What is the difference between American Shorthair and Domenstic Shorthair?

Question

What is the difference between American Shorthair and Domenstic Shorthair?

Answer 1

An American Shorthair is a purebred cat and a Domestic Shorthair is a mixed breed cat.

Answer 2

Very little apart from the american shorthair being a pure bred that is bred using only natural coloured coats with no chocolate, Burmese, or points markings permitted especially for show purposes.

Answer 3

The simple answer is "a pedigree" and a breed standard.

American Shorthairs are a breed that is bred to conform with a standard of points that defines everything about how it looks:  size, shape, size and position of ears and eyes, set of cheeks, chin and muzzle, permissible colours and how "plushy" the hair is allowed to be.  

A domestic shorthair is any non-pedigree or randombred shorthair cat and any other shorthair cat not in possession of pedigree papers even if it looks purebred (without pedigree papers a cat cannot be considered a particular breed for exhibition purposes).  A domestic shorthair can be any colour, and shape - long nose, short nose, large ears, small ears, chunky build or slim.  The fur can be plushy or fine.  

American Shorthairs were developed from domestic shorthairs that were selectively bred for a particular look.  For example, the following are NOT allowed in American Shorthairs:  Eye color not completely green in silvers, or not gold in browns. Long, pointed ears or ears set too close together. Neck too short and thick or too long and slender. Tail should not be thin, whip-like, too short and thick or carried over the back in a squirrel fashion. The body should not be short and stocky (like a Persian shape) nor long and sleek (like a Siamese shape). The coat should not be fine, thin or long, and should not be fluffy in texture.   There must not be any white lockets on solid colour cats.  None of these constraints apply to domestic shorthairs!

Answer 4

what she said

Answer 5

An American shorthair is an actual breed of purebred cat.  Domestic short hair is a common term for a mixed breed cat with short hair.

Answer 6

American Shorthair is a purebred, showable breed. Domestic Shorthairs are random-bred, non-showable cats.