It s actually a coat pattern and there are five different types of tabby cats.
Black and brown marbled cat.
However there are other color variations as well that are not acceptable to be shown at a cat show.
A tabby cat is not a breed.
The marbled cat is similar in size to a domestic cat but has rounded ears and a very long tail that is as long as the cat s head and body.
With a wild background from a cross between an abyssinian and a jungle cat the chausie s only attribute of it s feral past is in looks.
The serval is known for it s vibrant golden basecoat but there are accounts of melanistic or black servals in the wild.
Black stripes ranging from coal black to brownish on a background of brown to gray.
By tica standards the savannahs can be brown golden silver black and smoke.
The marbled cat has a short more rounded head than other felines with a wide forehead and large pupils.
The 5 tabby cat patterns.
Brown mackeral tabbies are the most common.
It s short coat is recognized in three colors.
There are black spots on its limbs and some black lines on the head and neck.
Brown ticked tabby solid black and black grizzled tabby.
It is patterned with black stripes on the short and round head on the neck and back.
The ground colour of its long fur varies from brownish grey to ochreous brown above and greyish to buff below.