Use coupon code "KITTENLIFE" to get 20% OFF The Best Cat Collars Available here :
https://www.bemixpets.com​
( Use coupon code "KITTENLIFE" to get 20% OFF )
Maine Coon Facebook Page :
  / ​  
Maine Coon Facebook Group:
  / maine...​  
===============================================

Laperm Cat VS. Maine Coon Cat.

What are the differences between these two cat breeds?


The Laperm’s outstanding feature, of course, is his coat, which has loose, bouncy curls, making it light and airy to the touch. Tighter, longer curls surround the neck, forming a ruff and clustering at the base of the ears. The whiskers are also long and curly. The coat comes in two lengths—short and long—and any color or pattern. Tabbies, tortoiseshells, and red cats are most common. Longhaired LaPerms have a plumed tail. The coat’s length and fullness may vary seasonally. It sometimes parts naturally down the middle of the back.

The shorthaired LaPerm does not necessarily have a ruff, ringlets or “earmuffs,” and the texture of the coat may be harder than that of the longhaired LaPerm. He has a tail with fur that looks wavy, more like a bottlebrush than a plume. The short coat may also part down the middle of the back.

Whatever the length, the LaPerm coat manifests in different ways. Kittens may be born hairless, with straight hair or with curly hair. Both longhaired and shorthaired kittens can be born in the same litter. You may notice that the name on your kitten’s pedigree includes the letters BC, BS, or BB. Those initials indicate whether the kitten was born curly, born straight, or born bald and helps breeders study how the gene is expressed.

The LaPerm’s head is a modified wedge shape, meaning it is slightly rounded. The mediumsize to large ears are slightly flared. Longhaired LaPerms have full furnishings (hair inside the ears) and a covering of fur on and around the outer ears that resemble earmuffs. Expressive eyes can be any color.

A Maine Coon is a big, rugged cat with a smooth, shaggy coat who looks as if they could put in a full day mousing on a farm in all weather conditions. Indeed, they were built for just such work in the harsh Maine climate, and their breed standard reflects their heritage, calling for a mediumsize to large cat with a wellproportioned body that is muscular and broadchested. A Maine Coon has substantial, mediumlength legs and large, round paws, well tufted with fur, to serve as “snowshoes” during winter.

A heavy coat is shorter on the shoulders, longer on the stomach and britches (long fur on the upper hind legs), with a ruff in front and a long, furry tail waving a greeting. A mediumwidth head is slightly longer than it is wide and has a squarish muzzle. Large, welltufted ears are wide at the base, tapering to a point, and large, expressive eyes are green, gold, greenishgold, or copper. White or bicolored Maine Coons may have blue or odd eyes.

The brown tabby pattern is so common in this breed that many people don't know Maine Coons can come in any other colors or patterns. They might be surprised to learn that Maine Coons are found in solid colors that include black, red or white, all tabby colors and patterns, bicolor such as blue and white or red and white, and patterns such as tortoiseshell and calico.
===============

Copyright Disclaimer:
We respect the copyright interests of the individual owners in the video and don't claim to own the original clips.

However, under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. The recent amendments to the Copyright Act of 1976 pertain to music. "Fair use" remains in force for film and video.