Tortoiseshell Cats

Week of November 22, 2020 - Tortoiseshell Cats!

• Tortoiseshell cats are more likely to be female than male. One in three thousand of torties are male! Wow!

• President Ronald Reagan had one.

• You probably know them as "calico cats".

• Tortoiseshells are not a breed! They are named for their fur coloring and can appear in these breeds: American Shorthair, British Shorthair, Persian, Cornish Rex, Ragamuffin, and Maine Coons.

• There are two types of tortoiseshell: Mosaic and Chimera.

• They can also be classified as bridled or patched.

• Wait, there's more! There are more kinds: torbies and calicos.