American Shorthair

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The American Shorthair is a shorthaired cat found in North America. This breed is known for its longevity, robust health, good looks, quiet disposition and amiability with children and dogs.

Personality and History

The American Shorthair is usually very personable and affectionate. Usually outgoing, the American shorthair takes pride in greeting visitors to its home. The American Shorthair is America's own breed, whose ancestors came to North America with early settlers from Europe. Records indicate that the Mayflower carried several american shorthairs to hunt ship's rats. For centuries, 'working cats' flourished along with their pioneer owners and eventually established themselves as the native North American shorthaired cat. Their beauty and loving nature came to be valued as much as their rat-catching skills.

Color

American Shorthair's come in a very wide variety of colors. The Amеrican Shorthair is recognized in more than eighty different colors and patterns ranging from the striking brown patched tabby to the glistеning blue-eyed white, the beautiful shaded silvers, smokes and cameos to the flashy calico van, and many colors in between. The most well-known American Shorthair color today is the silver tabby, with dense black markings set on a sterling silver background.

• Blue Eyed White
• Copper Eyed White
• Odd Eyed White
• Blue
• Black
• Cream
• Red
• Blue Tabby
• Cream Tabby
• Red Tabby
• Brown Tabby
• Silver Tabby
• Blue Silver Tabby
• Golden Tabby
• Cameo Tabby
• Blue Patched Tabby
• Brown Patched Tabby
• Silver Patched Tabby
• Blue Silver Patched Tabby
• Golden Patched Tabby
• Blue Cream
• Tortoiseshell
• Chinchilla
• Golden Chinchilla
• Shaded Silver
• Golden Shaded
• Chocolate Shaded
• Blue Cream Shaded
• Shaded Silver Tortoiseshell
• Blue Smoke
• Black Smoke
• Blue Cream Smoke
• Black Smoke Tortoiseshell
• Shell Cameo
• Shaded Cameo
• Smoke Cameo

See also

• British Shorthair