Which Chat breeds come in Écaille de tortue?

Club breed standards describe Écaille de tortue for the Abyssin, American Bobtail, American Curl, American Shorthair, American Wirehair, Angora turc, Aphrodite Giant, Asian, Asian semi-longhair, Balinais, Bobtail des Kouriles et Bobtail japonais, and 39 more breeds.

Which breeds disqualify Écaille de tortue?

At least one club disqualifies Écaille de tortue in the Ocicat.

Chat pattern

Écaille de tortue

Black (or blue, chocolate) mixed or patched with red (or cream) with little or no white, almost always in female cats; in rabbits an orange coat shaded black at the extremities.

55 Chat breeds list Écaille de tortue. It is in a club standard for 53 breeds. At least one club disqualifies it in 1 breed.

Breeds whose standards accept Écaille de tortue

Breed	GCCF	TICA	CFA	FIFE	ACFA	CCA	WCF
Abyssin	Standard (“Tortie”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
American Bobtail	No ruling	Standard (“Tortoiseshell”)	Standard (“Tortoiseshell”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
American Curl	No ruling	Standard (“Tortoiseshell”)	Standard (“Tortoiseshell”)	Standard (“tortie”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
American Shorthair	No ruling	Standard (“Tortoiseshell”)	Standard (“Tortoiseshell”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
American Wirehair	No ruling	Standard (“Tortoiseshell”)	Standard (“Tortoiseshell”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Angora turc	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“Tortoiseshell”)	Standard (“tortie”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Aphrodite Giant	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“Tortoiseshell”)	No ruling	No ruling
Asian	Standard (“Tortie”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Asian semi-longhair	Standard (“Tortie”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Balinais	Standard (“Tortie Point”)	Standard (“Tortoiseshell”)	Standard (“Tortie Point”)	Standard (“tortie”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Bobtail des Kouriles	No ruling	Standard (“Tortoiseshell”)	No ruling	Standard (“tortie”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Bobtail japonais	No ruling	Standard (“Tortoiseshell”)	Standard (“Tortoiseshell”)	Standard (“tortie”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
British Longhair	Standard (“Tortoiseshell”)	Standard (“torties”)	No ruling	Standard (“tortie”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
British Shorthair	Standard (“Tortoiseshell”)	Standard (“torties”)	Standard (“Tortoiseshell”)	Standard (“tortie”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Burmese	Standard (“Tortie”)	Standard (“Tortoiseshell”)	No ruling	Standard (“tortie”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Burmilla	Standard (“Tortie”)	No ruling	Standard (“Tortie”)	Standard (“tortie”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Colorpoint Shorthair	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“Parti-Color Point”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Cornish Rex	No ruling	Standard (“Tortoiseshell”)	Standard (“Tortoiseshell”)	Standard (“tortie”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Cymric	No ruling	Standard (“Tortoiseshell”)	Standard (“Tortoiseshell”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Devon Rex	No ruling	Standard (“Tortoiseshell”)	Standard (“Tortoiseshell”)	Standard (“tortie”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Donskoy	No ruling	Standard (“Tortoiseshell”)	No ruling	Standard (“tortie”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
DonskoyPeau et écailles	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“tortie”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
European Shorthair	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“tortie”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Exotic Shorthair	Standard (“Tortoiseshell”)	Standard (“Tortoiseshell”)	Standard (“Tortoiseshell”)	Standard (“tortie”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Foldex	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“Tortoiseshell”)	No ruling
Highlander	No ruling	Standard (“Tortie”)	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“Tortoiseshell”)	No ruling	No ruling
Himalayen	Standard (“Tortie Point”)	Standard (“Tortoiseshell”)	Standard (“Tortie Point”)	Standard (“tortie”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Javanais	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“Parti-Color Point”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
LaPerm	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“Tortoiseshell”)	Standard (“tortie”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Lykoi	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“tortie”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Maine Coon	Standard (“Tortoiseshell”)	No ruling	Standard (“Tortoiseshell”)	Standard (“tortie”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Manx	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“Tortoiseshell”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Norvégien	Standard (“Black Tortoiseshell”)	No ruling	Standard (“Tortoiseshell”)	Standard (“tortie”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Oriental à poil court	Standard (“Oriental Tortie”)	No ruling	Standard (“Parti-Color”)	Standard (“tortie”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Oriental à poil long	Standard (“Tortoiseshell”)	No ruling	Standard (“Parti-Color”)	Standard (“tortie”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Oriental bicolore	Standard (“Tortie Point & White”)	No ruling	Standard (“Tortie Point and White”)	Standard (“tortie”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Persan (moderne)	Standard (“Tortoiseshell”)	No ruling	Standard (“Tortoiseshell”)	Standard (“tortie”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Peterbald	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“tortie”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
PeterbaldPeau et écailles	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“tortie”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Ragamuffin	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“Parti-Color”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Ragdoll	Standard (“Tortie Point”)	Standard (“Tortie Point”)	Standard (“Tortie”)	Standard (“tortie”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Rex allemand	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“tortie”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Sacré de Birmanie	Standard (“Tortie Point”)	Standard (“Tortie Point/White”)	Standard (“Tortie Point”)	Standard (“tortie”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Scottish Fold	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“Tortoiseshell”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Selkirk Rex	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“Tortoiseshell”)	Standard (“tortie”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Siamois (moderne)	Standard (“Tortie Point”)	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“tortie”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Sibérien (Sibérien des forêts, Neva Masquerade [variété colorpoint])	Standard (“Black Tortie / Blue Tortie”)	No ruling	Standard (“Tortoiseshell”)	Standard (“tortie”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Snowshoe	Standard (“Tortie Points”)	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“tortie”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Somali	Standard (“Tortie”)	Non reconnu	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
SphynxPeau et écailles	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“Tortoiseshell”)	Standard (“tortie”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Thaï	No ruling	Standard (“Tortie”)	No ruling	Standard (“tortie”)	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“Tortiepoint”)
Tonkinois	Standard (“Tortoiseshell”)	Standard (“Tortoiseshell”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Van turc	Standard (“Tortoiseshell”)	No ruling	Standard (“Tortoiseshell”)	Standard (“tortie”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling

Breeds where Écaille de tortue is disqualified or not accepted

Breed	GCCF	TICA
Ocicat	Éliminatoire (“tortoiseshells”)	Éliminatoire (“phaeomelanistic color”)
Ojos Azules	No ruling	No ruling

Color changes

How Écaille de tortue can appear or change over an animal's life.

Bleuchanges toÉcaille de tortue
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