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Norwegian Forest Cat — breed standard (CFA & TICA: size, coat, temperament, type)

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Norwegian Forest Cat — breed standard (CFA & TICA: size, coat, temperament, type)

Facts below are extracted verbatim field-values and section headings from the official CFA (Cat Fanciers' Association) & TICA (The International Cat Association) breed standard. The standard text is copyrighted by the respective registry; only factual data points and outline headings are quoted, not descriptive narrative. Source: https://cfa.org / https://tica.org.

Facts (verbatim field values from the official standard)

  • COAT: distinguishing double coat, consisting of a dense under- and red, with black portions becoming amber.
  • COLOR: eye color should be shades of green, gold, green- Tail .
  • Temperament: Intelligent and semi-long, which means that it should depression of the sternum or unusually small lynx tips are present.

Standard outline (section headings)

  • AMBER CALICO/AMBER TORTOISESHELL AND WHITE
  • SMOKE/SHADED/CHINCHILLA AND WHITE (including Van):
  • HEAD:

Sources

Norwegian Forest Cat — breed standard (CFA & TICA: size, coat, temperament, type)
Source document: CFA (Cat Fanciers' Association) & TICA (The International Cat Association)
CFA (Cat Fanciers' Association) & TICA (The International Cat Association)Official breed standards (factual data points + section outline extracted verbatim)retrieved 2026-08-02

Verification file: pdf-raw/breed-standard/norwegian_forest_cat_combined.txt