Cat Terms Test Part 1

Hybrid

A cat produced from breeding cats of different breeds.

Purebred

A cat whose ancestors are of the same variety or allowable varieties.

Bicolor

A cat's fur consisting of white hair mixed with one other color.

Cat Fancy

A collective term used to cover the hobby involving the appreciation, promotion, and/or breeding of cats.

Breed

A group of cats with a related ancestry and similar characteristics.

Tomcat

A male cat that has not been neutered.

Cat

A member of the family Felidae.

Cattery

A place where cats are bred and/or boarded.

Queen

An unspayed female cat of breeding age.

Feline

Belonging to the cat family, which includes jungle cats, wild and domestic cats.

Points

Markings such as a Siamese cat has where the ears, face, legs, feet, and tail are a different color than the body color.

Feral

Tame cats that have reverted back to the wild state.

Agouti

The sandy color located between the black stripes of a tabby.

Calling

The yowling sounds a female cat in heat often makes.

Tabby

These markings on a cat are striped, spotted, or blotched.

Pedigree

This document contains the first three to five generations of a cat's predecessors. It includes the known names, titles, colors, and registration numbers of these cats.

Ghost Markings

This faint tabby pattern seen in young kittens usually disappears as the kitten becomes older.

Calico

This is a tortoiseshell and white haired cat, almost always a female.

Kitten

This is a young cat, usually under 15 months of age.

Tortoiseshell

Usually females, these cats have a black and orange coat color. The coat results from a linkage of dominant and recessive orange genes, both carried by the female chromosomes.