Dark Red Tabby Cat

The red cat is a common type that is always tabby in pattern and males far outnumber females.

Dark red tabby cat. I ll briefly quote robinson s genetics if i may all of the red tabby cats display the sex linked orange gene o the o is carried by the x chromosome. Red tabby cats are male. 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. Red cats are not their own breed and you can find them in many cat breeds as well as moggies cats with no pedigree.

The male has only one x chromosome. I have 9 cats all together lol theyre all rescues but only 4 are tabbies. Tabby refers to a coat pattern in cats which consists of dark swirls stripes spots superimposed on a lighter background of ticked banded fur. I have 4 tabby cats first theres theodore a ginger mackerel tabby then cheshire a silver mackerel tabby lillian a buff and white marble tabby and minnie a brown tabby not sure what pattern she has but i posted a picture of her i love her stripes.

The banded background ground colour consists of hairs which are more than one colour along the hair shaft and is termed agouti. They are more commonly called orange ginger marmalade yellow butter caramel or butterscotch. The female has two x chromosomes 3 for a male cat to be red his x chromosome must carry the o gene.