- The term agouti refers to animals with banded, or brindled, fur — each individual guard hair is not one solid color but instead has "stripes" of (usually) black, brown and white producing an animal which is not a solid color but appears speckled or brindled. Animals commonly displaying an agouti color phase are Mice and Rabbits .
- ---The agouti gene is responsible for the Bay coloring of horses. It acts on the black base coat (see Equine Coat Color Genetics ) to restrict the black only to the horse's ''points'' (mane, tail, lower legs).
- ---The agouti gene refers to the Specific Gene In A Cat which gives it a Tabby (striped) fur-coat pattern; see also Bicolor Cat .
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