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Compare American Shorthair
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American Shorthair
Medium · Short coat
- Easygoing
- Affectionate
- Playful
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Size and coat
- Size
- American ShorthairMedium
- Coat
- American ShorthairShort coat
Activity and care
- Activity
- American ShorthairModerately active, with bursts of play
- Grooming
- American ShorthairAbout once a week
- Shedding
- American ShorthairHeavy seasonal shedding
- Vocal
- American ShorthairTends to be quiet
Home life
- Indoors and outdoors
- American ShorthairOften content as an indoor cat
- Time alone
- American ShorthairOften copes well alone during the day
Living with others
- Children
- American ShorthairOften good with children, with supervision
These are typical breed tendencies from reviewed sources, never a promise about an individual cat. Read each guide for the detail and ask the breeder or rescue about the cat you are considering.