Spots And Markings On End Of Coat

[Kokomo]

So I posted him once before, but the talk about identifying different traits based on spots only being on the top of the coat. Oliver is a decent sized boy, weighing in at around 16 pounds, and is very muscular. Here are some pics of him. Is it normal to have marking such as spots only on the top of the coat? Thanks!

 

[Kieka]

It is fairly common it is the agouti gene which causes the hair color to not be uniform. Most tabby cats have it to one degree or another.

This page gets into more specifics of it STRIPED, SPOTTED AND TICKED CATS but you can have variations and extremes within the gene. Leading to cats like yours who show top pattern but under a different color all the way to ones who don't show an overall top pattern.

 

[Kokomo]

It is fairly common it is the agouti gene which causes the hair color to not be uniform. Most tabby cats have it to one degree or another.

This page gets into more specifics of it STRIPED, SPOTTED AND TICKED CATS but you can have variations and extremes within the gene. Leading to cats like yours who show top pattern but under a different color all the way to ones who don't show an overall top pattern.

Thank you!