American Short Hair & Bombay

The American feed called Bombay was created in 1958 in Louisville, Kentucky, when Nikki Horne of Shawnee Cattery deliberately bred an American Short Hair with a Burmese for the purpose of creating a domesticated cat that resembled a wild panther (also known as baby panther). The offspring of this breeding did indeed resemble the black leopard of Indian. The name came from the Indian city of Bombay (now Mumbai). Horne called her creation the "patent leather kid with the new penny eyes".


The breed is believed to be descended from English cats (the forebears of today's British Short hairs) brought to North American by early European settlers to protect valuable cargo from mice and rats. 

The American Short Hair is the most popular breed of cat in the United States. 





Done By: Siti Nur Rabiatul Adawiah Bte Mohd Sobre

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