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Maine Coon

noun · first attested 19th century

The coon half rests on a raccoon story that is biologically impossible.

A very large, shaggy, tuft-eared cat breed native to the northeastern United States.

Maine·United States

45.5000°N -69.0000°W · Q724

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Farm cats in Maine developed heavy coats and broad snowshoe paws, and local folklore explained the bushy ringed tail by crossing them with raccoons, which cannot happen. The cats were fixtures at 19th-century New England shows, and Maine has since made the breed its official state cat.

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