From Tama, Japan's most famous stationmaster calico cat, to the lasagna-loving, ginger Garfield, cats with orange fur are both cultural icons and beloved pets. But their distinctive color comes wi ...

He has an orange furry texture and tufts with white fur on his chest ... splotches as seen on his head and purple cushion. He ...

Researchers knew the genetic instructions for ginger fur resided in the X sex chromosome. Most orange cats are male because they usually have just one X chromosome, which is active in each cell.