Domestic Shorthair
- Origin
- Everywhere. Most cats in the world belong to no breed: they are random-bred house and street cats.
- Coat & genes
- Any colour or pattern: tabby, solid, white patches, tortoiseshell, calico…
- Lifespan
- UK vet records: crossbred cats have a life expectancy at birth of 11.9 years; pedigree cats as a whole, 10.4. 📎 Teng et al. 2024 · VetCompass UK life tables
- Registries
- Not a breed: FIFe shows them as "house cats" and WCF as household pets — cats without a pedigree. 📎 FIFe · recognised breeds · WCF · EMS breed list
- Temperament (research)
- In the Finnish survey house cats were among the most likely to wool-suck (chew fabric), moderately active, and fairly shy of strangers and new things. 📎 Salonen et al. 2019 · Scientific Reports
👂 Ear type: Upright ears 👂 Ear type: Ear-tipped (neutered)
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Sources
- Teng et al. 2024 · VetCompass UK life tables
- FIFe · recognised breeds
- WCF · EMS breed list
- Salonen et al. 2019 · Scientific Reports
More breeds
- Wichien Maat (Thai)
- Korat (Si Sawat)
- Khao Manee
- Suphalak (Thong Daeng)
- Konja (Dam Plod)
- Siamese
- Burmese
- Singapura
- Domestic Longhair
- Persian
- Maine Coon
- Bengal
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