Orange Cats Male Female

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Orange cats male female. You wont see a solid red orange or cream cat without the familiar tabby markings because the gene that makes a cats coat red or cream is also responsible for those stripes. Well thats not entirely true. For male cats we have a great variety that move from unique orange cat names to famous orange cat names.

However they only exist in much smaller numbers and male cats make up the vast majority of all orange tabbies accounting for 80. An orange tom only requires the orange gene from his mother. Orange cats are usually male.

The gene responsible for the orange color is sex-linked resulting in a much higher likelihood that an orange cat will be male versus female. And male cats are friendlier than female cats there we have evidence. For a female cat to be orange she must inherit two orange genes one from her mother orange calico or tortoiseshell and one from her father who must be orange.

As you may recall from high school biology mammals have two chromosomes that determine their sexXX for females and XY for males. Although the exact reason is not known the genetic link between sex and the coat marking why male orange tabby cats outnumber females. It is said that one in 3000 tri-color cats will be male.

Because a tabbys color depends upon a sex-linked gene an orange female must inherit two orange genes one from each parent whereas a male red cat only needs one. Only about 1 in 5 orange cats are female so if you have an orange girl cat consider yourself blessed with an extra special pet. 107Hercules- A fitting name for a male kitten.

There is a persistent misconception that all orange tabby cats are male. Hercules is depicted with orange hair in the disney classic. 110Ichigo- Another orange haired character from a Japanese anime cartoon.