Ghost drawing
As ghostmarkings ( English ghost markings ) is in monochrome - that drawing free - animals (eg. Domestic cat or panther ), the translucence of the genetically existing drawing ( fur pattern ), respectively.
The ghost drawing often appears in young animals and often disappears with age. Most of the time, the ghost drawing is clearly visible under direct sunlight.
Especially in cats that are genetically monochrome red, the ghost markings can often be seen so clearly that they are wrongly referred to as " tabby ".
A monochrome animal lacks the "tabby glasses" (light border around the eyes) and it lacks the light border around the ear. In addition, the chin area of monochrome animals is matched to the body color, while it is significantly lighter (to white) in animals with drawing.
literature
- Dagmar Thies: Breeding pedigree cats . Kosmos Verlag, ISBN 3-440-10128-2 .
- A. Turner: The big cats and their fossil relatives . Columbia University Press, 1997, ISBN 0-231-10229-1 .