Orange Tabbies are not a Breed
Tabby refers to a color pattern that can be present in many breeds. Therefore, tabby cats are not a breed.
The name tabby comes from a type of striped silk, the Attabi, from Attabiah in the Middle East. As soon as this fabric silk arrived in Great Britain, people began to call their orange cats, “tabi” due to the similarity in the pattern to the coat of these cats with the silk.