The tabby pattern can be found in both short-haired and long-haired cats. Tabby cats are known for their friendly and sociable nature. The tabby pattern is believed to have originated from wild cats’ camouflage needs. Read on to meet some of the most popular orange cat breeds. Tabby cats can come in a variety of colors, such as brown, gray, orange, and cream. The International Cat Association recognizes 73 pedigreed cat breeds, many of which are also orange hued. Many of the 45 pedigreed cat breeds recognized by the Cat Fanciers Association come in orange.
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If you love cats with orange fur, you might be wondering which cat breeds come in orange. That would be like trying to call human redheads a race unto themselves. Although the term tabby is often confused for a breed, it is not a breed in itself. Many popular cats from pop culture have red hair, including Morris the Cat (mascot of the 9Lives cat food brand), Garfield, the oversized cartoon cat, and the lead cat in the 2011 film Puss in Boots, and Milo, the cat in the 1986 movie The Adventures of Milo & Otis. Orange tabby cats are the redheads of the feline kingdom Orange and red-coated cats make great pets. Calico and tortoiseshell cats also have some orange colors in their coats, but in these coat patterns orange is primarily an accent color. Orange cats are sometimes referred to as orange tabby cats (if they have classic tabby markings), ginger cats, or marmalade cats. Orange cats are also found in a variety of patterns, including solid orange, orange tabby, orange spotted tabby, orange ticked tabby, orange spotted, and bi-colored (orange with white).
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Orange cats come in a wide range of hues, from very pale orange to deep reddish orange. If you have a female cat who is orange, you have a very rare cat indeed! This is due to the unique genetics involved with the orange pigment color (it’s associated with the X chromosome). Interestingly, orange cats are most often male cats. Orange is one of the rarer colors found in cats.