Varieties
Ticked
Blue Agouti (bl-ag)
A/A B/* C/* d/d P/*, or
A/a B/* C/* d/d P/*, or
A/A B/* C/* D/* ln/ln P/*, or
A/a B/* C/* D/* ln/ln P/*
"Blue agouti is like the normal agouti except the golden brown pigment is diluted into yellowish tinge and black pigment into blue. Undercolour deep slate. Belly and feet to match top. Eye black."
Breeding information below the pictures.
 | shs blue agouti buck, ab. 5 wks old. b., ow. & pic: Mari Siirilä (Click the pic for a larger image.) |
 | Same mouse as above. (Click the pic for a larger image.) |
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Quite a brown mouse for a blue agouti. Could have leaden, which doesn't cut down red pigment, unlike blue dilution d. SH Blue Agouti doe Hyacint |
Note: This article is old and waiting to be rewritten.
Quick Look
Blue agouti is genetically a agouti carrying the diluting blue factor. It was created by mating agouti to blue and the resulting agouti mice back to a Blue or mated together. Further breeding is blue agouti to another. As an outcross either blue or agouti depending on the colour of the blue agouti mice.