Dark Silver Tabby Cat

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Dark silver tabby cat.

The term calico much like tabby refers to a pattern of colors rather than a breed. If the cat has black stripes it s not a gray tabby it s a brown or silver tabby. The four basic tabby patterns are due to two distinct gene loci the agouti gene locus with two alleles and the tabby locus with three alleles and one modifier spotted with two alleles. Silver tabbies can be nearly white or very dark in color.

The american shorthair comes in more than 80 different colors patterns ranging from black to white and a variety of colors between. The fifth pattern is an emergent one expressed by female cats with one black and one orange gene one on each of their two x chromosomes and is explained by barr bodies and the genetics of sex linked. It s your typical tiger cat and the wild type coloration of the wildcat. Silver tabbies are generally a mix of shades of grey.

The ticked tabby gene restricts the pigment in the hair to the tips. All of the hairs that would be black will instead be blue. A brown tabby has black stripes against a brown and gray background. We raise the classic silver tabby which has black markings set on a silver background the typical bullseye pattern seen on the side of the cat.

If a cat has three colors and the distinctive tabby forehead. A silver ticked tabby british shorthair cat has a silver undercoat with black tips or blue chocolate etc depending on what colour the cat is. Think of it as a diluted brown tabby.