Maine Coon Breed Standard
Maine Coons can are registered with CFA, ACFA, FIFe, and TICA. Although initially bred for valuable hunting skills, today’s breed is a slow-paced hunter that is more likely to lick and cuddle your mouse than hunt it. The Maine Coon has a notable gentle disposition, loves to cuddle, loves everyone, has low energy needs, and can adapt to any home.
What is a breed standard?
Breed standards are devised by breed associations or breed clubs, not by individuals, and are written to reflect the use or purpose of the species and breed of the animal. Breed standards help define the ideal animal of a breed and provide goals for breeders in improving stock. Breeders often say the standard is the guide to pursue excellence.
Each breed standard represents in words the ideal picture for which breeders strive. Breed standards reflect our ideal specimen which show cats will be evaluated. In each standard, you will even see an entire section on the breed’s ideal temperament.
What is a “breed club”?
There is a parent club or breed club that creates dog breeding standards in the first place. This parent club may choose to create an entirely new standard, update an existing one, or let the standard remain as it is.
Maine Coon Compared To Other Breeds
From Guide to House Cats - Source: http://majnouna.deviantart.com/
References
The Governing Council of the Cat Fancy, The UK's Premier Registration body
Comparing Breeds Diagram From Guide to House Cats