The color rabicano is often confused with the modifier roan, but they are actually very different. Rabicano is a gene that causes roaning in a small area of the body, restricting the roaning section to just around the flanks.
The above horse has minimal rabicano, but the tail sort of gives it away.
Interestingly, rabicano horses usually have very peculiar tails. They are sometimes called 'skunk' or 'coon' tails. The pictures are sort of self-explanatory. The word rabicano is Spanish, 'rabo' meaning tail and 'cano' meaning white. Thus, 'white tail'.
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