Tortoiseshell cat

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Tortoiseshell is a coat colouration in domestic cats named for its similarity to tortoiseshell pattern. The coats of tortoiseshell cats, or torties for short, are two colours other than white in an asymmetrical distribution, either closely mixed ('brindled') or in larger patches.

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