oh my gosh she is gorgeous. She got her color because she has 2 copies of an alternate allele instead of Black. At the Black locus, there can be Black (B) which the great majority of cats have, though it can be modified or overridden by other genes, or Brown aka Chocolate (b) , or Cinnamon (b1). I think she is probably chocolate. ( Chocolate and White, of course.) She is lighter than many chocolates , so that's why people aren't sure if it's chocolate or cinnamon. In the first photo it looks more cinnamon than the other 2 photos. Cinnamon would be even more unusual.
Chocolate originally turned up in Siamese and Burmese. Cinnamon I think came from Abyssinians. but both these colors have been been bred into some other breeds where many colors are allowed. One doesn't see this often in domestics, but the genes have gotten spread somewhat into the general cat population so if 2 cats with these genes mate , this beauty is the result.
Chocolate originally turned up in Siamese and Burmese. Cinnamon I think came from Abyssinians. but both these colors have been been bred into some other breeds where many colors are allowed. One doesn't see this often in domestics, but the genes have gotten spread somewhat into the general cat population so if 2 cats with these genes mate , this beauty is the result.
