Roan (horse)Roan is a horse coat color pattern characterized by an even mixture of colored and white hairs on the body. The roan pattern is dominantly inherited, and is found in many horse breeds. While the specific mutation responsible for roan has not been exactly identified, a DNA test can determine zygosity for roan in several breeds. The pattern is present at birth, though it may be hard to see until after the foal coat sheds out.
Bay (horse)Bay is a hair coat color of horses, characterized by a reddish-brown or brown body color with a black point coloration on the mane, tail, ear edges, and lower legs. Bay is one of the most common coat colors in many horse breeds. The black areas of a bay horse's hair coat are called "black points", and without them, a horse is not a bay horse. Black points may sometimes be covered by white markings; however such markings do not alter a horse's classification as "bay".
Dun geneThe dun gene is responsible for the coat color seen in wild equines, which was lost in most domestic horses. A dun horse has a lightened color over most of the body while leaving the points darker. Both red and black pigment are affected. A dun horse always has a dark dorsal stripe down the middle of its back, usually has a darker face and legs, and may have transverse striping across the shoulders or horizontal striping on the back of the forelegs.
Buckskin (horse)Buckskin is a colour of horse (sometimes misunderstood as a breed). Buckskins coloring is a hair coat color referring to a color that resembles certain shades of tanned deerskin. Similar colors in some breeds of dogs are also called buckskin. The horse has a tan or gold coat with black points (mane, tail, and lower legs). Buckskin occurs as a result of the creamdilution gene acting on a bay horse.
AcromelanismAcromelanism is a genetic condition that results in pigmentation being affected by temperature. Generally it creates a colourpoint pattern where the main body is light while the colder parts such as legs and ears are dark. It is commonly known for the colouration of Siamese, and other colourpoint cats, but can be found in many other species including dogs, rabbits, rats, mice, guinea pigs, minks, and gerbils.
Animal coatCoat is the nature and quality of a mammal's fur. In the animal fancy, coat is an attribute that reflects the quality of a specimen's breeding as well as the level of the animal's care, conditioning, and management. Coat is an integral aspect of the judging at competitions, such as a conformation dog show, a cat show, a horse show (especially showmanship classes), or a rabbit show.
Fancy ratThe fancy rat (Rattus norvegicus domestica) is the domesticated form of Rattus norvegicus, the brown rat, and the most common species of rat kept as a pet. The name fancy rat derives from the use of the adjective for a hobby, also seen in "animal fancy", a hobby involving the appreciation, promotion, or breeding of pet or domestic animals. The offspring of wild-caught brown rats, having become docile after having been bred for many generations, fall under the fancy type.
Guinea pigDomesticated rodent from South AmericaThe guinea pig (Cavia porcellus), also known as the domestic guinea pig, cavy or domestic cavy ( ), is a species of rodent. It belongs to the genus Cavia, family Caviidae, and its closest wild relatives include the montane guinea pig.
RabbitMammals of the family LeporidaeRabbits, or bunnies, are small mammals in the familyLeporidae (which also includes the hares), which is in the orderLagomorpha (which also includes pikas). They are familiar throughout the world as a small herbivore, a prey animal, a domesticated form of livestock, and a pet, having a widespread effect on ecologies and cultures. The most widespread rabbit genera are Oryctolagus and Sylvilagus.
DogThe dog (Canis familiaris or Canis lupus familiaris) is a domesticated descendant of wolves. Also called the domestic dog, it was selectively bred during the Late Pleistocene by hunter-gatherers. Dogs and the modern gray wolf share a common ancestor. Dogs were the first species to be domesticated over 14,000 years ago, before the development of agriculture, though genetic studies suggest the domestication process may have begun over 25,000 years ago.
CatSmall domesticated carnivorous mammalThe cat (Felis catus), also called domestic cat and house cat, is a small domesticated carnivorous mammal. It is a member of Felidae, the family of mammals in the orderCarnivora also colloquially referred to as cats. An obligate carnivore requiring a predominantly meat-based diet, it has retractable claws adapted to killing small prey species such as mice and rats.
Siamese catThe Siamese cat (Thai: แมวไทย, Maeo Thai; แมวสยาม, Maeo Sayam; แมววิเชียรมาศ, Maeo Wichien Maat) is one of the first distinctly recognised breeds of domestic cat. It is selectively bred since the end of the 19th-century from the Wichianmat landrace, one of several varieties of cats native to Thailand (known as Siam before 1939), and is pedigreed in all major cat fancier and breeder organisations.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.