Long haired tortie or calico??

[kateecakes]

I was told she was a Tortoiseshell, but she has quiet a bit of while on her stomach/neck, from what I understand, torties don't have a lot of white? But yeah I have no idea. I don't know what the difference is between the two?
Just wanting to know for my own curiosity
Thanks!

 

[Furballsmom]

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[StefanZ]

I would call your prettie for tortie with white. Perhaps even, tortie with white in the tuxedo pattern.

I have been learned, calicos have the color field separated,

But we see on yours, the colors on the body are intermingled / intertwined; black and red... Even if in places, the colors are separated...

Genetically she is a tricolored, and carries the same genes as a calico...
So this is a more or less clumsy try to describe them...

 

[Zara12345]

I was told she was a Tortoiseshell, but she has quiet a bit of while on her stomach/neck, from what I understand, torties don't have a lot of white? But yeah I have no idea. I don't know what the difference is between the two?
Just wanting to know for my own curiosity
Thanks!

Hi! She's considered a black tortie with white. A calico is a tortie with more white than tortie colours so if a cat is more than 50 to 60 percent white she would be considered a calico. Opinions differ in different cat registries but this is the general rule for a calico.

 

[Smarl]

Just some reference:

This is my tortie(tabby)bicolor girl:

Her black and red patches are smaller and more mixed and blended together.

And this is my calico girlie:

Her black/red areas are bigger and with no blending.

 

[kateecakes]

Just some reference:

This is my tortie(tabby)bicolor girl:

View attachment 447187Her black and red patches are smaller and more mixed and blended together.

And this is my calico girlie:

View attachment 447188

Her black/red areas are bigger and with no blending.

Such cute babies! Thank you!

 

[Meowmee]

Your pretty cat looks more tortie to me, mottled pattern, the other cat in the lampshade, so cute, is a calico. I was told many times, torties have a mottled pattern and only red and black, and calicos have white and have large patches, like my Sybil, profile pic. However if the cat has mostly black and red and only little white and is mottled I call them a tortie. In your cat's case I would say tortie with white.