European Shorthair History history

The origin of the European domesticated cat is still veiled in obscurity. It is often presumed to be directly descendent from the egyptian domestic, which supposedly, was brought to Greece as early as 500 BCE. If this was the actual situation, the cat must have spread very rapidly towards the north since it already existed in mid Sweden during the Time of the Great Migration (370-600 CE).

Judging from early reproductions from several earlier ages as well as the later Middle Ages, the body type of the european domestic was already sturdier than the Egyptian cat.

In 1946 it became possible to register swedish shorthaired cats. At first under the name of "swedish housecat" which was later converted to European Shorthair. Unfortunately, the early Europeans were judged by the standard of the British Shorthair. This was a great disadvantage since many typical Europeans failed due to some detail, often the eyecolour, not beeing in accordance with the British Shorthair standard.

In 1981 FIFe finally ruled that the two breeds should be judged by separate standards and thereby acknowledged the European Shorthair.

Complete List
Felis catus	American Bobtail	American Keuda	Angora (British Angora) renamed Oriental Longhair in 2002	Asian Semi-longhair (or Tiffanie)
Balinese	Birman	British Longhair	Chantilly/Tiffany cat	Cherubim (or Honeybear)
Colourpoint Longhair	Exotic cat	Himalayan	Javanese	Maine Coon
Nebelung	Neva Masquerade	Norwegian Forest Cat	Oriental Longhair	Persian
Ragdoll (and Ragamuffin)	Siberian	Snow Cat	Somali	Sterling
Turkish Van	Turkish Angora	York Chocolate cat	Abyssinian	American Shorthair
Antipodean (New Zealand Shorthair)	Australian Mist (or Spotted Mist)	Bombay	British Shorthair	Brazilian Shorthair
Burmese	Burmilla	Chartreux	Colorpoint Shorthair	Cornish Rex
Egyptian Mau	European Shorthair	Havana Brown	Jungala	Khao Manee
Korat	Kucing Malaysia	Malayan Burmese	Oriental Shorthair	Russian Blue
Savannah	Siamese (and Traditional Siamese or Applehead Siamese)	Tonkinese	American Curl	American Ringtail
American Wirehair	Bengal cat	California Spangled Cat	Chausie	Cymric
Desert Lynx	Devon Rex	Don Sphynx	Foldex Cat	German Rex
Japanese Bobtail	Kurilian Bobtail Shorthair	LaPerm	Manx	Mojave Spotted
Munchkin	Ocicat	Ojos Azules	Peterbald	Pixie-bob
Selkirk Rex	Serengeti	Singapura	Sphynx	Scottish Fold
Snowshoe	Sokoke	Suqutranese	Thai	Toyger
Ussuri	Wild Abyssinian