United Pet Club

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

Breeds whose standards accept Tabby

BreedTICACFAFIFEGCCFWCFCCA
American BobtailStandard (“lynx points”)Standard (“Lynx Point”)No rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo ruling
American CurlStandard (“Tabby”)Standard (“Lynx Point”)Standard (“tabby”)No rulingNo rulingNo ruling
American ShorthairStandard (“Tabby”)No rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo ruling
American WirehairStandard (“Tabby”)No rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo ruling
BalineseStandard (“lynx points”)Standard (“Lynx Point”)Standard (“tabby”)Standard (“Tabby Point”)No rulingNo ruling
BirmanStandard (“Tabby Point/White”)Standard (“Tabby Point”)Standard (“tabby”)Standard (“Tabby Point”)No rulingNo ruling
British LonghairStandard (“Tabby”)No rulingStandard (“tabby”)Standard (“Tabby Colourpointed”)No rulingNo ruling
British ShorthairStandard (“Tabby”)No rulingStandard (“tabby”)Standard (“Tabby Colourpointed”)Standard (“silver tabbies”)No ruling
Colorpoint ShorthairNo 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
DonskoySkin and scalesNo 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”)
German RexNo rulingNo rulingStandard (“tabby”)No rulingNo rulingNo ruling
HighlanderStandard (“Tabby”)No rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo ruling
HimalayanStandard (“Tabby”)Standard (“Himalayan Lynx (Point) Pattern”)Standard (“tabby”)Standard (“Tabby Point”)No rulingNo ruling
Japanese BobtailStandard (“Tabby”)Standard (“Tabby/Patterned”)Standard (“tabby”)No rulingNo rulingNo ruling
JavaneseNo rulingStandard (“Lynx Point”)No rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo ruling
Kurilian 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
Norwegian Forest CatStandard (“tabbies”)No rulingStandard (“tabby”)Standard (“Tabby”)No rulingNo ruling
Oriental BicolorNo rulingStandard (“Lynx Point and White”)Standard (“tabby”)Standard (“Tabby & White”)No rulingNo ruling
Oriental LonghairNo rulingStandard (“Lynx Point”)Standard (“tabby”)No rulingNo rulingNo ruling
Oriental ShorthairNo rulingStandard (“Lynx Point”)Standard (“tabby”)No rulingNo rulingNo ruling
Persian (modern)No rulingStandard (“Himalayan Lynx”)Standard (“tabby”)Standard (“Tabby Point”)No rulingNo ruling
PeterbaldNo rulingNo rulingStandard (“tabby”)No rulingNo rulingNo ruling
PeterbaldSkin and scalesNo 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
Siamese (modern)Standard (“lynx points”)No rulingStandard (“tabby”)Standard (“Tabby Point”)Standard (“tabby”)No ruling
Siberian ( Siberian Forest, Neva Masquerade [colorpoint variety])No rulingStandard (“Siberian Lynx”)Standard (“tabby”)Standard (“Tabby points”)No rulingNo ruling
SnowshoeStandard (“Tabby point/white”)No rulingStandard (“tabby”)Standard (“Tabby Points”)No rulingNo ruling
SphynxSkin and scalesNo rulingNo rulingStandard (“tabby”)No rulingNo rulingNo ruling
ThaiStandard (“Tabby”)No rulingStandard (“tabby”)No rulingStandard (“Tabbypoint”)No ruling
TonkineseNot recognisedNo rulingNo rulingStandard (“Tabby”)No rulingNo ruling
Turkish AngoraNo rulingNo rulingStandard (“tabby”)No rulingNo rulingNo ruling
Turkish VanStandard (“Tabby/white”)Standard (“Tabby”)Standard (“tabby”)Standard (“Tabby”)No rulingNo ruling

Breeds where Tabby is a fault

BreedGCCF
BurmeseFault (“tabby markings”)

Breeds where Tabby is disqualified or not accepted

Breed
Chantilly-Tiffany
Ojos Azules
Ukrainian LevkoySkin and scales

Color changes

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

  • Tabbychanges toSolid

    Coat · With age · from 0 to 39 weeks

  • Tabbychanges toShaded

    Coat · With age · from 0 to 6 weeks

  • Tabbychanges toChinchilla

    Coat · With age · from 0 to 6 weeks

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