He aha nā kala o nā pōpoki

ʻOkoʻa nā pōpoki home mai nā lālā ʻē aʻe o ka ʻohana pōpoki ma nā ʻano kala like ʻole. ʻElua wale nō puaʻa i komo i ka hoʻokumu ʻana o ke kala: ʻeleʻele a me ka melemele (i ke ola o kēlā me kēia lā ua kapa ʻia ʻo ia he ʻulaʻula). ʻO ke kala keʻokeʻo o ke kapa ma muli o ka nele o kekahi puaʻa.

Pehea ia hana

I loko o kekahi mau genes kuleana no ka waihoʻoluʻu, hiki ke hoʻohui ʻia ʻelua genes mana, ʻelua mau genes recessive, a i ʻole ka hui pū ʻana o ia mau mea ʻelua. ʻO nā genes "ʻeleʻele" a me "keʻokeʻo" ka mea nui, "ʻulaʻula" - recessive. ʻOiai ʻo ia i loko o nā hui like ʻole he ʻeono wale nō pālua, paʻakikī ke kūlana ma ke ʻano o nā kala derivative.

Hoʻokumu ʻia kahi waihoʻoluʻu maʻemaʻe e nā ʻāpana puaʻa poepoe i puʻunaue like ʻia. Hiki ke hui pū ʻia ka nui o ka puaʻa i loko o nā mokupuni a i hoʻemi ʻia ma muli o ke ʻano elongated o nā ʻāpana. I ka hihia mua, loaʻa kahi kala uliuli mai kahi puaʻa ʻeleʻele, a me kahi kala kala mai kahi ʻulaʻula. ʻO ka lua o ka koho he maʻamau wale nō no ka puaʻa ʻeleʻele a hāʻawi i kahi kala kokoleka.. Hoʻonui nā kala i loaʻa (diluted) i ka hoʻonohonoho o nā ʻano like ʻole. 

Akā ʻaʻole ʻo ia wale nō! Ma waho aʻe o ka dilution kala, aia kekahi mau hopena i hoʻoholo ʻia ma ke ʻano genetically (mutations). ʻO kekahi o lākou he agouti, no ka mea i hoʻoluʻu ʻia ka hulu hipa me nā ʻōpala. Hoʻokahi wale nō pigment i komo i kēia - ʻeleʻele. Hoʻokumu ʻia nā kaha ʻeleʻele a māmā e nā nui a me nā ʻano puaʻa like ʻole ma ka lauoho hoʻokahi. ʻO ka hopena, hiki ke hoʻokumu ʻia nā kaha ʻeleʻele, apricot a i ʻole melemele-sani. A ʻoiai ma ka mōʻaukala ua kapa ʻia ka waihoʻoluʻu agouti he melemele-striped, ua hana ʻia ia e ka puaʻa ʻeleʻele wale nō..

ʻO ka hopena, ʻaʻole ʻike hou nā felinologists i ʻekolu mau ʻano, akā nā hui holoʻokoʻa o nā kala. Aia i loko o kēlā me kēia o lākou nā ʻano like ʻole e pili ana i ka hui ʻana a me ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā pigments. A inā ʻoe e ʻaʻa i kahi pōpoki a me kahi pōpoki no nā hui like ʻole, hiki i kahi loea loea me ka ʻike nui ke wānana i ka hopena. I ka hopena o ke kenekulia iwakālua, ua ʻike ʻia ma mua o 200 mau kala pōpoki, ʻaʻole kēia ka palena.

Nā inoa kala popoki

ʻO kēia mau pūʻulu kala ʻehiku e like me nā memo mele ʻehiku, kahi e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke hana i kahi symphony holoʻokoʻa.

1. Paʻa. Ma kēlā me kēia lauoho, ua like ke ʻano o ka puaʻa a ua puʻunaue like ʻia ma ka lōʻihi holoʻokoʻa.

2. Kahaʻoniʻoni (agouti). Hoʻokumu ʻia nā ʻōpala e ka puʻunaue like ʻole o nā ʻāpana o nā ʻano like ʻole, akā o ka puaʻa like.

3. Hoʻohālike (tabby). ʻO ka hui pū ʻana o nā puaʻa like ʻole e hana i kahi kala brindle, marble a leopadi paha.

4. Kālā kala. Hoʻopaʻa ʻia ka ʻike kiʻekiʻe o ka puaʻa ma ka ʻaoʻao o luna o ka lauoho.

5. Siamese. He leo māmā ko ke kino holoʻokoʻa, a he pōʻeleʻele kona puka waho.

6. ʻili honu. Aia ma ke kino he mau kiko ʻeleʻele a ʻulaʻula.

7. ʻElua kala. ʻO kekahi o nā kala mua i hui pū ʻia me nā kiko keʻokeʻo.

Inā ʻoe e nānā pono i kēia papa inoa, ʻike maopopo ʻia nā pōpoki tricolor no nā bicolors, pono e kapa ʻia he tricolors. He kakaikahi lākou a ma nā moʻomeheu he nui i manaʻo ʻia e lawe mai i ka hauʻoli a me ka pōmaikaʻi. Akā inā makemake ʻoe i kāu pipi, a laila ʻaʻole e haʻalele ka laki iā ʻoe me ka nānā ʻole i kona kala.