#black rosetted tabby

[identifying-cat-phenotypes]

Since you also do pictures, would you be willing to try your hand at this guy? ^^

what a unique design!

I would say this Tigerstar is a black rosetted tabby with low white spotting! such a fun design :)

[phenotyping-cats]

Black silver rosetted tabby

[whatcoloristhatcat]

hello! I saw this beautiful kitty while looking for cats up for adoption. I've never seen a coat like this! is there a name for it? or is it just some sort of tabby?

that’s a black charcoal rosetted tabby bengal!

[felinefractious]

SnowstormUK Otto the Great [Pedigree]

🐱 SBT Bengal (10G) [Bengal Cat Terms]

📸 Silverstorm Bengals

🎨 Black Silver Rosetted Tabby

bengal

[amber-tortoiseshell]

Black point

Genotype: aa B_ cscs D_ __ E_ ii kk __ oo/o- __ __ ww __ __

Synonym submission: seal point (brown face and leggies)

Submitter: @trucy-bloom

Propaganda:

my cat is a seal point Balinese and he wakes me up every morning by licking and nuzzling my face ♥️

#go black point!

Black rosetted tabby point

Genotype: A_ B_ cscs D_ __ E_ ii kk mcmc oo/o- Sp_ titi ww Wb_ wb'wb'

Synonym submission: rosetted seal lynx point (ie. snow bengal), white and cream striped! - seal lynx point spotted snow bengal cat. [spotted and rosetted is only different in one modifier, i grouped them together to make room for another color]

Submitter: @vincentus, @the-adventures-of-dave

Propaganda:

i just love them, i think theyre so cute and unique!

rosetted so pretty

#VIN?!?!?! VIN IN THE WILD!?!?!!!?? vote rosetted tabby 💪

#vote for Kep and his snazzy rainbow outfit!

this post 😊

[phenotyping-cats]

Black rosetted tabby

That one staring at its mama 🥹

(Source)

[cat-genetic-database]

bengal breed

midnight charcoal black rosetted tabby

[wolvebonez]

Lilac Golden Shaded Tortie

2. Cinnamon Golden Tipped Point

3. Blue Caramel Tortoiseshell Classic Tabby Karpati Bicolor

4. Amber Silver Mackerel Tabby

5. Blue Rosetted “Twilight” Charcoal Mink

6. Fawn Tortie Bicolor with Satin Fur

7. Black Silver Classic Tabby Tortie with White

8. Black Sunshine Silver (Bimetallic) Classic Tabby

9. Black Rosetted "Midnight" Charcoal Tabby

10. Chocolate Silver Tabby Bicolor

all cats sourced from @felinefractious, each image is linked w/ the post that also provides breed/other info!

[followthebluebell]

Its been a couple months and the kittens have been born and grown up a bit so i thought yall might want updates on my coworkers "accidental" "bengal/ragdoll mix" kittens? Tragically they are very generic looking. No colorpointing. No rosettes. Just black tabbies. I finally got to see pictures of the parents too and they are not great examples of their breeds. Ive included photos of beebs plus mom (alleged ragdoll) and dad (alleged charcoal bengal)

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Utterly tragic u_u Bengal genes tend to be pretty strong, so I expected at least SOME rosetting, unless Mom has been getting out and about. Or unless Dad's just... not a bengal >> which kind of looks like the case, tbh.

But they are still very cute kittens. I'm partial to a nice patched tabby so i think that first kitten is especially stunning!

[whatcoloristhatcat]

black (brown) rosetted tabby bengal

Source: akita_and_bengal

[felinefractious]

🐱 Bengal

📸 Larisa Lazuka [Sunhunters Cattery]

🎨 Seal Mink Rosetted Tabby

[amber-tortoiseshell]

Black rosetted tabby point

Genotype: A_ B_ cscs D_ __ E_ ii kk mcmc oo/o- Sp_ titi ww Wb_ wb'wb'

Synonym submission: rosetted seal lynx point (ie. snow bengal), white and cream striped! - seal lynx point spotted snow bengal cat. [spotted and rosetted is only different in one modifier, i grouped them together to make room for another color]

Submitter: @vincentus, @the-adventures-of-dave

Propaganda:

i just love them, i think theyre so cute and unique!

rosetted so pretty

#VIN?!?!?! VIN IN THE WILD!?!?!!!?? vote rosetted tabby 💪

#vote for Kep and his snazzy rainbow outfit!

this 😊 and this post

Black

Genotype: aa B_ C_ D_ __ E_ ii kk __ oo/o- __ __ ww __ __

Synonym submissions: All black, pure black cat, Solid black, Black. Just solid black. The kind where the eyes are the only distinguishable feature.

