Which Cat breeds come in Classic tabby?

Club breed standards describe Classic tabby for the American Bobtail, American Curl, American Shorthair, American Wirehair, Aphrodite Giant, Asian cat, Asian Semi-longhair, British Longhair, British Shorthair, Cornish Rex, Cymric and Devon Rex, and 27 more breeds.

Which breeds disqualify Classic tabby?

At least one club disqualifies Classic tabby in the Chausie and Pixie-bob.

Cat pattern

Classic tabby

Broad swirls with a bullseye on each flank; also called blotched tabby.

43 Cat breeds list Classic tabby. It is in a club standard for 39 breeds. At least one club disqualifies it in 2 breeds.

Breeds whose standards accept Classic tabby

Breed	CFA	FIFE	ACFA	GCCF	TICA	CCA
American Bobtail	Standard (“Classic Tabby”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
American Curl	Standard (“Classic Tabby”)	Standard (“blotched”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
American Shorthair	Standard (“Classic Tabby”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
American Wirehair	Standard (“Classic Tabby”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Aphrodite Giant	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“Classic Tabby”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Asian cat	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“Classic”)	No ruling	No ruling
Asian Semi-longhair	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“Classic”)	No ruling	No ruling
British Longhair	No ruling	Standard (“blotched”)	No ruling	Standard (“Classic Tabby”)	No ruling	No ruling
British Shorthair	Standard (“Classic Tabby”)	Standard (“blotched”)	No ruling	Standard (“Classic Tabby”)	No ruling	No ruling
Cornish Rex	Standard (“Classic Tabby”)	Standard (“blotched”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Cymric	Standard (“Classic Tabby”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Devon Rex	Standard (“Classic Tabby”)	Standard (“blotched”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
European Shorthair	No ruling	Standard (“blotched”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Exotic Shorthair	Standard (“Classic Tabby”)	Standard (“blotched”)	No ruling	Standard (“Classic Tabby”)	No ruling	No ruling
Foldex	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“Classic Tabby”)
German Rex	No ruling	Standard (“blotched”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Highlander	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“Classic Tabby”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Japanese Bobtail	Standard (“classic”)	Standard (“blotched”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Kurilian Bobtail	No ruling	Standard (“blotched”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
LaPerm	Standard (“Classic Tabby”)	Standard (“blotched”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Lykoi	No ruling	Standard (“blotched”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Maine Coon	Standard (“Classic Tabby”)	Standard (“blotched”)	No ruling	Standard (“Classic Pattern”)	Standard (“classic”)	No ruling
Manx	Standard (“Classic Tabby”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Norwegian Forest Cat	Standard (“Classic Tabby”)	Standard (“blotched”)	No ruling	Standard (“Classic Pattern”)	No ruling	No ruling
Ocicat	Alternate (“classic tabby”)	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“Ocicat Classic”)	Not recognised	No ruling
Oriental Bicolor	Standard (“Classic Tabby”)	Standard (“blotched”)	No ruling	Standard (“Classic”)	No ruling	No ruling
Oriental Longhair	Standard (“Classic Tabby”)	Standard (“blotched”)	No ruling	Standard (“Classic”)	No ruling	No ruling
Oriental Shorthair	Standard (“Classic Tabby”)	Standard (“blotched”)	No ruling	Standard (“Classic Pattern”)	No ruling	No ruling
Persian (modern)	Standard (“Classic Tabby”)	Standard (“blotched”)	No ruling	Standard (“Classic Tabby Pattern”)	No ruling	No ruling
Peterbald	No ruling	Standard (“blotched”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Ragamuffin ( Liebling)	Standard (“Classic Tabby”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Scottish Fold	Standard (“Classic Tabby”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Selkirk Rex	Standard (“Classic Tabby”)	Standard (“blotched”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Siberian ( Siberian Forest, Neva Masquerade [colorpoint variety])	Standard (“Classic Tabby”)	Standard (“blotched”)	No ruling	Standard (“Classic”)	Standard (“classic”)	No ruling
Sokoke	No ruling	Standard (“blotched”)	No ruling	Standard (“Modified classic tabby”)	No ruling	No ruling
SphynxSkin and scales	Standard (“Classic Tabby”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Tonkinese	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“classic”)	No ruling	No ruling
Turkish Angora	Standard (“Classic Tabby”)	Standard (“blotched”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Turkish Van	No ruling	Standard (“blotched”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling

Breeds where Classic tabby is a fault

Breed	TICA
Bengal	Fault (“circular bulls-eye pattern”)
Toyger	Fault (“Classic alignment of mackerel stripes”)

Breeds where Classic tabby is disqualified or not accepted

Breed	LOOF	CCA
Chausie	Disqualifying (“classic tabby”)	No ruling
Pixie-bob	No ruling	Disqualifying (“Classic tabby pattern”)

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