CAT IDENTIFICATION Solid Coat Colors Black (pictured) or Blue with white roots. Eye Coloration Brown Hazel Gold Green Blue Compiled by Dr. Brenda Griffin University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine www.UFShelterMedicine.com 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. Compiled by Dr. Brenda Griffin University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine www.UFShelterMedicine.com 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. Compiled by Dr. Brenda Griffin University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine www.UFShelterMedicine.com 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) Compiled by Dr. Brenda Griffin University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine www.UFShelterMedicine.com 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. Compiled by Dr. Brenda Griffin 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. Compiled by Dr. Brenda Griffin University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine www.UFShelterMedicine.com.