The classic tabby is the most common with swirls of color creating a marbled pattern.
Long haired marble tabby.
Dot a super sweet name for a girl cat with spots.
The pattern of circular smudges.
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A blotched tabby s body looks almost like a bull s eye.
Harlequin a name inspired by the harlequin pattern.
Patches patterns of different colors kind of look like patches.
A beautiful long haired tabby cat with brilliant green eyes outside a weathered blue door in the medieval village of gourdon france.
There are interlacing dark thinner lines that mimic the look of fish bones which is where the term mackerel derives from.
The classic tabby also known as blotched or marbled tabby has the m pattern on the forehead but the body markings rather than primarily thin stripes or spots are thick curving bands in a whirled or swirled pattern with a distinctive mark on each side of the body resembling a bullseye.
Also this name is adorable.
Now that we understand what makes a tabby let s look at different kinds.
The shoulder markings are likened to an open winged butterfly ready for flight.
The mackerel tabby is a domestic type of feline that sports a fur coat pattern that begins with a dark background of gray or orange hue with darker stripes that run vertically down the torso of the cat s body.
The mackerel tabby has stripes comparable to fish bones with narrow striped rings around the legs and tail.
The ticked aka agouti tabby has isolated bands of color.
Marble tabby coats often have a marble pattern.
Classic tabby cat the classic tabby has bold swirling patterns along his sides much like a marble cake.
Mackerel tabby featured image credit.
This tabby is called a blotched tabby in some regions.
These swirls are usually quite random and resemble a marble cake.
The classic tabby has stripes on their face and head with swirls of darker color on a lighter base throughout the body.
The spotted tabby has dark blotches of color mixing spots with stripes.
The tabby cat is not a breed but a coat colour which can be found in both mixed breed and purebred cat populations.