Explore: Tortoiseshell Cats

Tortoiseshell is a cat coat coloring named for its similarity to tortoiseshell pattern. Like tortoiseshell-and-white or calico cats, tortoiseshell cats

patterns. Calico cats are almost exclusively female except under rare genetic conditions. A calico cat is not to be confused with a tortoiseshell, which has

Tortoiseshell or tortoise shell is a material produced from the shells of the larger species of tortoise and turtle, mainly the hawksbill sea turtle,

results in a tortoiseshell cat, in which some parts of the fur are orange and other areas non-orange. One in three thousand tortoiseshell cats are male,

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)

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

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

organised a cat show at the Crystal Palace, London. A pair of Siamese cats were on display that closely resembled modern American Burmese cats in build,

or silver as it ages. Brindled domestic cats are also known as tortoiseshell cats, and in some cases, tabby cats; they are almost exclusively female. Brindle

shown that domestic cats tend to meow much more than feral cats. They rarely meow to communicate with fellow cats or other animals. Cats can socialize with