CAT IDENTIFICATION

Solid Coat Colors

Black (pictured) or Blue with white roots.

Eye Coloration

Brown Hazel Gold Green Blue

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 Tabby Coat Markings

Tabby M Mackeral Tabby Classic Tabby

All tabbies have distinctive (Red Mackeral Tabby) (Chocolate Classic Tabby)
M on forehead. AKA Blotched Tabby

Spotted Tabby Ticked Tabby

(Chocolate Spotted Tabby) (Cinnamon Ticked Tabby)

Tabby Coat Colors

Distinct color patterns with one color predominating.
Black stripes ranging from coal black to brownish on a background of brown to gray.
Brown mackeral tabbies are the most common.

Brown Mackeral Tabby Brown Mackeral Tabby Brown Mackeral Tabby

with Brown Field with Gray-Brown Field with Gray Field
Black stripes with brown Black stripes with gray- Black stripes with gray
background. brown background. background.

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 Blue Silver Red
(Blue Classic Tabby) (Silver Classic Tabby) (Red Classic Tabby)
Gray stripes with gray roots. Black stripes with white roots. Red stripes with red roots.

Chocolate Red Silver Cream

(Chocolate Classic Tabby) (Red Silver Classic Tabby) (Cream Ticked Tabby)
Red stripes with white roots. AKA Cameo Tabby

Tortoise Shell Colorations

Random color distribution among varying shades of red, black, and cream. Patches may be mingled or distinct.

Tortie Dilute Tortie Lilac Tortie

Randomly patched all over with “Blue Cream Tortie” Randomly patched all over
red, black and cream. Dilute version of Black and Red. with lilac and cream.

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 Tortie and White Dilute Tortie and White Chocolate Tortie
Small white areas with mingled Small white areas with mingled Chocolate mingled
red, black and cream colors. blue, and cream colors. with red and cream.

Calico Dilute Calico

Tortoiseshell with large patches of Same amount of white as
white. Red tabby and solid black calico with distinct patches of
patches more distinct. solid blue and cream tabby.

Torbies
Tortoiseshell cats with tabby patterns.
Torties because of random color variation, but tabbies due to the patterns in the coloration.
Torbies are also called patched tabbies.

Brown Torby Brown Torby and White Dilute Torby Dilute Torby
(Brown Spotted Torby) (Brown Spotted Torby (Blue Classic Torby) and White
Patches of brown tabby and White) Patches of blue tabby (Blue Mackeral Torby
and red tabby. and cream tabby. and White)
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 Other Coat Patterns

Snowshoe Van Bicolor

(Red Mackeral Tabby Van) (Black and White Bicolor)
Mostly white, color mainly on ~1/2 white, color on head and torso.
head and tail.

Harlequin Locket Mitted

(Red Mackeral Tabby Harlequin) (Blue Locket) (Black Mitted)
Mostly white with several large White spot on chest. Just white paws.
patches of color.
Tuxedo Cats
Coloration with white paws, chest, and belly, with optional white on face.

Smoke Tuxedo Tuxedo Tuxedo Tabby

(Blue Smoke Tuxedo) (Black Tuxedo) (Brown Mackeral with Brown Field
Blue smoke with tuxedo Black with tuxedo Tuxedo Tabby)
markings. markings. Tabby with tuxedo markings.

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University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine www.UFShelterMedicine.com
 Points: Color Points

Seal Point Blue Point Lilac Point

Cream Point Red Point

AKA Flame Point

Pattern Points

Tortie Point Torbie Point

Tortoiseshell pattern on points. Both striped and tortoiseshell
patterns on points.

Tabby Point Tabby Point Tabby Point

(Lilac Tabby Point) (Red Tabby Point) (Seal Tabby Point)
AKA Lynx Point
Striped pattern on the points.
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