Cats
nose, paws and whiskers. Although depicted as black and white, it seems to be a stylised or
idealised depiction of the seal-point Siamese.
"BELTED" OR "SHEETED" PATTERN
"Belted" means a solid coloured animal with a belt of white around its middle, such as is seen
in Dutch Rabbits. This pattern has occasionally been seen in Spanish feral cats. "Sheeted"
means a wider the band of white i.e. from shoulders to haunches.
THE "DALMATIAN" OR "APPALOOSA" CAT
The concept of a white cat with coloured spots, akin to a Dalmatian dog or Appaloosa horse,
has intrigued numerous people. In some feral colonies, white cats with numerous small black
splashes have been found alongside bicolour cats with the conventional Grades 1 - 9 of white
spotting. This suggests the presence of modifier genes which affect the distribution of colour
and white. Inbreeding causes genes to double up so that recessive genes and traits controlled
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