Cat Breeds Short Hair Tabby

Some pointed breeds also allow tabby points within their color standards.

Cat breeds short hair tabby. The silver classic tabby pattern is probably the most popular of them all. They are known to have teddy bear looks with their large round expressive eyes and compact well balanced powerful bodies. A short thick coat comes in a large assortment of colors and patterns. The manx cat the scottish fold cat the american short hair british short hair oriental short hair cat siberian cat exotic short hair cat and the persian cat.

For the standardized breed formerly called the domestic shorthair by some registries see american shorthair. Munchkin cats exhibit pseudoachondroplasia because they only exhibit the characteristic short legs but not the large head seen in achondroplasia. It is no surprise the tabby cat is ubiquitous. They have round faces and full cheeks with a good width between their ears.

The international cat association recognized this controversial breed in 1995. Solid tabby calico tortoiseshell bicolor particolor and more. British shorthairs are well proportioned cats that boast a kind and sincere look about them which is one of the breed s most endearing features. A fifth includes tabby as part of another basic color pattern e g the patched tabby which may be a calico or tortoiseshell cat with tabby patches the latter is called a torbie.

The bengal a cross between the asian leopard cat and the american shorthair tabby has a spotted coat and hind legs that are shorter than its forelegs. The coats of persian cats have an almost unlimited variety with tortoiseshell calico tabby and smoked patterning being as common as solid color cats. A domestic short haired cat is a cat of mixed ancestry thus not belonging to any particular recognised cat breed possessing a coat of short fur. The brown tabby pattern is so common in this breed that many people don t realize that the main coon comes in other colors.

Tabby shorthair cats not only have short coats but they also are small cats with small legs and paws and an equally small tail. The gene for the tabby pattern can be found in all domestic cats. In british english they are often referred to as moggies. Even exotic breeds like the laperm cat munchkin cat american curl the sphynx cat and the devon rex and cornish rex cats have tabby colored individuals on a regular basis.

The maine coon is one of the largest cat breeds and probably the most popular pedigree tabby cat. Children and other pets.