Cats come in a wide variety of colors and coat patterns. Some breeds are more immediately recognizable than others. Torbie ...

The kitty in the clip is wearing an orange jacket and a leash and harness ... them to get tangled in something, and get hurt. A black cat lying on the floor while wearing a red collar.

In fact, black cats are also usually male, but they are far more plentiful than orange kitties. The gene that makes a cat orange or black is located on the X chromosome. Male cats therefore need ...

Scientists noticed that most cats with multicolor coats, like calicos or tortoiseshells, are female. This led them to believe that the genes for orange and black fur are on the X chromosome.

After all, an orange cat can be produced from the same parents as a black or calico kitty. My tuxedo can has a flame-point brother, and their mom is a calico tabby. All of which is to say cat coat ...

where different patches of fur may be orange, black, and white. This happens because in female cats, one of the two X chromosomes in each cell is randomly inactivated, leading to a patchwork ...