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Cat General => General Cat Chat => Topic started by: JackSpratt on April 15, 2007, 20:09:04 PM

Title: Domestic cat markings
Post by: JackSpratt on April 15, 2007, 20:09:04 PM

Do you think they serve a purpose like wild cats? I'm curious about this!

Title: Re: Domestic cat markings
Post by: ccmacey on April 15, 2007, 20:23:01 PM

I would think wild cats markings are there just to distinguish the breed? So maybe the same for small cats?

Title: Re: Domestic cat markings
Post by: JackSpratt on April 15, 2007, 21:04:28 PM

Nope, wild cats markings serve as camoflauge with some big cats. (ie:tigers) Just wondering if there was a similiar principle behind domestic cats.

Title: Re: Domestic cat markings
Post by: Desley (booktigger) on April 15, 2007, 21:18:01 PM

Some of the colours will have, such as tabbies. There are only a few basic cat colours really though, if I remember rightly, only 3 of them, and everything else is combination of them, and certain breeds will have been bred over a period of time to lose/gain certain things - the Bengal breeders are still working on certian things, and that is a 30 year old breed, so shows how long it takes. 

Title: Re: Domestic cat markings
Post by: JackSpratt on April 15, 2007, 23:00:03 PM

Thanks Desley. :)