Cat coats are made up of four types of hair, however, not every cat will have all four types. Guard hair is long, coarse, and sits on the outer coat to ... the fascinating Abyssinian cat, American ...

This is a remnant of the feral ancestry of the cat and fine camouflage ... typical of cats like the Abyssinian. The ticked tabby coat is not so bright but with a glossy coat that may be observed ...