Various Kinds of Colors in Cats

Cats have many kinds of colors and patterns. These physical characteristics do not depend on his race. Domestic cats are grouped into the following types based on physical appearance:

* Short hair
* Long hair
* Oriental (not race specific, all cats are slender, almond-shaped eyes, ears wide, smooth body and short hair)

Genes that regulate the color and pattern in cat fur from cats to determine the physical appearance that distinguishes them into:

Telon or Calico
white with little spots of black or orange (or blue or beige). Japanese people often refer to this pattern as mi-to. Because the coat color genes linked to sex, the colorful Calico cats are usually female.

tortoiseshell
black with orange and white color is spread throughout his body. Cats that have the color black, bright orange, dark orange and called Calimanco or Clouded Tiger.

Tabby
striped with various patterns. Classic pattern in this cat-shaped dots or circles. Tabby mackerel species have three lines that appear next to his body, making this cat like a mackerel fish.

Maltese
old name of a blue cat (gray).

Tuxedo also called paint or Jellicle cat because it has black fur with a little white on the legs, abdomen, chest, and perhaps also in the face.