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Encyclopedia > Tortoiseshell

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Tortoiseshell cat - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (397 words)
Tortoiseshell is a coloring found in cats caused by a combination of specific genetic traits.
Tortoiseshells and calicos are not specific breeds of cat.
In normal female tortoiseshell cats and in Klinefelter males, the position of the patches depends on which X-chromosome is active in each cell and which is inactivated to become a Barr body.
TORTOISESHELL - LoveToKnow Article on TORTOISESHELL (519 words)
The tortoiseshell of commerce consists of the epidermic plates covering the bony carapace of the hawksbill turtle, Chelonia imbricata, the smallest of the sea turtles.
The finest tortoiseshell is obtained from the Eastern Archipelago, particularly from the east coast of Celebes to New Guinea; but the creature is found and tortoiseshell obtained from all tropical coasts, large supplies coming from the West Indian Islands and Brazil.
Tortoiseshell is worked precisely as horn; but, owing to the high value of the material, care is taken to prevent any waste in its working.
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