Brindle
Rare vertical stripes or streaks of colour over the body.
What does this colour look like?
Irregular vertical stripes/streaks of darker hair (sometimes a texture difference) over the body. Very rare and with several causes.
- Body
- vertical stripes/streaks
How does this colour arise?
Brindle gives rare vertical stripes. There is not one single cause.
More about the genetics
Brindle is rare and heterogeneous: some cases are heritable (incl. a brindle texture variant), others arise from chimerism (two fused embryos). Present only with this nuance.
What is this colour often confused with?
- Dun
You recognise a dun by the dorsal stripe along the back and the primitive markings.
Discover more
Sources: UC Davis Veterinary Genetics Laboratory · Sponenberg, D.P. & Bellone, R.R. (Wiley-Blackwell). The source lists this as still to be verified; provisional.