![]() It is said that this came about because of matings between imported wildcat into Europe and the existing domestic cats there. The modern grey tabby cat pattern is quite high contrast by comparison. You will see a faint brown/grey tabby coat on the wildcat. The history of the tabby pattern is complicated but essentially it comes from the North African wildcat which is the ancestor of all domestic cats and the tabby cat in particular. History Picture of tabby cat showing the striped silk after which the word “tabby” is named. The point that I’m getting to is that the grey or grey/brown tabby is a natural colour for a regular barn cat and it is said that the grey or brown-and-white Maine Coon is the best looking version of this popular purebred cat. I am with them on this because the Maine Coon originates in barn cats. The Cat Fanciers’ Association (CFA) prefer a more refined Maine Coon cat whereas The International Cat Association (TICA) prefer a more natural barn cat appearance. It is said that there are two types depending upon which cat association registers the cat. The Maine Coon is one of the world’s most popular purebred cats. The worlds oldest cat lived to be 38 years old, according to the Guinness World Records. As a result, this type of cat became known as the “Tabbi” and the word was later modified to the one we now know so well namely “tabby”. Looked at, this silk appeared to have faint stripes and the stripes looked similar to the stripes of a cat that was called, at the time, the “Striped Cat” or “Tiger Cat”. The silk was exported to England in large quantities. It is beleived that the word “tabby” comes from the word “Atabi” a type of silk manufactured in the Attabiah district of Baghdad. Enough of that! In Britain the word is spelt “grey” and in America it is spelt “gray”. It is the centre of the domestic cat world. That tells you that I’m in the UK although I nearly always write about American cats! That is because the best stories about domestic cats come from America and there are more domestic cats in American than anywhere else. The software spells “grey” rather than “gray”. ![]() Here are 6 facts about the grey tabby cat… Spelling ![]()
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