="William Laud">William Laud</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Archbishop_of_Canterbury" title="Archbishop of Canterbury">Archbishop of Canterbury</a> was "a great lover of Cats" and "was presented with some <a href="/wiki/Cyprus" title="Cyprus">Cyprus</a>-cats, i.e. our Tabby-Cats". He then claimed that "I doe well remember that the common English Catt, was white with some blueish piednesse [i.e. with grey parts]. The race or breed of them is now almost lost."<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite this, most drawings and paintings of cats in medieval manuscripts depict them as tabbies.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_examples">Notable examples</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tabby_cat&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Notable examples"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Audrey_Hepburn_sabatilles_nevera.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Audrey_Hepburn_sabatilles_nevera.jpg/220px-Audrey_Hepburn_sabatilles_nevera.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Audrey_Hepburn_sabatilles_nevera.jpg/330px-Audrey_Hepburn_sabatilles_nevera.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Audrey_Hepburn_sabatilles_nevera.jpg/440px-Audrey_Hepburn_sabatilles_nevera.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="576" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Orangey" title="Orangey">Orangey</a> and <a href="/wiki/Audrey_Hepburn" title="Audrey Hepburn">Audrey Hepburn</a> on the set of <a href="/wiki/Breakfast_at_Tiffany%27s_(film)" title="Breakfast at Tiffany's (film)"><i>Breakfast at Tiffany's</i></a>, 1961</figcaption></figure> <p>Notable examples of tabby cats include: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Think_Think_and_Ah_Tsai" title="Think Think and Ah Tsai">Think Think</a>: one of two cats belonging to former President of Taiwan, <a href="/wiki/Tsai_Ing-wen" title="Tsai Ing-wen">Tsai Ing-wen</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Ithaca_Kitty" title="Ithaca Kitty">Ithaca Kitty</a>: a grey tabby cat with seven toes on each front foot that inspired one of the first mass-produced stuffed toys.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morris_the_Cat" title="Morris the Cat">Morris the Cat</a>: an orange tabby who began appearing as an advertising mascot for <a href="/wiki/9Lives" title="9Lives">9Lives cat food</a> in 1969. Morris became an iconic television character in the following decades, being played by three orange tabbies since 1968, all rescued from shelters.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maru_(cat)" title="Maru (cat)">Maru</a>: a tabby from Japan, and one of the most popular cats in the age of the internet. He once held the <a href="/wiki/Guinness_World_Records" title="Guinness World Records">Guinness World Record</a> for the most-watched animal on <a href="/wiki/YouTube" title="YouTube">YouTube</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orangey" title="Orangey">Orangey</a>: an orange tabby who starred in a number of movie and televisions roles. His most notable role was that of <i>Cat</i> in the 1961 film <i><a href="/wiki/Breakfast_at_Tiffany%27s_(film)" title="Breakfast at Tiffany's (film)">Breakfast at Tiffany's</a></i>, for which he won his second <a href="/wiki/PATSY_Award" title="PATSY Award">PATSY Award</a>. He is the only cat to win twice, his first win coming in 1951 for <a href="/wiki/Rhubarb_(1951_film)" title="Rhubarb (1951 film)"><i>Rhubarb</i></a>.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larry_(cat)" title="Larry (cat)">Larry</a>: a former stray tabby who was rescued by <a href="/wiki/Battersea_Dogs_%26_Cats_Home" title="Battersea Dogs & Cats Home">Battersea Dogs & Cats Home</a>, and went on to become <a href="/wiki/Chief_Mouser_to_the_Cabinet_Office" title="Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office">Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office</a> at <a href="/wiki/10_Downing_Street" title="10 Downing Street">10 Downing Street</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tabby_cat&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brindle" title="Brindle">Brindle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calico_cat" title="Calico cat">Calico cat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tortoiseshell_cat" title="Tortoiseshell cat">Tortoiseshell cat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siamese_cat" title="Siamese cat">Siamese cat</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tabby_cat&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media 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breeds">full list</a>)<br />(<a href="/wiki/List_of_experimental_cat_breeds" title="List of experimental cat breeds">experimental</a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Fully<br />domestic</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abyssinian_cat" title="Abyssinian cat">Abyssinian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Curl" title="American Curl">American Curl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Shorthair" title="American Shorthair">American Shorthair</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balinese_cat" title="Balinese cat">Balinese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brazilian_Shorthair" title="Brazilian Shorthair">Brazilian Shorthair</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Shorthair" title="British Shorthair">British Shorthair</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Birman" title="Birman">Birman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bombay_cat" title="Bombay cat">Bombay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burmese_cat" title="Burmese cat">Burmese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burmilla" title="Burmilla">Burmilla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/California_Spangled" title="California Spangled">California Spangled</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chartreux" title="Chartreux">Chartreux</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dragon_Li" title="Dragon Li">Chinese Li Hua</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colorpoint_Shorthair" title="Colorpoint Shorthair">Colorpoint Shorthair</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cornish_Rex" title="Cornish Rex">Cornish Rex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cymric_cat" title="Cymric