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coat color

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coat color
the overall or main color of the animal. If the points are distinctively colored that is also noted, e.g. black with white points.

cat coat color
besides the conventional black, white, gray, orange, there are blue, lilac, seal (2), chocolate, tortoiseshell (tortie), bicolor, chinchilla cat, smoke, cameo, pewter.
dog coat color
besides the conventional black, brown, white, gray, there are badger (1), belton, blanket, blue, brindle, deadgrass, dapple, grizzle, harlequin, merle, roan, liver (2), pied, sable (1), saddle (2), ticking, tricolor, wheaten.
horse coat color


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French Bulldogs with a lighter coat color and lighter colored eyes, are also acceptable.
Researchers and veterinarians also collected photos and information on weight, age, coat color and body measurements and sent blood samples for analysis to the Canine DNA Bank at the Baker Institute for Animal Health, part of Cornell's College of Veterinary Medicine, which maintains a growing DNA archive of dogs worldwide.
For example, the protein responsible for the coat color difference has been implicated, in humans, in inflammation and infection, and therefore might give black animals an advantage that is distinct from its effect on pigmentation," Barsh said.
 
 
 
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