#lentigo

[amber-tortoiseshell]

What is lentigo? I saw a TikTok yesterday of an orange/red tabby growing black hairs all down it's back and one comment said it was lentigo and it's common in orange cats. This cat is male btw and I can send the link to the video if you want

Lentigo is exactly that: orange-based or partly orange-based (tortie) cats having small black spots developped after their first year, most commonly on their noses, but i think every body part is possible.

I wrote about it more here.

[rysgil]

Toulouse in the Afternoon Sun

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I am proud to present...

New lentigo spot just dropped. Check out her tiny nose dot!

18 years old and still more calico all the time.

[pabuthefirecat]

Freckles

Pabu: Why are there spots on Pabu’s nose now?  Lookit!

I looked it up!  It’s a genetic condition called lentigo simplex.  It’s harmless, like freckles, and they usually only appear on the noses of orange cats like you!

Pabu: Oh okay.  Pabu nose now.

[amber-tortoiseshell]

am not done reading it but this paper on SIB fur colors mentions lentigo as a trait of solid red cats!

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12941195/

Siberian cats are characterized by a high level of genetic variability, which is also reflected in a wide range of colour variations. Knowle

Huh, i've never heard that claim before! Makes a certain sense tho, as both of these are eumelanin overproduction

[rysgil]

[rysgil]

How am I supposed to focus on work under these conditions?

[rysgil]

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