The name simply refers to any cat with extra toes. Typically, cats have five toes on their front paws and four on their back paws. But Hemingway cats have a condition called “polydactyly” and ...

While multi-toed cats have many nicknames, the most common is “Hemingway cat” due to their association with the famous American author, Ernest Hemingway. In the 1930s, Hemingway and his family ...