Bicolor cat: Difference between revisions

 

=== Van pattern ===

Van-patterned cats are bicolor cats,<ref name="FIFe">{{Cite web |last=Fédération Internationale Féline |author-link=Fédération Internationale Féline |date=2023-01-01 |title=Colour varieties with white |url=http://www1.fifeweb.org/dnld/std/GEN-WWHITE.pdf |access-date=2023-08-06 |language=en-UK}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=World Cat Federation |author-link=World Cat Federation |date=2021-06-28 |title=Glossary of terms - wcf en |url=https://wcf.de/en/glossary-of-terms/ |access-date=2023-08-06 |language=en-UK}}</ref> that are mostly white (generally more than 75% white), with color around the ears, separated by a white blaze, and on the tail.<ref name="FIFe" /> They may have small (roughly coin sized) colored spots on and around their spine. The presence of multiple, conjoined, or larger spots on the body and/or an extended head spot that reaches the face indicates the harlequin pattern. The term ''Van pattern'' comes from the [[Turkish Van]] (named after [[Lake Van]]), which is a Van-patterned bicolor breed. The Van pattern is known to animal geneticists as the [[Seychelles]] (Seychellois) pattern and is classified into three variants:<ref>{{cite web |title=Seychellois |url=http://www.breedlist.com/seychellois-breeders.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140704092221/http://www.breedlist.com/seychellois-breeders.html |archive-date=4 July 2014 |access-date=5 August 2007 |publisher=Fanciers Breeder Referral List}}</ref>

* ''Seychellois Neuvieme'' is white with colored tail and head splashes (classic Turkish Van pattern)