Submitter: @ergontropy, @chulacabra, @mr-beistie

Propaganda:

Black cats are sweeties. They are unfairly touted as superstitious and are consequently the least adopted and most abandoned color of cat. Give them some love!!!

black cats usually get a bad rap as unlucky and get abused due to superstition but they're adorable.

I have black cat. See? Him face. And I not dead today! Good luck!

My favorite pass time is taking low quality pictures of black cats because they look like blobs :3

these two babies (pics)

black cats are a classic and they're very cute and i know several some of my favourite cats on the planet are pure black

black cats are so funny they are just voids with mouths

#BLACK CATS!!! this is the goth website. we are black cats

[whatcoloristhatcat]

Could you make a guide on how to differentiate between tabbies? :o

of course! here's a guide by our beloved messybeast, but I'll be going into it further below the cut!

a small guide on how the tabby gene works, because i feel it's appropriate:

the a locus/agouti is what causes patterning in a lot of mammals including cats. basically, it determines how black and red pigment is made. on tabbies, it causes hairs with alternating stripes of black and red pigment by affecting the different signals that cause pigment. so, one gene determines whether the cat is solid or tabby, and another determines the pattern

ok! going to be going over common patterns first! first up, the mackerel tabby:

named because some absolute legend thought their vertical stripes looked like the stripes on a mackerel fish:

this is one of the most common tabby patterns! they're characterized by their vertical stripes all along their bodies. also come in the broken mackerel variety, which is pretty self explanatory:

the broken mackerel pattern isn't a breeder-recognized pattern but i recognize it so whatever. not to be confused with the spotted tabby (which i'll be covering in a hot sec)

next up is the classic (or blotched) tabby!

also common, and notable for the "bullseye" or "spiral" marking on their sides. these can be confused with the marbled tabby (which i'll also be covering later)

next is the spotted tabby! characterized by round-ish spots following a vertical pattern

the difference between the spotted and broken mackerel tabby is that the spots tend to be distinctly broken up and don't form lines, but it can be difficult to tell the difference sometimes!

next common pattern is the ticked tabby. these guys have no visible striping on their flanks, but stripes on their faces, legs, and tails. the fur on their flanks is "ticked," with the agouti fur that is between the stripes on other tabbies covering their entire flanks.

so! those are the tabby patterns that can be found most commonly and in random breeding. that doesn't mean these are specific to random-bred cats, obv, but are the ones you're most likely to encounter.

these next ones are a lot less common and tend to be breed-specific, especially to domestic/wild hybrids. before we continue, here's a good statement from the american association of feline practitioners on the ethical problems with hybrid cats. if you're not aware of these problems, i'd really recommend giving it a read! with that being said, i also won't be highlighting early-generation hybrids (hybrids with very recent wild ancestry). ok, continuing!

rosetted tabby! most famously found on the bengal!

marbled tabby, also known from the bengals:

it can look pretty similar to the classic tabby, but it's derived from the "twilight charcoal" pattern inherited from the asian leopard cat.

the candle-flame or braided tabby, found largely on toygers:

this is a twilight charcoal modification of the mackerel tabby. agouti hairs grow between the stripes to create a "hollow" appearance

i've decided to leave a few minor patterns out because they're pretty rare and largely found on uncommon hybrids and tumblr won't stop trying to eat the images i'm attaching so! bye

[whatcoloristhatcat]

black (brown) rosetted tabby bengal

[oliveclan]

Allegiances:

Leader: Twigstar - silver tabby she-cat with yellow eyes [Lives Left: 9] | 108 Moons Deputy: Cragpond - orange and dark-gray-and-stone trans tom with silver eyes | 73 Moons Medicine Cat: Gardeniaglow - dark-ginger-and-dark-brown tortie tabby she-cat with green eyes | 116 Moons Warriors: Figspots - golden rosetted she-cat with green-yellow eyes | 83 Moons Otterrunner - dark blue tabby tom with green eyes | 17 Moons - Apprentice: Flaxpaw Snowwhisker: black tabby tom with green eyes | 15 Moons Apprentices: Flaxpaw - white-and-silver-tabby she-cat with yellow eyes | 11 Moons - Mentor: Otterrunner

[zoroslost]

One Piece Warrior Cats AU: ASL Bros

Ace cat naming progression: Emberkit -> Emberpaw -> Emberwish

(black rosetted tabby tortie)

Sabo cat naming progression: (kittypet name) -> Wildpaw -> Wildfire

(apricot point, scottish fold)

Luffy cat naming progression: Sunkit -> Sunpaw -> Sunstorm -> Sunstar (eventually)

(calico)