What is the name given to a cat of a certain colour pattern which inevitably includes black, white, and ginger, which can only really be given to a female cat due to a genetic pattern?

roroco

calico May 13 06, 5:59 PM

lanfranco

In the U.S., we do call a cat with this coloring a "calico," but in the U.K., the term is apparently "tortoiseshell and white." Over 90% of such cats are female. My own and much-lamented Iolanthe, who lived to be 18, was a calico cat: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calico_cat May 13 06, 6:06 PM

Sabine06

...or 'tortoiseshell and white'. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tortoiseshell_cat May 13 06, 6:11 PM

Sabine06

Oops...that was a very slow snap. May 13 06, 6:12 PM

Baloo55th

Can be called calico in the UK. I had one. May 14 06, 6:25 AM

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