Orange Cats Male Female Ratio

Morris the famous Nine Lives cat food mascot was a typical male ginger cat and most though not all gingers encountered in homes.

Orange cats male female ratio. If black and orange are co-dominant on the X-chromosome shouldnt the ratio be the same for orange cats as for black cats. In the cat the gene for the orange color is located on the X chromosome and is recessive. In fact there are 80 males to every 20 females.

The reason for this comes down to the genetic makeup of orange tabby cats. Have many great adventures with your own striped tiger when you name your orange cat. Female cats however have two X chromosomes and may have both the orange allele and the non-orange allele thats why its extremely rare to find a male tortoiseshell or calico cat.

Calico and tortoiseshell cats however are almost always female. The female cat therefore can have the orange mutant gene on one X chromosome and the gene for a black coat on the other. Black coated female male Orange coated female male Tortoiseshell intermingled black and orange in fur in female cats only Parent cats Black X Orange male female xo Non-red black XoXoX0Y xo Red 1.

An interesting fact about ginger or orange cats is that in most cases they are males. Males usually only have one set of the chromosome so in the rare instance when a tom cat has two of them he too can enjoy a beautiful calico coat. Female orange tabby cats arent uncommon.

The rarer orange female tabbies tend to be sassy but that is anecdotal. The ginger gene which produces the orange colour is on the X chromosome. At least 80 of orange tabby cats are male while only 20 are females since to be one females need two copies of the X chromosomes as opposed to males that only need one chromosome.

We have many female orange tabby cats in my practice. Approximately 20 percent of orange tabby cats are female. There is no monetary value per se associated with a female orange tabby cat.