Photo: Wieke de Rijk · CC BY 2.5 cat breed · 135 on Animalso
Norwegian Forest Cat
Norway
- Animal
- Cat
- Origin
- Norway
About the Norwegian Forest Cat
The Norwegian Forest Cat is a pedigreed breed of domestic cat originating in Northern Europe. This landrace breed is adapted to a very cold climate, with a top coat of long, glossy hair and a woolly undercoat for insulation. The breed's ancestors may have been a landrace breed of short-haired cats brought to Norway about AD 1000 by the Vikings, who may also have brought with them long-haired cats, like those ancestral to the modern Siberian and Turkish Angora.
Photo credits1 photograph on this page
- Norwegian Forest Cat — Wieke de Rijk · CC BY 2.5 · file page
Photographs come from Wikimedia Commons under the licence each one names. How Animalso credits photographs.