![]() Eye colour can be copper, yellow, green, blue and odd-eyes. The eyes are large, wide-set, oval-shaped and beautifully expressive. Maine coons have large ears which are wide at the base, tapering to a pointed tip with their distinctive ear furnishings inside and the lynx tips on the top of the ears, which give them their wild look. The muzzle and chin are square, strong and blunt. The head is broad and is slightly longer than it is wide, the cheekbones are set high. Maine coons don’t reach their full size until they are between 3 to 5 years of age. They have a solid and rugged appearance, which is a reminder of their working cat history. The tail is long, broad at the base, tapering to the tip, is thick and bushy. ![]() Feet and toe feathering or furnishings were also needed to enable them to run through the snow, and icy waters and these keep the paw pads from getting too cold. Front legs are set wide apart and the upper hind legs have a covering of long fur known as britches. The legs are muscular and well proportioned. Maine coons are the largest domestic cat breed with a long, strong, broad and muscular body. Three Maine coons played Mrs Norris, Argus Filch’s cat in the Harry Potter films.The Maine coon is the official cat of the state of Maine.Stewie also holds the world record for the longest cat tail at 16.34 inches. The world’s longest cat was a Maine coon by the name of Stewie, measuring in at a whopping 48.5 inches.Eventually, interest in the Maine coon started to spread abroad with the first Maine coon being sent to Britain in 1983. The Maine coon was accepted with the Cat Fanciers Association (CFA) in 1975 and was awarded Championship status with them on 1st May 1975. The breed was resurrected in the 1950s using many of the Whittemore cats, and the Central Maine Cat Club (CMCC) was formed in 1953 by Alta Smith and Ruby Dyer. Mrs Ethelyn Whittemore of Augusta, Maine has continued to breed Maine coons keeping records of parents and their litters. However, during this time, the breed continued in the background as pets. ![]() The Cat Fanciers Association declared the Maine coon extinct in 1959 claiming that the breed had failed to adapt to warmer climates. During the first half of the 1900s, the breed dropped out of favour, with the arrival of Persian cats from England taking the spotlight. Maine coon by the name of Cosey won Best in Show. ![]() The first national cat show was in 1895 at Madison Square Garden where a female Maine coons were shown at the Boston Cat Show in 1878. Maine coons were first exhibited at the local Skowhegan Fair held by New England farmers in the early 1860s.
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