{"topic_id":"companion_breed_standard_maine_coon_cat","category":"companion-breed-standard","context":"---\ntopic_id: companion_breed_standard_maine_coon_cat\ncategory: companion-breed-standard\ntitle: \"Maine Coon — breed standard (CFA & TICA: size, coat, temperament, type)\"\nlang: en\nsource: \"CFA (Cat Fanciers' Association) & TICA (The International Cat Association) official breed-standard factual data for Maine Coon, paraphrased derived fact summary (per COPYRIGHT_POLICY §3) from source_file; Pulled 2026-08-02.\"\nsource_file: pdf-raw/breed-standard/maine_coon_combined.txt\ndate_parsed: 2026-08-02\ntokens_estimated: 0\nverification:\n  method: paraphrase\n  claims: 6\n  passed: 6\n  date: 2026-08-05\nrecovered: false\npath: companion-breed-standard/companion_breed_standard_maine_coon_cat/01_companion_breed_standard_maine_coon_cat.md\nsource_document: \"CFA (Cat Fanciers' Association) & TICA (The International Cat Association)\"\ncitation:\n  authority: \"CFA (Cat Fanciers' Association) & TICA (The International Cat Association)\"\n  title: \"Maine Coon — breed standard (CFA & TICA: size, coat, temperament, type)\"\n  url: \"https://www.cfa.org\"\n  retrieved: \"2026-08-02\"\n  ref: \"Official breed standards (factual data points + section outline extracted verbatim)\"\n  doc_type: \"official kennel-club breed standards\"\n  needs_review: false\nlicense: paraphrase\ncopyright_note: \"Sources (CFA (Cat Fanciers' Association) & TICA (The International Cat Association)) are not openly licensed; per COPYRIGHT_POLICY §3 every claim is a paraphrased derived fact summary (numbers and proper nouns preserved, sentences rewritten), not a verbatim quotation.\"\nauthority_tier: T1\nauthority_tier_basis: \"T1:kennel-club-breed-standard\"\nauthority_tier_date: 2026-08-05\n---\n# Maine Coon — breed standard (CFA & TICA: size, coat, temperament, type)\n\n## Claims\n\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* A large cat native to the northeastern United States (above all Maine); it is built on heavy bone, a broad chest and a long, hard-muscled, rectangular frame, with a lengthy flowing tail.\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* The coat is dense and shaggy, shorter across the shoulders and longer on the belly and breeches, with a frontal ruff; the texture is silky and falls smoothly.\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* The breed matures slowly, not reaching full adulthood until 4 to 5 years, and males are typically bigger than females.\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* Eyes may be green, gold, green-gold or copper; white cats and those with white may show blue or odd eyes.\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* CFA disqualifies: frail bone structure; undershot chin; crossed eyes; a kinked or otherwise abnormal tail; a wrong toe count; white buttons, lockets or spots; and any colour showing chocolate, lavender or the Himalayan (hybrid) pattern.\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* TICA disqualifies: forbidden colours; blue or odd eyes in a coloured cat other than white/with-white; fine bone; a cobby body; a tail fault or a tail clearly out of balance with the body; and a size far too small for age or sex. A cat that shows definite aggression is also disqualified.\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* By temperament it is fundamentally friendly and easygoing, having arisen as a self-reliant working cat suited to a harsh climate.\n","sources":["companion-breed-standard — Maine Coon — breed standard (CFA & TICA: size, coat, temperament, type) (retrieved 2026-08-02)"],"source":{"authority":"companion-breed-standard","title":"Maine Coon — breed standard (CFA & TICA: size, coat, temperament, type)","url":"https://www.cfa.org","retrieved":"2026-08-02","ref":"","doc_type":"official PDF","source_document":"CFA (Cat Fanciers' Association) & TICA (The International Cat Association)","verification_file":"pdf-raw/breed-standard/maine_coon_combined.txt"},"source_document":"CFA (Cat Fanciers' Association) & TICA (The International Cat Association)","source_file":"pdf-raw/breed-standard/maine_coon_combined.txt","trust":{"authority_tier":"T1","fidelity":"paraphrase","license":"paraphrase","display_grade":"C"},"tokens_estimated":578,"generated_at":null,"tip":"Use /api/v1/topics to discover more topics. /api/v1/nutrient for precise single-point queries. /api/v1/cross_compare for 2-3 standard comparisons."}