Long Hair Calico Cat

The calico cat is most commonly thought of as being typically 25 to 75 white with large orange and black patches or sometimes cream and grey patches.

Long hair calico cat. Calicos are a weird wonder of nature genetically speaking. Their genetics for example have been the topic of in depth scientific studies starting way back in the 1940s. Three distinct colors must be present for a cat to be considered a calico.

The word calico refers to tricolored nature of the fur found on these cats. Calico cats and kittens are well known for their gorgeous tricolored coats in hues of orange black and white. Jun 27 2019 explore shelley the beekeeper s daug s board long hair calico cats followed by 276 people on pinterest.

A calico cat is a domestic cat of any breed with a tri color coat. However the calico cat can have any three colors in its pattern. See more ideas about cats beautiful cats crazy cats.

Currently the cat fancier s association cfa recognizes a standard for a calico in several long haired breeds such as the maine coon norwegian forest exotic and siberian turkish angora. Calico colors can present in any breed of domestic cat long hair or short. Calico coloring can appear in virtually any breed of cat.

Since calico is a color and not a breed these cats may be large small long haired short haired and even hairless if the cat happens to be one of the breeds with any of these characteristics. Almost all calico cats are female. Japanese bobtail manx persian turkish angora and american shorthair to name a few.

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