Orange Haired Cats Usually Male

According to the BBCs Focus Magazine the ginger gene in cats works a little differently compared to humans.

Orange haired cats usually male. Any cat male or female can be orange but in males the color is nearly always expressed in the tabby striped pattern sometimes called a ginger tom. Male cats with the orange gene can either be orange 1 dominant orange gene Y or not orange 1 recessive orange gene Y whereas female cats with the orange gene can either be Orange 2 dominant orange genes not orange 2 recessive orange genes OR. In fact up to 80 percent of orange tabbies are male making orange female cats a bit of a rarity.

80 percent Did you know orange tabby cats are typically male. Just because the character Garfield depicts is male we can assume all orange tabby cats are. Orange cats are usually male.

Most orange cats are male and most calicos are female. Females can be orange tabby calico or tortoiseshell. Some of which include foxes and rats.

Torties are almost always female. Well thats not entirely true. Orange cats are mostly males and this is because orange female cat should have an orange colored father and mother or an orange father and calico mother.

Its all thanks to their genetic makeup. It is often seen under tabby stripes. Unlike other cats the orange males prosper on the survival of their family.

No but the majority of orange tabby cats are male due to their genetics. About 80 percent of orange cats are male. While it is a fact that there is a higher ratio of orange tabbies that are male the exact percentage is actually about 80 percent toms to 20 percent queens.