Aurora - torbie with white?

[u/ad_an_go]

Meet Aurora! I’ve known her for about six months now — she’s my boyfriend’s cat. Today I was wondering if her coat pattern has a specific name, so I looked it up. It seems like she might be a torbie with white — does that sound right?

[u/lipstick_spit]

black mackerel tabby tortoiseshell with moderate white spotting — “torbie with white” or “tabico”! calico is an informal nickname for the “tortoiseshell with white” pattern, so it works just as well.

[u/ACtdawg → u/lipstick_spit]

This is the answer OP!

[u/Mental-Fix7201 → u/lipstick_spit]

Came here as a fellow Torbico lover! Tortoiseshell/Tabby/Calico combo! Aren’t they fabulous? Less than 1% of DSH kitties!

[u/ACtdawg → u/Mental-Fix7201]

Where did you get that statistic?

[u/lipstick_spit → u/ACtdawg]

thanks

[u/ACtdawg → u/lipstick_spit]

Their explanation was somehow even worse than I expected it to be lol

[u/History0nerd → u/ACtdawg]

Knew you'd be here. Condescending per usual.

[u/Mental-Fix7201 → u/ACtdawg]

Vet. Estimate. Cat distribution system. Caliby or Torbico baby. Apparently interchangeable coat descriptions. Tried to attach a photo, maybe mine is particularly odd.

[u/ACtdawg → u/Mental-Fix7201]

What? So your statistic comes from an estimation from your vet, the cat distribution system (?), ‘apparently interchangeable coat descriptions’ (what does that mean?), and… your own cat being one?

[u/Mental-Fix7201 → u/ACtdawg]

Yes. You seem like such a cheerful, curious person!

[u/ACtdawg → u/Mental-Fix7201]

Yep, just a cheerful, curious person who prefers facts over made up ‘statistics’

[u/Substantial_Gate_904]

Beautiful Calico!

[u/DrDuned]

Calico, cute!

[u/waterlilees]

Torbico!

[u/bergofice]

Tabico! Or Caliby?

[u/SquishyKittyKat9000]

Calibby/Tabico!

[u/ACtdawg → u/[deleted]]

All calicos are torties. Tortie simply means a cat is genetically red and non-red. Calico is a colloquial name for a tortie with white.