~ Genetics Guide ~
• Eye color can range from any shade of blue, green, yellow, amber, and brown, natural colors only.
• Nose color ranges from black, blue, liver, and pink. Color depends on genetics.
Genetic makeup: AA, BB, GG, PP, CC, MM, AxAx, WW, LL, XX, MuMu.
AA: Determines the Red coloration. Listed in order of gene dominance, AsAs, AsA, AsAl, AsAb, AA, AAl, AAb, AlAl, AlAb, AbAb.
- AsAs- Smokey Red
- AsA- Dark Red
- AsAl/AsAb/AA- Standard Red
- AAl/AAb- Light Red
- AlAl/AlAb- Blonde Red
- AbAb- Sandy Red
BB: Cross/Silver gene, determines the amount of black in the coat.
- BB/Bb/Bbs- Standard
- bb/bbs- Cross
- bsbs- Silver.
GG: Burgundy gene, changes blacks in coat to brown.
- GG/Gg- Standard
- gg- Burgundy
PP: Pearl gene, changes blacks in coat to grey.
- PP/Pp- Standard
- pp- Pearl
CC: Albino gene, due to lack of melanin the coat turns a white color.
- CC- Standard
- Ccs- Leucistic
- cscs- Albino
MM: Melanistic gene, due to an increase of melanin the coat turns a black color. Not to be mistaken for Silver.
- MM/Mm- Standard
- mm- Melanistic
AxAx: Axanthic gene, due to an abnormal distribution of melanin, this gene causes a lack of pigmentation turning the coat to greyscale colors. While the coat still expresses different shades and patterns, the colors are as if in a black & white filter.
- AxAx/Axax- Standard
- axax- Axanthic coat.
WW: White spotting gene, similar to cats and dogs, adds white patterns to the coat. While Standard foxes do exhibit a white belly, cheeks and tail, White Spotting adds more white to the coat.
- WW/Ww/Wpw/Wbw- Standard
- ww/wpw/wbw- White spotting, less than 25% white on coat
- pwpw/pwbw- Platinum, 25-50% of white on coat
- bwbw- Piebald, 50-100% of white on coat
LL: fur length gene.
- LL/Ll/Llc- Standard
- ll/llc- Long fur
- lclc- curly fur
XX: Giantism gene. While Standard foxes are slightly larger than the average cat, with the giantism gene they can range from the height of a small dog to a large dog.
- XX- Standard
- Xx- Giantism
- xx- Extreme Giantism
MuMu: Munchkin gene. The opposite of Giantism, this gene makes foxes smaller, mostly by shortening their legs. This makes their size smaller than the average cat.
- MuMu/Mumu- Standard
- mumu- Munchkin
Non-geneome markings, these markings are not genetic and can occur randomly. They will be listed at the end of a genome like so, "AA, BB GG, PP, CC, MM, AxAx, WW, LL, XX, MuMu +marking."
Non-genome genes:
- Flecking- white spots to the coat, similar to birdcatcher spots in horses
- Chimerism- when two embryos merge into one child, merging them. This results in a two different colored child. Having the primary coat, with patches of the secondary coat. Never found in the wild, only through breeding
- Heterochomia- two different colored eyes. Commonly seen with Piebald, and Chimerism
- Brindle- a type of chimerism that causes striping. Not like the gene in dogs, more like the gene in horses. Never found in the wild, only through breeding
- Somatic Mutation- like in horses where a portion of the fox coat 'erases' their added genes and has patches of their standard coat.
- Blind- fox is blind in one or both eyes from birth. Not due to injury. Eyes will be cloudy.
- Deaf- fox is deaf from birth. Not due to injury.
Complete Standard fox genome
AA, BB, GG, PP, CC, MM, AxAx, WW, LL, XX, MuMu
- Color Guide -
(Colors can vary)