United Pet Club

Kat pattern

Tabby

Agouti hairs with dark stripes, swirls or spots and an M on the forehead; the umbrella for mackerel, classic, spotted and ticked tabby.

47 Kat breeds list Tabby. It is in a club standard for 43 breeds.

Breeds whose standards accept Tabby

BreedTICACFAFIFEGCCFWCFCCA
Amerikansk BobtailStandard (“lynx points”)Standard (“Lynx Point”)No rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo ruling
Amerikansk CurlStandard (“Tabby”)Standard (“Lynx Point”)Standard (“tabby”)No rulingNo rulingNo ruling
Amerikansk KorthårStandard (“Tabby”)No rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo ruling
Amerikansk RuhårStandard (“Tabby”)No rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo ruling
BalineserStandard (“lynx points”)Standard (“Lynx Point”)Standard (“tabby”)Standard (“Tabby Point”)No rulingNo ruling
Britisk KorthårStandard (“Tabby”)No rulingStandard (“tabby”)Standard (“Tabby Colourpointed”)Standard (“silver tabbies”)No ruling
Britisk LanghårStandard (“Tabby”)No rulingStandard (“tabby”)Standard (“Tabby Colourpointed”)No rulingNo ruling
Colorpoint KorthårNo rulingStandard (“Lynx Point”)No rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo ruling
Cornish RexStandard (“Tabby”)Standard (“Lynx Point”)Standard (“tabby”)No rulingNo rulingNo ruling
CymricStandard (“Tabby”)No rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo ruling
Devon RexStandard (“Tabby”)Standard (“lynx point”)Standard (“tabby”)No rulingNo rulingNo ruling
DonskoyStandard (“Tabby”)No rulingStandard (“tabby”)No rulingNo rulingNo ruling
DonskoyHud og skælNo rulingNo rulingStandard (“tabby”)No rulingNo rulingNo ruling
Exotic ShorthairStandard (“Tabby”)Standard (“Himalayan Lynx (Point) Pattern”)Standard (“tabby”)Standard (“Tabby”)No rulingNo ruling
FoldexNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingStandard (“Lynx Point”)
Hellig BirmaStandard (“Tabby Point/White”)Standard (“Tabby Point”)Standard (“tabby”)Standard (“Tabby Point”)No rulingNo ruling
HighlanderStandard (“Tabby”)No rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo ruling
HimalayaStandard (“Tabby”)Standard (“Himalayan Lynx (Point) Pattern”)Standard (“tabby”)Standard (“Tabby Point”)No rulingNo ruling
Japansk BobtailStandard (“Tabby”)Standard (“Tabby/Patterned”)Standard (“tabby”)No rulingNo rulingNo ruling
JavaneserNo rulingStandard (“Lynx Point”)No rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo ruling
Kurilisk BobtailStandard (“Tabby”)No rulingStandard (“tabby”)No rulingNo rulingNo ruling
LaPermNo rulingStandard (“Lynx Point”)Standard (“tabby”)No rulingNo rulingNo ruling
LykoiNo rulingNo rulingStandard (“tabby”)No rulingNo rulingNo ruling
Maine CoonNo rulingNo rulingStandard (“tabby”)No rulingNo rulingNo ruling
Norsk SkovkatStandard (“tabbies”)No rulingStandard (“tabby”)Standard (“Tabby”)No rulingNo ruling
Orientalsk KorthårNo rulingStandard (“Lynx Point”)Standard (“tabby”)No rulingNo rulingNo ruling
Orientalsk LanghårNo rulingStandard (“Lynx Point”)Standard (“tabby”)No rulingNo rulingNo ruling
Orientalsk TofarvetNo rulingStandard (“Lynx Point and White”)Standard (“tabby”)Standard (“Tabby & White”)No rulingNo ruling
Perser (moderne)No rulingStandard (“Himalayan Lynx”)Standard (“tabby”)Standard (“Tabby Point”)No rulingNo ruling
PeterbaldNo rulingNo rulingStandard (“tabby”)No rulingNo rulingNo ruling
PeterbaldHud og skælNo rulingNo rulingStandard (“tabby”)No rulingNo rulingNo ruling
RagdollStandard (“Tabby Point”)Standard (“Lynx”)Standard (“tabby”)Standard (“Tabby Point”)No rulingNo ruling
Scottish FoldNo rulingStandard (“Lynx Point”)No rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo ruling
Selkirk RexNo rulingStandard (“Lynx Points”)Standard (“tabby”)No rulingNo rulingNo ruling
Siameser (moderne)Standard (“lynx points”)No rulingStandard (“tabby”)Standard (“Tabby Point”)Standard (“tabby”)No ruling
Sibirisk KatNo rulingStandard (“Siberian Lynx”)Standard (“tabby”)Standard (“Tabby points”)No rulingNo ruling
SnowshoeStandard (“Tabby point/white”)No rulingStandard (“tabby”)Standard (“Tabby Points”)No rulingNo ruling
SphynxHud og skælNo rulingNo rulingStandard (“tabby”)No rulingNo rulingNo ruling
ThaiStandard (“Tabby”)No rulingStandard (“tabby”)No rulingStandard (“Tabbypoint”)No ruling
TonkineserIkke anerkendtNo rulingNo rulingStandard (“Tabby”)No rulingNo ruling
Tyrkisk AngoraNo rulingNo rulingStandard (“tabby”)No rulingNo rulingNo ruling
Tyrkisk VanStandard (“Tabby/white”)Standard (“Tabby”)Standard (“tabby”)Standard (“Tabby”)No rulingNo ruling
Tysk RexNo rulingNo rulingStandard (“tabby”)No rulingNo rulingNo ruling

Breeds where Tabby is a fault

BreedGCCF
BurmeserFejl (“tabby markings”)

Breeds where Tabby is disqualified or not accepted

Breed
Chantilly-Tiffany
Ojos Azules
Ukrainsk LevkoyHud og skæl

Color changes

How Tabby can appear or change over an animal's life.

  • Tabbychanges toEnsfarvet

    Pels · Med alderen · from 0 to 39 weeks

  • Tabbychanges toSkygget

    Pels · Med alderen · from 0 to 6 weeks

  • Tabbychanges toChinchilla

    Pels · Med alderen · from 0 to 6 weeks

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