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Ringtail is a marking that affects the top of the hips and near entire tail. Adding thick dark and light stripes like a lemur or Civet. The stripes can have a gradient of 1-3 colors and can fade out towards the underside of the tail.
Dark and Light Stripes must be visually distinct from chosen base color and not be too pale, light or faded.
(nRt) Single Allele and Double Allele
Ringtail's range does not change.
Edge:
Edges of Ringtail can be Soft, Blurred or Hard and may have Mapping on Dark Stripes.
Variation:
Ringtail can have a 1-3 color gradient, and can fade into the basecolor at the underside of the tail.
Ringtail can sit above or below most markings and underneath white marks.
Ringtail has both light and dark stripes, dark stripes may have mapping edges.
Ringtail can have fur texture.
Ringtail can use colors from the Natural Accents Slider as long as the color is natural to the coat, with dark stripes being 'darker' and light stripes 'lighter'.
The lighter stripe or base color can be soft or blended at the base of the tail.
Examples: (minis below are not suitable references for ranges. They depict edge varieties, possible color options and shapes. See chart above for acceptable ranges.)
Ringtail with faded undersides, 2 color gradient.
Hard Edge Ringtail with 2 color gradient.
Hard Edge Ringtail with 3 color gradient on black.
Real World Examples:
Tail on Ringtailed Cat, black and white.
Black and White tail of a Madagascar Lemur.
Coati tail, showing red and light stripes.