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mutations in cats include hairlessness, Shaded: Coat pattern in which the final Undercoat: Layer of hair beneath the
folded or curled ears, curly coats, and quarter of each hair is colored. topcoat, usually short and often woolly.
short tails.
Single coat: Coat with just one layer, Van pattern: Pointed coat pattern in which
Parti-color: General term for a coat usually the topcoat of guard hairs, the color is restricted to the ears and tail
pattern that has two or more colors; seen in such cats as the Balinese and only, as in the Turkish Van. –
often one being white. Turkish Angora.
Wedge: Triangular facial conformation
Patched tabby: Tortoiseshell with Smoke: Coat pattern in which each hair seen in most cats except the flat-faced
tabby markings. shaft is pale at the base and colored for Persian; the shape is elongated in breeds
about half of its length. such as the Siamese and Orientals.
Pedigree: Purebred.
Solid: Coat in which a single color is Whippy: Of a tail, thin and elastic.
Pointed: Coat pattern in which a cat distributed evenly along the hair shaft;
has pale body fur with darker extremities known as self in the UK. Whisker pads: Fleshy pads on either side
(head, tail, and legs); typically seen in of a cat’s muzzle where the whiskers are
the Siamese. Spotted tabby: see Tabby placed in rows.
Polydactyly: Extra toes produced by Stop: Indentation between the muzzle and Wirehair: Rare coat type, caused by a
a genetic mutation; polydactyly, or the top of the head; also known as a break. genetic mutation, in which the hairs are
polydactylism, is common in certain twisted or bent at the tips, giving a coarse,
breeds, but only in the Pixiebob is the Tabby: Genetically dominant coat pattern springy texture; seen in the American
trait accepted in the breed standard. that comes in four types: Classic Tabby has Wirehair cat.
a blotched or whorled pattern; Mackerel
Random-bred: Cat of mixed parentage. Tabby has fishbone stripes; Spotted Tabby
has spots or rosettes; Ticked Tabbies have
Recessive: A gene that can produce a faint pattern on a ticked coat.
an effect only when inherited from both
parents. If a recessive gene from one Temperament: The character of a cat.
parent is paired with a dominant gene
from the other parent, its effect will be TICA: The International Cat Association,
overridden. The genes for certain eye a genetic registry for pedigree cats
colors and long fur in cats are recessive. worldwide.
Red: Reddish-brown, used to describe Ticked: Coat pattern in which each hair
certain coat colors in Abyssinian and shaft has alternate bands of pale and
Somali cats; known as sorrel in the UK. darker colors; also known as agouti.
See also Tabby.
Rex coat: Curly or wavy coat, as seen in .
Devon and Cornish Rex cats. Tipped: Coat pattern in which just the
tip of each hair is strongly colored.
Ruddy: A color of Abyssinian cats: known
as usual in the UK. Topcoat: Outer coat of guard hairs.
Ruff: Frill of longer hair around the neck Tortie: Common abbreviation
and chest. for tortoiseshell.

Selective breeding: Mating of animals Tortoiseshell: Coat pattern in which black
that possess desired traits, such as a and red hairs, or their diluted forms, are
particular coat color or pattern. mixed in patches.
Semi-longhair: Medium-long coat, usually Tricolor: Term sometimes used to describe
with a minimal undercoat. a coat of two colors plus white.
Sepia: Dark-brown ticking on a paler Tufts: Clusters of longer hairs, which
ground color. are seen, for example, between the toes
or on the ears.