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colorpoint
📅 Updated:2024-05-31
🕒 Created:2024-05-31
🆔 ID:60429
Description
Colorpoint is a form of partial albinism in cats that causes a pale body with darker extremities. This is caused by a heat-deactivated enzyme that leads color to be present mostly in the coldest parts of the body.
When this is combined with a tabby pattern, this is known as a lynx point.
Point coloration also exists in other species, but this is unrelated to heat-deactivated albinism.
Related tags
- birman_cat
- burmese_cat
- colorpoint_shorthair
- himalayan_cat
- javanese_cat
- ragdoll_cat
- siamese
- snowshoe_cat
- thai_cat
- tonkinese_cat
External links
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point_coloration#In_cats
