![]() ![]() In particular, there should be no white hairs anywhere. To Blue British Shorthair’s coat is completely solid and very pure: a dense, crisp coat of light to medium blue-grey, without any spots or even a hint of tabby striping. Regardless of how faint the color may be, a British shorthair with a blue coat is still considered to be a blue British shorthair. This can result in cats with a lighter coat or even partial blue coloring. It’s also one of the most genetically recessive, which means that not all cats carrying the gene will express it fully. The blue coat is often described as “smoky” or “ashy” and is one of the most sought-after colors in the breed. Some people think of the blue British shorthair as the “dove” of the cat world, due to its soft, muted coloring. The blue coat can be anywhere from light to dark, but it always has a bluish tinge to it. This color is caused by a gene that dilutes the black pigment in the fur, and it’s recognized by all major cat associations. With its round eyes and the suggestion of a permanent smile, the British Shorthair cat’s face has a natural friendliness that can’t help but charm anybody who meets one.īritish shorthairs come in a variety of colors, but the most popular is the blue variety. The face of a British Shorthair cat has large whisker pads and, in some males, noticeable jowls. The chin should be nice and strong, lining up perfectly with the nose. A British Shorthair’s skull is brachycephalic but not to an overly pronounced degree this breed has a slightly snub nose, not a squashed one. The small ears are rounded and set rather far apart on the kitty’s head, which makes her head look even rounder than it already is. The ideal British Shorthair has short, well-developed limbs, round paws and a blunt tail with a broad base. Physically these cats are very engaging: the breed standard calls for a stocky, muscular body (termed “cobby” in the official descriptions) with a broad chest. When provoked, she prefers to take her to leave and make a graceful exit to the nearest high spot rather than throwing a tantrum. Notice the faintly lighter insides of the markings on the Sokoke classic tabby.The British Shorthair is a friendly character, quite laid-back and not prone to hostility or destructiveness. Sokoke classic tabbies are classic tabbies with the recessive version of the Sk/sk gene. However, on rare occasions, purely domestic cats have exhibited marbled tabby patterning. Marbled, oceloid, and rosette tabbies are from genes introduced from wild crossbreeding, and we don't know what causes them. Braided tabbies appear most often in wild/domestic hybrids. Broken mackerel tabbies are another genetic mystery, as are braided, or candle-flame, tabbies. Only tail markings are shown here, but generally all the primitive markings follow mackerel tabby patterns. ![]() Ticked tabbies also tend to show primitive or residual markings, namely stripes on the tail, legs, and neck. Ticked tabbies are caused by the T/t gene, with the dominant version being a ticked tabby and the recessive being non-ticked. Classic tabby and mackerel tabby is caused by the Mc/mc gene, with the dominant version causing mackerel and the recessive version causing classic. It's even possible that there are two genes, one masking and the other morphing. ![]() To add to the confusion, it might be that spotted tabbies only cause spots on areas that would otherwise be marked (classic and mackerel tabbies would have different spotted variations), or just mask all other tabby patterns with spots. It might be a dominant gene with a recessive activation gene, or just a dominant gene. The first is spotted tabby, which has an unknown cause. The bottom part shows the other possible patterns. All the colors exhibit the mackerel tabby pattern. Most torbies have pelts with less distinct and smaller pelts than is shown here. Torbies are tortoiseshells that are also tabbies. It is a dominant gene that turns a solid cat into a tabby, and is represented by an A/a. Tabby/Agouti is one of the most common markings. ![]() I have no idea how long this will take to be completed. In-depth cat genetics tutorials tend to be lacking. There are multiple cat genetics tutorials about, but they tend to only cover the basics (base colors, dilutions, tabby, white-spotting, pointism, & tortie/orange). ![]()
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