European Shorthair is a breed of shorthaired cat originating in Sweden. It's one of the oldest and very common breeds, but it wasn't standardised until quite late and is currently only recognised by one major cat club. A cat breed is an infrasubspecific rank for the classification of domestic cats. ... It has been suggested that Cat breed be merged into this article or section. ...
Because it hasn't been bred in a regal meaning, many European Shorthairs don't have a pedigree and have not been certified as an European Shorthair. Instead, many European Shorthairs are called "Bondkatt"(peasant cat) in Swedish, by the fact that many were bred on farms.
The first cat to resemble him, the European, is believed to be derived from the European wildcat and the early Egyptian cat.1 The original color was therefore presumed to be the brown tabby in both the mackerel and classic patterns.
In the early tenth century, the Romans brought the EuropeanShorthair into the British Isles, where he was received with admiration as the protector of the scarce British grain supply.
Heaney, that a "three-colored Shorthair female" (calico) accompanied her on the Mayflower and produced a litter of kittens soon after arriving at Plymouth Rock, so someone had a male aboard ship for this to happen.
Europeanshorthair is a breed of shorthairedcat originating in Sweden.
Because it hasn't been bred in a regal meaning until very recently, many EuropeanShorthairs don't have a pedigree and have not been certified as an EuropeanShorthair.
Instead, many Europeanshorthairs are called "bondkatt" (peasant cat) in Swedish, by the fact that many were bred on farms.
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