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    Tortoiseshell is a cat coat coloring named for its similarity to tortoiseshell pattern. Like tortoiseshell-and-white or calico cats, tortoiseshell cats...
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    female except under rare genetic conditions. A calico cat is not to be confused with a tortoiseshell, who has a black undercoat and a mostly mottled coat...
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    is a cat with calico or tortoiseshell markings combined with patches of tabby coat (such cats are called caliby and torbie, respectively, in cat fancy)...
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    results in a tortoiseshell cat, in which some parts of the fur are orange and others areas non-orange. One in three thousand tortoiseshell cats are male,...
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    suitable. The distinctive patterning is referred to in names such as the tortoiseshell cat, several breeds of guinea pig, and the common names of several species...
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    The cat (Felis catus), commonly referred to as the domestic cat or house cat, is a small domesticated carnivorous mammal. It is the only domesticated species...
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  • Mercury paid tribute to Delilah, a female tortoiseshell cat, on the Queen album, Innuendo. Arcturus, the tallest cat (20.1 inches). Colonel Meow, a Himalayan-Persian...
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  • Venus, known as Venus the Two-Faced Cat (born July 6, 2009), is an American tortoiseshell cat whose face is half black and half red tabby. In addition...
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  • the oldest cats in the world, verified or not, listed by reported age, all of whom have attained the minimum age of 25 years. Aging in cats depends on...
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    turned up in Liverpool, England, but had shed its wings. In 1897, a tortoiseshell cat with pheasant-like wings projecting from each side of its 4th ribs...
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    as the tortoiseshell pattern on a base of brown, chocolate, blue or lilac. In the USA, chocolate ("champagne"), blue, and lilac ("platinum") cats were first...
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    "social ladders," where a dominant cat is leading a few lesser cats. This is common in multi-cat households. Cats can use a range of communication methods...
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    Brindle (section Cats)
    (KB) and other cells express a different allele (ky), a little like tortoiseshell cats. This makes it very difficult to test for, and there are currently...
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    with tortoiseshell coats, these are known as tricolor cats, tortoiseshell-and-white cats, or calico cats (US English). Tortoiseshell-and-white cats can...
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    under the Balinese cat in CFA, and thus referring to all lynx (tabby), tortoiseshell and other point colourations in Balinese cats as Javanese. Well into...
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    American Cat Fanciers' Association had meanwhile officially classified Siamese with the newer red and cream as well as lynx (tabby) and tortoiseshell (or "tortie")...
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    A cat café is a theme café whose attraction is cats who can be watched and played with. Patrons pay a cover fee, generally hourly, and thus cat cafés...
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    Cat-scratch disease (CSD) or felinosis is an infectious disease that most often results from a scratch or bite of a cat. Symptoms typically include a...
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    in the breed, such as tabby, solid, tortoiseshell, and bicolour. However, the most common colour in the Siberian cat breed is black (brown) mackerel tabby...
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  • sea turtle. Tortoiseshell or tortoise shell may also refer to: Turtle shell, the shell of a turtle or tortoise Tortoiseshell cat, a cat coat coloring...
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    Maine Coon (redirect from Maine Coon cat)
    black tortoiseshell and white male Red tabby kitten with large paws 8-month-old cream silver tabby Red blotched tabby Cats portal List of cat breeds...
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    Ragdoll (redirect from Ragdoll cat)
    corresponding 'dilutes': blue, lilac, and cream. There also are the lynx and tortoiseshell variations in all colors and the three patterns. Ragdoll kittens are...
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    featuring a Persian Tabby kitten The book of the cat (Plate 6) featuring a tortoiseshell and calico Persian cat Ibrahim, Alaa; Nomeir, Ahmed; Emara, Doaa; El...
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  • Domestic long-haireds come in all genetically possible cat colors including tabby, tortoiseshell, bicolor cat, and smoke. Domestic long-haireds can have fur that...
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    as cats (felids) in the United States. These include domestic cat (both house cats and feral), of the species Felis catus; medium-sized wild cats from...
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    colouration. Additionally, the FIFe recognises the colours in tortoiseshell, tabby, and tortoiseshell-tabby coat patterns. TICA recognises all pointed colours...
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    allowed in the tortoiseshell and tabby patterns, and additionally the three colorpoint patterns. Similar to the GCCF, The International Cat Association (TICA)...
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    The Manx cat (/ˈmæŋks/, in earlier times often spelled Manks) is a breed of domestic cat (Felis catus) originating on the Isle of Man, with a mutation...
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  • Orlando and the Water Cats (1972). Orlando's family consist of his wife Grace, and three kittens: Blanche (white), Pansy (tortoiseshell) and Tinkle (black)...
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    as tortoiseshell (or "tortie" for short) in non-pedigreed cats by CFA, and this alternative term is used by GCCF and organizations for pedigreed cats as...
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