Norwegian Forest Cat Photos are popular and I have them right here; probably the best on the Internet. I can't just publish the photos so I'll make reference to the breed standard from the UK Breed Standard (NFC Cat Club in the UK) at the same time.
This Norwegian Forest cat is a very handsome cat and frankly I am bit surprised that this breed is not as popular as the Maine Coon. According to a Poll currently being conducted on the main website this cat breed was ranked 7th but is now just outside the top ten most popular cat breeds as judged by visitors' preferences (and not number of cat association registrations). The Maine Coon gets twice the number of votes and is ranked 1st, the most popular cat breed as at March 2010. They are very similar breeds and the Forest cat may be a founding cat of the Maine Coon. Perhaps the Maine Coon is more popular on account of the fact that the majority of voters are American and will naturally favor a cat breed, which is considered an American cat.
The Breed Standard (UK) - highly condensed
It is important that breeders maintain the original appearance of this cat, which has developed over a long natural history as a semi-domestic barn cat in Norway. This cat's coat is the most outstanding feature arising out of this background. Tabbies and bicolors are both common coat types as the naturally occurring NFCs in Norway
1. Apparently, black and whites are common too
2. The coat should be a double coat (guard outer hairs and a down undercoat for warmth - see
cat hair).
This breed can be any coat color.
The
head should be triangular with all three sides of equal length. This is the same as the
Japanese Bobtail. There should be no break in the profile ("long straight line" - see photo below that illustrates this clearly).
The
ears should be large but not rounded with classic " ear furnishings" (ear hair) and tufts coming from the top of the ear. This is similar as expected to the
Maine Coon.
The
eyes like the coat can be any color and should be alert, large and oval. The
body as expected should be big, long and strong. This cat can jump very well. The back legs are longer than the front. This is normal and probably to allow greater
leverage and better jumping and running skills.
Finally the coat. This should be semi-long with a woolly undercoat and a smooth water
repellent outer coat. The standard requires a "shirtfront", a full ruff and "knickerbockers". We know what a ruff is as you see them on the big cats. The shirtfront is probably the longer hair at the front (like old fashioned dress shirts) and the knickerbockers describes the long hair on the upper part of the hind legs.
The
longhaired coat of the Norwegian Forest cat is not as full as that associated with Persian cats. The NFC coat is firmer. It is though silky with a thick undercoat. This will requires some maintenance. The tabby pattern sometimes mixed with white because of the presence of the white spotting gene are probably the most popular coat colors (see
tabby and white cat coats and
tabby cat coats).
NFCs are great climbers so the hind legs are powerful.
Norwegian Forest Cat Photos - Source:
- http://www.nfcc.co.uk/breedstandard.html
- Go to the full CFA breed standard
- 1. The Encyclopedia of the Cat by Dr Bruce Fogle
- 2. The Cat, Its Behavior, Nutrition & Health by Linda P Case
Norwegian Forest Cat Photos to Maine Coon a similar cat
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