Top 5 Cat Breeds That Exhibit the Mackerel Tabby Pattern
The mackerel tabby is considered the wild-type tabby pattern and is genetically dominant over the classic (blotched) tabby pattern. For that reason, it appears in many, many breeds other than just five. However, there are a few breeds that are particularly renowned for wearing it. Several breeds are especially well known for displaying the pattern. […]
Mackerel Tabby Color Variations: From Orange to Silver and Rare Black
The mackerel stripe pattern is actually a layout. The color underneath it is controlled by a completely different set of genes. That’s why mackerel tabbies show up in almost every base color a cat can have. Some are as common as can be. Others are genuinely hard to find, including cinnamon, lilac, fawn, and chocolate […]
The Ultimate Guide to Mackerel Tabby Cats
Mackerel tabby’s are the ones you’ve seen with stripes running in parallel down their sides like a mini tiger. This is the easiest to identify tabby pattern and it is also the most common. That’s because, before cats were domesticated, mackerels have been the original coat pattern that they have worn. This guide is about […]