Black cat, Jersey City
📍 Jersey City Domestic Cat (Felis catus) A solid black coat comes from a recessive variant of the agouti gene (ASIP) that switches off the tabby banding on each hair, leaving the fur uniformly dark. Free-roaming and feral cats are year-round residents throughout Jersey City, often found near restaurants and waterfronts. Modeled range · iNaturalist · CC BY 4.0 Wikipedia | iNaturalist | Range map