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I came across a domesticated cat I don\u2019t think I\u2019ve written about here because I don\u2019t remember hearing about it before. This cat is thought to have come from the wild forest cat of Russia and they call it Ussuri.<\/p>\nI came across a domesticated cat I don\u2019t think I\u2019ve written about here because I don\u2019t remember hearing about it before. This cat is thought to have come from the wild forest cat of Russia and they call it Ussuri.<\/p>\n
Discovering this got me to wondering what other cats![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Mollieclose-225x300.jpg\")
are out there that most of us haven\u2019t heard of and where do they come from? I was surprised by the answers and you might be too. While there are a lot of cat breeds from the US, many of them seem to be created from mutations and breeding experiments. The Maine coon is thought to be the only or one of only a few natural crossbreeds attributed to the US.<\/p>\n
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The Burmese originated in Burma, of course, the British shorthair is from England and we\u2019ve all heard of the Egyptian Mau and the Norwegian forest cat. Oh yes and there\u2019s the Japanese bobtail, the American curl, American bobtail, and so forth, and it\u2019s pretty clear that a cat called Chartreux is![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/NyxyWou-1-300x225.jpg\")
from France, right? But have you heard of the Sokoke from Kenya, Raas from Indonesia, and the Donskoy from Russia. There\u2019s also the Australian Mist\u2014you guessed it from Australia. We need to check out that one for a future blog post, and the Aegean from Greece.<\/p>\n
Visit this site to learn more about the Ussuri, https:\/\/allaboutcats.com\/cat-breeds\/ussuri<\/a> I was surprised to find that the Ussuri isn\u2019t even mentioned on this interesting Wikipedia chart of cat breeds. \u00a0https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_cat_breeds<\/a><\/p>\n So far this week, we\u2019ve had a moment of remembrance related to cats and an educational on cats. Tomorrow we\u2019ll have a bit more fun and cut loose on the funny things cats do.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I came across a domesticated cat I don\u2019t think I\u2019ve written about here because I don\u2019t remember hearing about it before. This cat is thought to have come from the wild forest cat of Russia and they call it Ussuri. … Continue reading