From the start of this observation, Noah and Allie are both tabby cats, but I always wondered why Allie had darker stripes on her fur coat while Noah had dark stripes along his tail. I had put in some research to find more information about this mysterious thing that I have never really thought about and have came to some information.
According to this article, Noah and Allie are both a tabby pattern which is called a " Mackerel tabby." A Mackerel tabby is a tabby fur pattern coat where they have darker stripes than the fur coat itself, and on the forehead, it makes a "M" marking. For Allie, I could see it clearly, but for Noah, I had to look really closely to find the "M" marking as he had dark stripes shown on his tail. -Orange Tabby Cats, Kelly Roper.
I have found that tabby isn't really a breed but it's mainly just a fur coat pattern. But as for my step mom to know, she just addresses the cats as tabby.
There are four types of tabby patterns; classic, mackerel, ticked and bi-color spotted tabby. The classic and mackerel are the most and quite common as for the other two are less common. Orange female cats are rare as they can be misidentified as males until the owner itself finds out that their tabby cat is a female. I guess I'm lucky since I have a somewhat rare orange female cat. - The Orange Tabby Cat: Fun Fact, Ellen Thorp.
Each tabby cat has it's own personalities depending on how the owner raises he/she. On my view of Noah and Allie. Noah is just a calm, eleven year cat who just likes to eat. As for Allie, who is a careful, and innocent cat who just likes to be petted.
Work Cited:
Roper, Kelly. "Orange Tabby Cats." LoveToKnow. n.d.Web. 10 December 2014.
http://cats.lovetoknow.com/cats-general-info/orange-tabby-cats
Thorp Ellen. "The Orange Tabby Cat: Fun Facts." Pets: Animals Are People To. N.P., 30 September, 2011. Web. 10 December 2014
http://pets.ellenthorp.com/the-orange-tabby-cat-fun-facts/
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