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Weigel, I.
The coat pattern of the wild and domestic cat species in comparative and phylogenetic terms
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The colour of mammalian hair is mainly determined by two pigments, eumelanie and pheomelanie. Eumelanie produces blackish brown to dark brown tones, phaeomelanie reddish brown to cream.

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