[PIF]

Lots more academic info on US cats and cats on general

Exploring the Arrival of Domestic Cats in the Americas
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/american-antiquity/article/exploring-the-arrival-of-domestic-cats-in-the-americas/A3D8A7797C46D01175D545BBEFD76BFA

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks PIF! And I realize that I'd forgotten about the Maine Coon, which was probably introduced by Vikings in earlier centuries.

• Maine Coon Kitten Outweighs a Toddler: 'Everyone Confuses Him With a Dog' [01/18/2022]
• Any Maine Coon cat lovers out in FR-land? [04/18/2020]
• Viking Cats -- DNA Study Shows the Crucial Role Felines Played in Viking Life [04/13/2019]
• VIKING KITTIES [09/22/2016]
• Maine Coon Cats/Vanity for the cat folks [08/12/2016]
• Spock the house cat is so big, he gets mistaken for wild animal [01/24/2016]
• Pickles The Rescue Cat aka 'Catasaurus Rex' Finds A Home [02/16/2014]
• Crisis of the Black Male Conference [03/29/2012]
• Maine Coon from Reno named world's longest cat [10/20/2010]
• A Medieval Coin in New England Soil [09/12/2010]
• Winterfyre Norwegian Forest Cats [01/06/2005]
• Maine Coon Cat (Straight Dope Mailbag) [08/05/2004]