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A short-haired black tortoiseshell cat. Tortoiseshell is a cat coat coloring named for its similarity to tortoiseshell pattern. Like tortoiseshell-and-white or calico cats, tortoiseshell cats are almost exclusively female.
Blue tortoiseshell and white (diluted calico) British Shorthair. With intermediate amounts of white, a cat may exhibit a calico pattern, a tortie pattern, or something in between, depending on other epigenetic factors. Blue tortoiseshell, or diluted calico, cats have a lighter coloration (blue/cream) and are sometimes called calimanco or ...
A calico cat Calico cat with diluted coloration Calico cat with tabby markings Calico cat with predominantly-black coloration. A calico cat is a domestic cat of any breed with a tri-color coat. The calico cat is most commonly thought of as being 25% to 75% white with large orange and black patches; however, they may have other colors in their ...
For decades, ginger, tortoiseshell, and calico cats have fascinated scientists. In most mammals, humans included, red hair is caused by mutations in a cell surface protein (Mc1r) that determines ...
Nine hundred days — it's been well over 900 days since a cat named Jordy came to The Cattery cat shelter in Corpus Christi, Texas. The dilute tortie is only 3 years old and has sadly spent most ...
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1 Toasted infobox about merging this article with Tortoiseshell. 1 comment. 2 Requested move. 4 comments. 3 Discovery 1960 or 1961? ... 10 Photography of dilute ...
Calico cats are not a breed of cat, but rather a particular coloration, defined as a cat with orange, black and white splotches on their coat. Calico cats are almost always female, due to the way ...