Typical domestic shorthaired cat. This cat has a black mackerel tabby coat.
A Domestic shorthaired cat is the proper name for a shorthaired cat that does not have a pedigree or belong to a recognised cat breed.
Domestic shorthaired cats are characterised by a wide range of colouring and typically 'revert to type' after a few generations, which means they express their coats as a tabby. This can be any colour or combination of colours. They also exhibit a wide range of physical characteristics, and as a result, domestic shorthaired cats in different countries tend to look different in body shape and size, as they are working from differing gene pools. However, they are all recognizable as cats, and any male (tom) cat could successfully breed with any other female (queen), meaning they are the same species.
A domesticshorthairedcat (DSH) is the proper name for a shorthairedcat that does not have a pedigree or belong to a recognised cat breed.
Domesticshorthairedcats are characterised by a wide range of colouring and typically 'revert to type' after a few generations, which means they express their coats as a tabby.
Domesticshorthairs are typically the most successful members in feral cat populations due to not needing human intervention for coat maintenance.
Cats are, however, historically very dangerous to ecosystems where they were not native and which did not have time to adapt to their introduction.
The wild cat ancestor of the domesticcat is believed to have evolved in a desert climate, as evident in the behavior common to both the domestic and wild forms.
Some environmentalists claim that the domestication of cats is harmful to the environment, and that excessive cat populations result in the overhunting of many small animals and birds in both urban and rural areas, possibly disrupting the food chain and limiting local species' populations.
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