Here are some more pictures of Io, aka Tacocat, aka Stinkface McGillicutty.
She doesn't look like most tabbies, or calicoes, or tortoiseshells I've seen. Her stripes are so distinct on her face, with half of the "M" black and half orange. She's just beautiful (to me, at least!)
Io's color is Brown Mackeral Patched Tabby, or sometimes called a Brown Mackeral Torbie. She has the tortoishell patching mingled in with the brown mackeral tabby markings. The mackeral pattern is named after the striped mackeral fish, compared to the classic or blotched tabby (with bulls-eye and rings on the side) which is a less common pattern as it is recessive. She's a beautiful girl and looove her poofy tail!
I would say she is a tortie who is very much in control of her pattern. Very similar to my Alice in colors, but Io's markings are really trying to follow lynx patterning without breaking up (although they do in spots).
I don't mean to photo bomb your thread, but this my Alice so you can see what I mean. Coloring overall is very similar (classic tortie colors), but Alice's pattern is far more chaotic than your Io. She is a tried and true tortie, attitude and all:
Io's color is Brown Mackeral Patched Tabby, or sometimes called a Brown Mackeral Torbie. She has the tortoishell patching mingled in with the brown mackeral tabby markings. The mackeral pattern is named after the striped mackeral fish, compared to the classic or blotched tabby (with bulls-eye and rings on the side) which is a less common pattern as it is recessive. She's a beautiful girl and looove her poofy tail!
Thank you so much, Catloverami! What a fancy sounding name for a moggie from a feral colony :cool. Her tail is always puffed out like that, and the fur on it feels different - more wirey, like a squirrel's!
Lenkolas, thanks for that link. I've bookmarked it for future identification purposes. (I have this bad habit of checking the "cat-alogue" of the rescue we got Io from, and always wonder what the names of the colours/patterns are)
Alice is gorgeous, GhostTown, I love her blotchy nose.
Dweamgoil, your Azalia is the closest lookalike to Io I've seen yet. Look at those eyes! Wow.
Here are a few more pictures, because I'm a crazy cat mom. :3
you've had her since she was tiny! i love her poofy tail. i always wanted a cat with that kind of a tail. when i got my first cat, there was one at the shelter that was totally white with pretty green eyes and a tail like a feather. i wanted her but she could only be adopted with her brother, smudge. their owner was like 80 and died, so no spllitting them up. smudge was cute but i didn't think i was in the market for two grown cats so i passed.
Cinder, her tail is so awesome, but it picks up every piece of lint and fluff there is. It also feels really strange. I'll try to get a good picture of it. (And hey, next time you see a flooftail cat, snatch it up!)
Hey all,
Meet Myrtle! I adopted her when she was about 2 years old. I’m wondering if anyone has any knowledge about what breed she may be? Based off her markings and temperament, I’ve considered her being a rag doll-hybrid breed but I genuinely don’t know. I’ve included pictures where she can...
Hey everyone I'm new to this do please bare with me.
Background. 2011 my big beautiful boy (Knox) vanished. I rescued him as a kitten from RSPCA in Australia so was vaccinated chipped the lot. After a few years of searching and waiting I then fell pregnant and life got crazy and my search for...
Two brand new she-shack cubbies, soft cushions inside. On sale and with a coupon, total cost for both: $34.00.
Little packing end piece. Total cost. $0.
Cleo's choice of places to hang out: Priceless.
Amount of Bailey's for me to deal with this: Endless.
Here are pictures of my beautiful babies... it was hard choosing only a few lol. But I did my best to keep it narrowed! Here’s Cayce, Ra, and little Isis
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