While my cat doesn’t have as big distinct patches of color, she also has solid black fur (sprinkled with tiny red specks) and her orange head spot shows a tabby pattern. Their genetics are similar, just the expression is different.
Nah totally possible to be a normal calico, just that she has the a/a agouti gene so the black fur shows up completely black.
Orange fur always shows up tabby, regardless of the agouti gene
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Either chimera or calico
I’ve never seen a calico with such a distinct pattern like that. The cat literally looks half ginger tabby, half tuxedo. Definitely a chimera.
Nah totally possible to be a normal calico, just that she has the a/a agouti gene so the black fur shows up completely black. Orange fur always shows up tabby, regardless of the agouti gene
Usually chimerism in cats presents as split down the middle vertically - if this is chimerism then it’s exceptionally rare, even amongst chimeras.
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