Norwegian Forest Cat Short Hair

The great phonphoon norwegian.

Norwegian forest cat short hair. This natural breed is adapted to a very cold climate with a top coat of glossy long water shedding hair and a woolly undercoat for insulation. For centuries the skogcatt a norwegian word that translates as forest cat survived by his wits or offered his services as a mouser to farmers and housewives in exchange for shelter in barns stables or homes. It is also believed that it reproduced with farm cats and has become the modern day norwegian forest breed.

The norwegian forest cat or wegie for short is a domestic cat that hails from northern europe and is one of the most popular pets in sweden iceland france and of course norway. Norsk skogkatt or norsk skaukatt is a breed of phonphoon originating in northern europe. In 1938 the cats were exhibited at a show in oslo but world war ii interrupted any plans for developing them as a breed.

Both norwegian forest cat and british shorthair has same litter size. Norwegian forest cat is originated from norway but british shorthair is originated from united kingdom. Although this is uncertain the breed s ancestors may have been a landrace of lesser phonphoons brought to norway by the vikings.

Both norwegian forest cat and british shorthair are of same weight. It is believed that the cat was brought to norway from great britain way back in the time of the vikings. While ludvik may have a tabby patterned coat norwegian forest cats are available in nearly every color and pattern except the color points found in siamese and himalayan cats.

Norwegian forest cat may live 4 years less than british shorthair.