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What is the largest domestic cat breed?
Author: admin13 Sep
I have a very large domestic short hair who can stand on his hind legs with his front legs on the dinner table and look over the table without stretching. He looks like a grey and white tabby but he is huge. I assume he is some type of crossbreed as he was a stray who adopted me. I was just wondering if there is a breed that gets this big or if he is just unusually large.
Maine Coons, Ragdolls, Pixie-Bobs, Chausies, and Norwegian Forest Cats are all very big cats (upwards of 20lbs for the males).
The tabby markings you mention are typical of Maine Coons however. Does he look kind of like these?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:%D0%A4%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BE_%D0%BA%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2.jpg
In any case.. chances are he’s a mix of some sort and not purebred anything 
But a little Maine Coon could probably go a long way as far as size…
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Maine Coons, Ragdolls, Pixie-Bobs, Chausies, and Norwegian Forest Cats are all very big cats (upwards of 20lbs for the males).
The tabby markings you mention are typical of Maine Coons however. Does he look kind of like these?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:%D0%A4%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BE_%D0%BA%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2.jpg
In any case.. chances are he’s a mix of some sort and not purebred anything
But a little Maine Coon could probably go a long way as far as size…
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The Ragdoll, Their name originates from the cats tendency to go limp when picked up. The Ragdoll breed can reach up to 30 pounds, although more typically reach up to 20 pounds, with the males on the heavier side. Their hair is of a medium length, and exceedingly soft.
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Some of the larger pedigree cats are Maine Coons and Ragdolls. These cats (males) can go up to or over 18-20 lbs when full grown and not be overweight. Maine Coons would be some of the longest (lengthwise) cats.
My mixed breed cat measured about 36 inches long including about half of that in tail length. He weighed a solid 14 lbs but he could stretch out to open doorknobs (a good 3-4 feet)
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He sounds like a healthy boy. Maybe he lived on his own in the woods and ate field mice and small creatures like that. You’d be surprised what great hunters and how resourceful domestics are. They can get pretty big too!
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Maine Coons can get HUGE. Ragdolls can get pretty big as well
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Ragdoll and Maine Coon are the largest. Then the Norwegian Forest cat. All the others are going to be smaller than those three.
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