cat">Cymric</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Devon_Rex" title="Devon Rex">Devon Rex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donskoy_cat" title="Donskoy cat">Donskoy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Egyptian_Mau" title="Egyptian Mau">Egyptian Mau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_Shorthair" title="European Shorthair">European Shorthair</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Exotic_Shorthair" title="Exotic Shorthair">Exotic Shorthair</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foldex_cat" title="Foldex cat">Foldex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_Rex" title="German Rex">German Rex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Himalayan_cat" title="Himalayan cat">Himalayan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_Bobtail" title="Japanese Bobtail">Japanese Bobtail</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Javanese_cat" title="Javanese cat">Javanese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khao_Manee" title="Khao Manee">Khao Manee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Korat" title="Korat">Korat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kurilian_Bobtail" title="Kurilian Bobtail">Kurilian Bobtail</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lykoi" title="Lykoi">Lykoi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maine_Coon" title="Maine Coon">Maine Coon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manx_cat" title="Manx cat">Manx</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Munchkin_cat" title="Munchkin cat">Munchkin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neva_Masquerade" title="Neva Masquerade">Neva Masquerade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norwegian_Forest_cat" class="mw-redirect" title="Norwegian Forest cat">Norwegian Forest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ocicat" title="Ocicat">Ocicat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ojos_Azules" title="Ojos Azules">Ojos Azules</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oriental_Shorthair" title="Oriental Shorthair">Oriental Shorthair</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Persian_cat" title="Persian cat">Persian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peterbald" title="Peterbald">Peterbald</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pixie-bob" title="Pixie-bob">Pixie-bob</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ragdoll" title="Ragdoll">Ragdoll</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ragamuffin_cat" title="Ragamuffin cat">Ragamuffin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russian_Blue" title="Russian Blue">Russian Blue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Fold" title="Scottish Fold">Scottish Fold</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Selkirk_Rex" title="Selkirk Rex">Selkirk Rex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siamese_cat" title="Siamese cat">Siamese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siberian_cat" title="Siberian cat">Siberian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Singapura_cat" title="Singapura cat">Singapura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Snowshoe_cat" title="Snowshoe cat">Snowshoe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Somali_cat" title="Somali cat">Somali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sphynx_cat" title="Sphynx cat">Sphynx</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thai_cat" title="Thai cat">Thai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Traditional_Persian" title="Traditional Persian">Traditional Persian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tonkinese_cat" title="Tonkinese cat">Tonkinese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toyger" title="Toyger">Toyger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turkish_Angora" title="Turkish Angora">Turkish Angora</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turkish_Van" title="Turkish Van">Turkish Van</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Hybrid</th><td 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title="Sokoke">Sokoke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Van_cat" title="Van cat">Van</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_feline_diseases" title="List of feline diseases">Diseases and<br />disorders</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Feline_acne" title="Feline acne">Acne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Feline_asthma" title="Feline asthma">Asthma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Feline_calicivirus" title="Feline calicivirus">Calicivirus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Congenital_sensorineural_deafness_in_cats" title="Congenital sensorineural deafness in cats">Congenital sensorineural deafness</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Feline_corneal_sequestrum" title="Feline corneal sequestrum">Feline corneal sequestrum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cat_flea" title="Cat flea">Flea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coccidia" title="Coccidia">Coccidia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dirofilaria_immitis" title="Dirofilaria immitis">Heartworm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Feline_hepatic_lipidosis" title="Feline hepatic lipidosis">Hepatic lipidosis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hypertrophic_cardiomyopathy#Related_disorders" title="Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy">Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Feline_immunodeficiency_virus" title="Feline immunodeficiency virus">Immunodeficiency virus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Feline_infectious_peritonitis" title="Feline infectious peritonitis">Infectious peritonitis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Feline_leukemia_virus" title="Feline leukemia virus">Leukemia virus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Feline_lower_urinary_tract_disease" title="Feline lower urinary tract disease">Lower urinary tract disease</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carnivore_protoparvovirus_1" title="Carnivore protoparvovirus 1">Panleukopenia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Giardiasis" 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