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25 Tabby Cats

Tabby is not a breed of Cat but a colour pattern. There are four types of Tabby pattern and 25 breeds of Cat that accept the Tabby pattern and are referred to as Tabby Cats.

The four types of Tabby pattern are:

Classic – Whorls ending in a ‘target’ on the side of the cat

Mackerel – Striped rings around tail and legs, ‘necklace’ of stripes across chest and bands of solid or broken stripes down their sides

Spotted – Spotty markings

Agouti – Different bands of colour down the length of individual hairs.

25 Tabby Cats

Abyssinian

American Bobtail

American Curl

American Shorthair

American Wirehair

Birman

Colourpoint Shorthair

Egyptian Mau

Exotic

Javanese

LaPerm

Maine Coon

Manx

Norwegian Forest Cat

Ocicat

Oriental

Persian

Ragdoll

Scottish Fold

Siberian

Singapura

Somali

Turkish Angora

Turkish Van

For more information, visit the Cat Fanciers Association

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Top Ten Unicorns

Whatisyourspiritualanimal.com suggests that today is National Unicorn Day. “How can that be?”, I hear you cry, “They aren’t real!”

True.

However, the idea of a one-horned horse type creature has been around since the Ancient Greeks, writing about them as part of nature, not of myth. The physical appearance of a unicorn is most likely a combination of a Rhinocerous (water horse with one tusk), a Goat (beard and horns on it’s head) and a Narwhal (medium sized whale with a very long straight tusk or horn). Most writers had heard the tales of Unicorns and perhaps saw a Rhino for the first time believing it to be the legendary Unicorn. The magical powers of the Unicorn itself, and more importantly it’s tusk, I believe stems from people’s lack of knowledge of the unknown to which they project ideas of fantasy and magic until they are understood better. Unfortunately, in some countries, the idea of healing powers from tusks and horns of many animals, including Elephants and Rhinos, is still prominent today leading them to hunt the animals to gain their healing properties.

When people think of Unicorns, they conjure up different images; so here is a list of the Top Ten Unicorns to help you identify which one you picture:

1) Archaic Unicorn – Goat sized, Goat beard, Lion tail, Cloven Hooves

2) Northern European – Large horse size, Pure white

3) Western European – Wings on the feet, Curly horn

4) Central European – Smaller pony size

5) Alps and Carpathian – Grey speckled and robust, Largely Goat-like

6) Eastern European – Pony size, very fleeting when seen

7) Chinese/Japanese – Almost Cow-like, Fancy horn

8) Gaelic – Heavy coat for Winter conditions

9) Black – Black fur, Red horn and hooves

10) Alicorn – Winged horse, Pegasus

To find out more about Unicorns, I got my information and pictures from these sites: Unicorn Glitter Palace, Magic Of Unicorns, Land Of Unicorns, and Wikipedia

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A List of Monarch Butterflies

Today, February 5th, is Western Monarch Day according to whatisyourspiritanimal.com, so I’ve put together a List of Monarch Butterflies to help you identify them, especially if you’re helping in the American National Monarch Count (see SouthWest Monarch website for more info, and visit the Pacific Northwest’s Facebook Page).