Types Of Cats Tabby. She'll also have the distinctive “m” marking on her forehead. The sporty looks of the gray tabby are peerless.
The mackerel, the classic, the spotted. Harrison weir, in his book our cats and all about them, dated 1889, describes the origins as this:. All in all, there are over 60 possible coat colour variations that can occur.
There are four types of tabby pattern:
Tabby cats with gray markings are also pretty common and equally striking because of the “m” on their foreheads. The most common type of tabby you may see is the striped or mackerel tabby. They may also show traits of the other types described above. The forehead m tends to be more prominent, and their stripes can typically be seen on their shoulders, sides, backs.
