United Pet Club

Chat 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 Chat 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
Angora turcNo rulingNo rulingStandard (“tabby”)No rulingNo rulingNo ruling
BalinaisStandard (“lynx points”)Standard (“Lynx Point”)Standard (“tabby”)Standard (“Tabby Point”)No rulingNo ruling
Bobtail des KourilesStandard (“Tabby”)No rulingStandard (“tabby”)No rulingNo rulingNo ruling
Bobtail japonaisStandard (“Tabby”)Standard (“Tabby/Patterned”)Standard (“tabby”)No rulingNo 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
DonskoyPeau et écaillesNo 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”)
HighlanderStandard (“Tabby”)No rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo ruling
HimalayenStandard (“Tabby”)Standard (“Himalayan Lynx (Point) Pattern”)Standard (“tabby”)Standard (“Tabby Point”)No rulingNo ruling
JavanaisNo rulingStandard (“Lynx Point”)No rulingNo 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
NorvégienStandard (“tabbies”)No rulingStandard (“tabby”)Standard (“Tabby”)No rulingNo ruling
Oriental à poil courtNo rulingStandard (“Lynx Point”)Standard (“tabby”)No rulingNo rulingNo ruling
Oriental à poil longNo rulingStandard (“Lynx Point”)Standard (“tabby”)No rulingNo rulingNo ruling
Oriental bicoloreNo rulingStandard (“Lynx Point and White”)Standard (“tabby”)Standard (“Tabby & White”)No rulingNo ruling
Persan (moderne)No rulingStandard (“Himalayan Lynx”)Standard (“tabby”)Standard (“Tabby Point”)No rulingNo ruling
PeterbaldNo rulingNo rulingStandard (“tabby”)No rulingNo rulingNo ruling
PeterbaldPeau et écaillesNo rulingNo rulingStandard (“tabby”)No rulingNo rulingNo ruling
RagdollStandard (“Tabby Point”)Standard (“Lynx”)Standard (“tabby”)Standard (“Tabby Point”)No rulingNo ruling
Rex allemandNo rulingNo rulingStandard (“tabby”)No rulingNo rulingNo ruling
Sacré de BirmanieStandard (“Tabby Point/White”)Standard (“Tabby Point”)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
Siamois (moderne)Standard (“lynx points”)No rulingStandard (“tabby”)Standard (“Tabby Point”)Standard (“tabby”)No ruling
Sibérien (Sibérien des forêts, Neva Masquerade [variété colorpoint])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
SphynxPeau et écaillesNo rulingNo rulingStandard (“tabby”)No rulingNo rulingNo ruling
ThaïStandard (“Tabby”)No rulingStandard (“tabby”)No rulingStandard (“Tabbypoint”)No ruling
TonkinoisNon reconnuNo rulingNo rulingStandard (“Tabby”)No rulingNo ruling
Van turcStandard (“Tabby/white”)Standard (“Tabby”)Standard (“tabby”)Standard (“Tabby”)No rulingNo ruling

Breeds where Tabby is a fault

BreedGCCF
BurmeseDéfaut (“tabby markings”)

Breeds where Tabby is disqualified or not accepted

Breed
Chantilly-Tiffany
Levkoy ukrainienPeau et Ă©cailles
Ojos Azules

Color changes

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

  • Tabbychanges toUni

    Pelage · Avec l'âge · from 0 to 39 weeks

  • Tabbychanges toOmbrĂ©

    Pelage · Avec l'âge · from 0 to 6 weeks

  • Tabbychanges toChinchilla

    Pelage · Avec l'âge · from 0 to 6 weeks

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