A low-grade spotting black-and-white bicolor cat is often known as a “tuxedo cat” or a “Billicat.” To be considered a tuxedo cat, a cat’s black coloring should be solid throughout, with white fur limited to the paws, belly, chest, throat, face, and possibly the chin: it should appear as if the cat were wearing a tuxedo.
A tuxedo cat is a bicolor cat with a white and black coat.
To be considered a true tuxedo cat, the feline's coloring should consist of a solid black coat, with white fur limited to the paws, belly, chest, throat, and often the chin, although many tuxedo cats appear to sport goatees, due to the black coloration of their mandible -- that is, the lower jaw and chin. Bicolor may also appear in the skin color. Paw pads may be black or pink. Bicoloring of the nose and mouth are also common.
In the United Kingdom, the tuxedo cat is sometimes known as the "Jellicle cat"
The musical differed from the book in that the characters included cats with many different coat colors, rather than just bicolor cats, but it retains the repeated assertion that "Jellicle cats are black and white." Cats with these markings also played a starring role in the drawings illustrating The Unadulterated Cat, a book written by Terry Pratchett, with cartoons by Joliffe Gray.
Cartoon Bicolor Tuxedo cats
Other well known cartoon bicolor cats include Felix the Cat, Tom from Tom and Jerry, Figaro and Sylvester. A bicolor cat named Mittens is one of the main characters in the 2008 Disney animated film "Bolt".