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Typical domestic shorthaired cat. This cat has a black mackerel tabby
coat.
A domestic shorthaired kitten
A Indian domestic shorthaired kitten
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A Domestic shorthaired cat (DSH) is the proper name for a shorthaired cat that does not
have a pedigree
or belong to a recognised cat breed.
Domestic shorthaired cats are characterised by a wide range of colouring and
typically 'revert to type' after a few generations, which means they express
their coats as a tabby.
This can be any colour or combination of colours. They also exhibit a wide range
of physical characteristics, and as a result, domestic shorthaired cats in
different countries tend to look different in body shape and size, as they are
working from differing gene pools. However, they are all recognizable as cats,
and any male (tom) cat could successfully breed with any other female (queen),
meaning they are the same species.
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