There are several breeds of cats that offer
calico coats, my favorite being the Cornish Rex.
Splotches of three different colors make up
a calico coat, while two different colors make up a tortoiseshell coat.
She's an 8 year old, 12 pound, female, Domestic Medium Hair with
a Calico coat.
Not exact matches
As far as anybody knows, the genetically different tissues in a human chimera materialize as unpredictably as the orange, black, and white patches on the
coat of a
calico cat.
A fabulous 1960s Philip Reiner double breasted «
calico» pea
coat style, pieced mink jacket.
Many novice cat owners believe that the term
Calico is used to describe a breed, but it is actually a
coat color that can be found in many different breeds from the Sphynx to the Cornish Rex to the Munchkin.
Tuxedo, tabby, tortoiseshell, and
calico are just a few
coat types.
The most aggressive cats in all three settings were females with gray - and - white, black - and - white or orange
coats and
calico cats.
Persian cats silver, black,
calico and tabby, Persians have a wonderful range of
coat colors and types.
In both lengths, the
coat comes in many different colors, including various solids, tabbies, tortoiseshells and
calicos.
Calico cats with their gorgeous orange, black and white
coat patterns are very distinctive felines.
A male wirehaired kitten from the litter was crossed with a domestic
calico cat producing four kittens, two of which had the wiry
coat.
He mated with a straight -
coated calico female that produced a litter of kittens in the garden of cat fancier Beryl Cox.
The researchers concluded that there may be some truth in the contention that the almost exclusively female
calico tends to be hard to handle, but recognizes that while «
coat colors may be associated with aggressive behavior in the cat... the differences are relatively minor.»