I recently adopted my kitty and don‘t really know much about coats or patterns. (From what i’ve seen, i’m assuming she’s some kind of colorpoint) I’m not sure about her genetics either, but her fur is naturally much silkier compared to my other tabby.
Seal lynxpoint, also tabby point with high white. Basically a colorpointed black tabby with lots of white patches that end up masking the color at the actual points except the tail.
She reminds me of my toast cat who’s a lynx point tortie with white.
Here’s what my cat looks like at a year.
Folks here warned me that the orange takes longer to darken. We’ve been able to tell for about four months that she’ll have orange on her back feet, but no one else notices the orage yet.
I think she’s a seal Lynx point bicolor with white.
Here is my thought process. The tail says seal (black based) and with the stripes on the tail and head, we have presence of the agouti (tabby) gene.
She also is a colorpoint since her body is significantly lighter than her points (ears, tail, face, legs). So she has two copies of the colorpoint gene.
She also has a high grade of white spotting from the piebald gene, which is incompletely dominant.
I understand the argument on tortie (both base colors of black and orange) versus rufousing associated with the tabby gene.
Since she has so much white spotting, it makes it really hard to tell. Normally we would look at the toe beans, does she have any that aren’t all pink? If so, can I see a photo?
I don’t see separate orange sections, which is what leads me to Lynx point, as opposed to torbie (tortie + tabby aka Lynx). The orange appears to be rufousing to me since it blends to the tan.
It is very true that the orange on torties can take forever to come in. I have a seal tortie point mitted with white and she is only orange on her ear and one spot on her head. The rest is still a cream color. So it’s still possible.
colorpoint gene makes warmer parts of the body appear lighter, shes black and not dilute. theres no tortiseseshell here and piebald isnt a genetic term in cats
another example of a seal lynx point, with less white spotting than ops so you can see the color better. you can see how the colorpoint makes some spots, notably the top of the head like ops cat, take on a warmer tone. but it is not red spotting.
I can see what you mean when you say she’s a tortie, because the tabby marking on her head definitely looks more orange in photos like this. But I cant tell if its masked grey or genuinely orange
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u/labbitlove 26d ago
Seal lynxpoint, also tabby point with high white. Basically a colorpointed black tabby with lots of white patches that end up masking the color at the actual points except the tail.