United Pet Club

Cat pattern

Calico

Tortoiseshell with white, the colours in distinct patches; in goldfish a mix of red, black, blue and white on translucent scales.

41 Cat breeds list Calico. It is in a club standard for 40 breeds. At least one club disqualifies it in 1 breed.

Breeds whose standards accept Calico

BreedTICACFAFIFEGCCFCCA
American BobtailStandard (“Tortie and White”)No rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo ruling
American CurlStandard (“Tortie and White”)Standard (“Calico”)Standard (“tortie with white”)No rulingNo ruling
American ShorthairStandard (“Tortie and White”)Standard (“Calico”)No rulingNo rulingNo ruling
American WirehairStandard (“Tortie and White”)Standard (“Calico”)No rulingNo rulingNo ruling
BalineseStandard (“Tortie and White”)No rulingStandard (“tortie with white”)No rulingNo ruling
British LonghairStandard (“Tortie and White”)No rulingStandard (“tortie with white”)Standard (“Tortie & White”)No ruling
British ShorthairStandard (“Tortie and White”)Standard (“Calico”)Standard (“tortie with white”)Standard (“Tri-colour”)No ruling
Cornish RexStandard (“Tortie and White”)Standard (“Calico”)Standard (“tortie with white”)No rulingNo ruling
CymricStandard (“Tortie and White”)Standard (“Calico”)No rulingNo rulingNo ruling
Devon RexStandard (“Tortie and White”)Standard (“Calico”)Standard (“tortie with white”)No rulingNo ruling
DonskoyStandard (“Tortie and White”)No rulingStandard (“tortie with white”)No rulingNo ruling
DonskoySkin and scalesNo rulingNo rulingStandard (“tortie with white”)No rulingNo ruling
European ShorthairNo rulingNo rulingStandard (“tortie with white”)No rulingNo ruling
Exotic ShorthairStandard (“Tortie and White”)Standard (“Calico”)Standard (“tortie with white”)Standard (“Tortie & White”)No ruling
FoldexNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingStandard (“Calico”)
German RexNo rulingNo rulingStandard (“tortie with white”)No rulingNo ruling
HimalayanStandard (“Tortie and White”)No rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo ruling
Japanese BobtailStandard (“Tortie and White”)Standard (“Mi-ke”)Standard (“tortie with white”)No rulingNo ruling
Kurilian BobtailStandard (“Tortie and White”)No rulingStandard (“tortie with white”)No rulingNo ruling
LaPermNo rulingStandard (“Calico”)Standard (“tortie with white”)No rulingNo ruling
LykoiNo rulingNo rulingStandard (“tortie with white”)No rulingNo ruling
Maine CoonNo rulingStandard (“Calico”)Standard (“tortie with white”)Standard (“Tortoiseshell and white”)No ruling
ManxNo rulingStandard (“Calico”)No rulingNo rulingNo ruling
Norwegian Forest CatNo rulingStandard (“Calico”)Standard (“tortie with white”)No rulingNo ruling
Oriental BicolorNo rulingStandard (“Calico”)Standard (“tortie with white”)Standard (“Tortie & White”)No ruling
Oriental LonghairNo rulingStandard (“Calico”)Standard (“tortie with white”)No rulingNo ruling
Oriental ShorthairNo rulingStandard (“Calico”)Standard (“tortie with white”)No rulingNo ruling
Persian (modern)No rulingStandard (“Calico”)Standard (“tortie with white”)Standard (“Tortie & White”)No ruling
PeterbaldNo rulingNo rulingStandard (“tortie with white”)No rulingNo ruling
PeterbaldSkin and scalesNo rulingNo rulingStandard (“tortie with white”)No rulingNo ruling
Ragamuffin ( Liebling)No rulingStandard (“Calico”)No rulingNo rulingNo ruling
RagdollNo rulingNo rulingStandard (“tortie with white”)No rulingNo ruling
Scottish FoldNo rulingStandard (“Calico”)No rulingNo rulingNo ruling
Selkirk RexNo rulingStandard (“Calico”)Standard (“tortie with white”)No rulingNo ruling
Siamese (modern)No rulingNo rulingStandard (“tortie with white”)No rulingNo ruling
Siberian ( Siberian Forest, Neva Masquerade [colorpoint variety])No rulingStandard (“Calico”)Standard (“tortie with white”)No rulingNo ruling
SnowshoeStandard (“Tortie Point/white”)No rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo ruling
SphynxSkin and scalesNo rulingStandard (“Calico”)Standard (“tortie with white”)No rulingNo ruling
Turkish AngoraNo rulingStandard (“Calico”)Standard (“tortie with white”)No rulingNo ruling
Turkish VanStandard (“Tortie/white”)Standard (“Tortoiseshell & White”)Standard (“tortie with white”)No rulingNo ruling

Breeds where Calico is disqualified or not accepted

BreedTICA
OcicatDisqualifying (“phaeomelanistic color”)
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