Cats
and black markings on the face. Both also have black toes. Coloured toes sometimes occur on
bicolours - these can be individual toes or multiple toes. It may even look as though a white-
footed cat has paddled through coloured paint, in which case the colour usually extends up
the back of the leg. Coloured toes may possibly be another gene (modifier) interacting with
the white spotting gene.Note: The cat shown top left has a mild form of radial hypoplasia
which has caused her deformed forelegs; she also has a slightly deformed skull.
Swirled Patterns
More unusual is the "skunk marking" - a white dorsal stripe. Because pigment producing
cells migrate away from the neural crest, the dorsal area itself usually remains coloured in
low to medium grade spotting. The appearance of a white dorsal stripe is unusual and appears
to be hereditary.
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