Karine Aigner / Tabby cat playing with fish toy at Kawaramati Cat Cafe Kyoto, Japan.

Jane Burton / British Shorthair kittens, Benedict, ginger, and Joan, silver tabby.

Mark Taylor / Tabby kitten, Picasso, age 3 months, sleeping on a fluffy rug.

Mark Taylor / Tabby kitten, 6 weeks, standing on hind legs.

Mark Taylor / Tabby kitten, 6 weeks, lying with head up and raised paw.

Mark Taylor / Tabby kitten, 6 weeks, standing.

Mark Taylor / Tabby-and-white Siberian-cross mother cat carrying her tabby kitten, 4 weeks.

Mark Taylor / Tabby cats, Picasso and Smudge, age 3 months, together. Smudge with his paws up on Picasso.

Mark Taylor / Tabby kitten, Picasso, 8 weeks, with raised paw.

Mark Taylor / Silver tabby kitten, Loki, age 3 months, sitting up with paws outstretched.

Aflo / Stray cats, on black and one tabby, peering out of hole in rusty corrugated iron. Chiyoboinari Shrine, Kaizu, Japan.

Mark Taylor / Playful tabby male kitten, age 10 weeks.