Marked Colors
Brindled
Brindle mice will be colored like brindle dogs or tigers with dark tiger-striping from the head to the tail tip and to a lesser extent on the belly. Background should be Fawn, Red, White, or a pale gray. The stripes to be a recognized color.
Eye color to match that of the striping color.
Genotype: Mobr/- (sex-linked), or Avy/* (striping on red background), or Ahvy/* (striping on red background), or am/am (striping on black background)
Eye color to match that of the striping color.
Genotype: Mobr/- (sex-linked), or Avy/* (striping on red background), or Ahvy/* (striping on red background), or am/am (striping on black background)
Merle
Merle mice may be shown in any recognized color. The unique feature is a pattern of dark solid-colored patches which should be well defined and distributed evenly throughout the entire lighter roan background color, so as to create a marbled effect and resemble a merle dog.
Eye color to match base color.
Genotype:
Eye color to match base color.
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Roan
Roan mice may be shown in any recognized color. The hair is a mixing of white, tipped white, and any other color evenly distributed similar to Roan horses, but not to be confused with silvered animals.
Eye color is to match the base color.
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Eye color is to match the base color.
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Splashed
There are 2 recognized patterns of, namely Classic and Light. The most common color (Classic) to be a light gray background with black splashes throughout the coat. Other recognized color combinations accepted. Minimal white spotting allowed. Color not to be confused with Variegated, Roan, or Merle.
Eye color to be ruby or black; odd-eye accepted.
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Eye color to be ruby or black; odd-eye accepted.
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Variegated
Variegated mice may be shown in any recognized color, splashed on a white background, and free from any solid, clear-cut markings. The colored markings should be small and numerous, ragged in outline but approximately equal in size and well distributed over the body. Typically, there are white areas giving the appearance of a head spot.
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