Quick Guide
- Popularity: In the top ten at 8th place
- Place of origin: United States
- Date of origin: 1904 or 1906 (called "Domestic Shorthair")
- Ancestry: Mating of purebred British and random bred American Shorthair
- Weight: 3.5-7 kg (8-15 lb)
- Temperament: Easy-going, balanced
- Body type: Semi-cobby
- Registration: CFA, TICA, ACFA, CCA (Canadian). Note: GCCF and FiFé don't register this cat
- Colours & Types: Huge range: solid (self), bi-color, chinchilla, shaded, smoke, diluted, smoke and white, tortoiseshell, calico, silver, tabby (brown, silver, patched and mackerel), van, and combinations of these. Picture: red patched tabby and white, Champ
- Outcross breeds: None
- Note: Solid American cat, one of the original breeds
- Full details: American Shorthair Cat
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