tortoiseshell cat
Americannoun
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Scanning a database of 188 cat genomes, Barsh’s team found every single orange, calico, and tortoiseshell cat had the exact same mutation.
From Science Magazine ● Nov. 27, 2024
The 67-year-old Amanda, Ohio, resident then does the same for her 5-year-old dilute tortoiseshell cat, Lola-Pearl, who is missing her left hind leg.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 20, 2023
Little Bit, a recently departed tortoiseshell cat, was similarly obsessed — but with socks.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 30, 2022
The diminutive photographer with mischievous eyes and quick wit reigns, in the low light of a room where her tortoiseshell cat paces, as if owning the place, before settling on her sandal.
From Time ● Jun. 14, 2016
A half-grown tortoiseshell cat leaped from the bunkhouse porch, galloped on stiff legs across the road, whirled and galloped back again.
From "The Red Pony" by John Steinbeck
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