Male calico cats are extremely rare, occurring in only about one in 3,000 male cat births due to a genetic anomaly that gives them an extra X chromosome.

That gene can exist in male or female cats. If your friend happens to find a male calico, don’t imagine great riches will follow by breeding a small army of the multi-colored cats. Male calicos ...

Per reports, it is rare for a biological male Calico Cats to have two chromosomes, as only 1 in every 3,000 has XXY chromosomes. As such, Josie is indeed a very special cat.

Since males make up just one of every 3,000 calico births, according to the Cornell College of Veterinary Medicine, Crandall had set her sights on adopting a male orange kitten at some point. Then ...

After five years of taking in cats and kittens from across Colorado and surrounding states, a rescue has officially found its first unicorn.. An extremely rare male calico kitten born in a Weld ...

In a rare animal miracle, a calico cat born in Colorado has been found to have an extremely uncommon trait: it's a male. The kitten was born in Weld County and eventually made its way from the ...

Crandall lost her 13-year-old female calico cat, Rocky, back in December. She loves calicos but also really wanted her next cat to be a boy, she told the Coloradoan.

In fact, given that 99.9% of all calico cats are female and only one in every 1,000 cats born is a standard calico, you can imagine how scarce male dilute calicos are!

After five years of taking in cats and kittens from across Colorado and surrounding states, a Loveland rescue has officially found its first unicorn. An extremely rare male calico kitten born in a ...