Cats
It differs from the Maine Coon in several respects -
including back legs slightly longer than the front. It is an excellent climber.
Longhaired cats are mentioned in Norse mythology and in books of Norwegian fairy tales
written 1837 and 1852 which describe it as having a long, bushy tail. Due to its resemblance
to the Maine Coon and Scottish Wildcat some have suggested the Vikings took cats to
Scotland (where they interbred with wild cats) and to North America on Viking longships.
This theory is unlikely. Domestic cats did not arrive in America until European colonists
arrived; there is no archaeological evidence of domestic cats in supposed early Viking sites in
America and reports of native cats almost certainly referred to the racoon. The Scottish
Wildcat has an intractable temperament and cannot be reliably domesticated, hybrid offspring
inherit this wildness.
Other theories suggest it derived from Angora cats which arrived at Norwegian ports as ships’
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