Orange Cats Male Female

Fun ginger tabby cat coat fact.

Orange cats male female. In reality male orange tabbies take a higher percentage of the tabby population at 80. Since females have two Xs and males have one X and one Y this means that a female orange cat must inherit two orange genes one from each parent whereas a male only needs one which he gets from his mother. Orange tabby cats are the stunning beauties of the feline world with their bright ginger fur bedecked with a bevy of striped patterns.

Although the exact reason is not known the genetic link between sex and the coat marking why male orange tabby cats outnumber females. Well its not that orange female cats are rare it is simply that an orange cat is more likely to be a male. This gives the impression all orange cats are male when this isnt actually the case.

Interestingly while the odd male calico tends to be sterile the odd orange female seems to have no problem reproducing. The gene in the orange cats has the denomination of O orange. And friendly--even feral the second time I saw her she plopped on her side for belly rubs.

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. My orange female cats are more playful than my orange male cats. Since any red color is epistatic all orange cats are tabbies and solid red show cats are usually a low contrast ticked tabby.

Although it may appear that all orange tabby cats are male the truth is that female ginger tabby cats do exist. Most orange tabby cats are male due to their unique genetics. What does that M on the tabby cats head stand for.

The gene for orange colouration is. The gene that codes for orange fur is on the X chromosome. Orange tabby cats are about 8020 male to female.