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Long haired marble tabby.
The pattern of circular smudges.
The classic tabby has stripes on their face and head with swirls of darker color on a lighter base throughout the body.
Patches patterns of different colors kind of look like patches.
These swirls are usually quite random and resemble a marble cake.
The shoulder markings are likened to an open winged butterfly ready for flight.
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Blotched classic tabby this pattern consists of circular swirling smudges much like a marble cake.
Marble tabby coats often have a marble pattern.
The spotted tabby has dark blotches of color mixing spots with stripes.
The classic tabby is the most common with swirls of color creating a marbled pattern.
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The tabby cat is not a breed but a coat colour which can be found in both mixed breed and purebred cat populations.
The mackerel tabby is a domestic type of feline that sports a fur coat pattern that begins with a dark background of gray or orange hue with darker stripes that run vertically down the torso of the cat s body.
Tabby is a common coat pattern among domestic cats which features an agouti pattern of alternating dark and pale bands of colour along the hair shaft with contrasting darker spots stripes or sworls and a prominent m on the forehead.
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Classic tabby cat the classic tabby has bold swirling patterns along his sides much like a marble cake.
This tabby is called a blotched tabby in some regions.
The classic tabby also known as blotched or marbled tabby has the m pattern on the forehead but the body markings rather than primarily thin stripes or spots are thick curving bands in a whirled or swirled pattern with a distinctive mark on each side of the body resembling a bullseye.
There are interlacing dark thinner lines that mimic the look of fish bones which is where the term mackerel derives from.
Now that we understand what makes a tabby let s look at different kinds.
A blotched tabby s body looks almost like a bull s eye.
Pebbles tabby cats often have a pebbled fur pattern.
The mackerel tabby has stripes comparable to fish bones with narrow striped rings around the legs and tail.
