Norwegian Forest Cat Grey And Black

Country of origin norway life span 14 to 16 years about the norwegian forest cat is a breed of domestic cat native to northern europe.

Norwegian forest cat grey and black. Norwegian forest cat tabby silver. By looking at the shape of their. Maine coon black smoke norwegian forest cat. The ears are medium sized and the chin is strong but slightly rounded.

The norwegian forest cat is a large heavily boned heavily coated cat. Called the norsk skaukatt in its homeland this cat has a long dense double coat with a coarse outer layer covering a thick wooly undercoat that. But they might also be descendants of long haired. The norwegian forest cat drew some attention in 1938 when it was exhibited at a cat show.

However the norwegian forest cat club continued to work hard to save the breed. Black and white norwegian forest cat picture. The norwegian forest standard requires that its appearance reflects its heritage as a farm cat. The norwegian forest cat club was formed to help preserve the breed.

Black norwegian forest cat sitting. The most important features are the type and quality of the coat the scoring system does not specifically award points to the color of the coat. Black norwegian forest cat in arms. She is a muscular and looks like the hunter she used to be.

Norwegian forest cats could be related to black and white short haired cats from great britain which the vikings used as mousers on their ships. The breed almost went extinct during the war due to crossbreeding. If a norwegian forest cat and a maine coon sat side by side the difference in size is almost impossible to notice. Black long hair norwegian forest cat looking up.

Black fluffy norwegian forest kitten sitting. Black and white norwegian forest cat photo. Norwegian forests vs maine coon. See more ideas about norwegian forest cat norwegian forest forest cat.

Its ancestors may include black and white shorthair cats brought to norway from great britain some time after 1000 ad by the vikings and longhaired cats brought to norway by crusaders. White black blue red cream silver golden red cameo tortoiseshell bluecream brown. Sep 1 2020 norwegian forest cats and kittens. Black smoke maine coon cats are fabulous.

They are so beautiful. The norwegian forest cat is adapted to survive norway s cold weather. She has a triangular head set on a thick muscular neck. In 1977 the breed was.

Unfortunately world war ii interrupted its ascent to fame. Black and white norwegian forest cat. Black norwegian forest. Black norwegian forest cat face.

Black and grey norwegian forest cat sitting. The norwegian forest cat is a strong solid muscular cat that is somewhat similar in type to the maine coon it has been suggested that the norwegian is an early ancestor of the maine coon and perhaps of the long haired manx variety as well.