Orange Haired Cats Usually Male

In fact up to 80 percent of orange tabbies are male making orange female cats a bit of a rarity.

Orange haired cats usually male. It is simply genetics. Females can be orange tabby calico or tortoiseshell. The gene that codes for orange fur is on the X chromosome.

It is often seen under tabby stripes. 80 percent Did you know orange tabby cats are typically male. According to the BBCs Focus Magazine the ginger gene in cats works a little differently compared to humans.

Its all thanks to their genetic makeup. Female cats have XX chromosomes to the males XY. Youve probably already read the genetics of orange cats but it basically comes down to this.

According to the BBCs Focus Magazine the ginger gene in cats works a little differently compared to humans. 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. Not at all there are plenty of orange female cats.

Some believe that they come from Egypt and back up that story with their uncanny resemblance of the sacred cat depicted in many Pharaonic statues while others believe Ethiopia to be the actual. It is not magic. Well its not that orange female cats are rare it is simply that an orange cat is more likely to be a male.

Gray Gray is a diluted black. 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. Thus both the mother and father cat must pass on the genes to the female but males only need the trait from their mothers.