
Definitive Guide to Raising a Maine Coon: Top 7 Need-to-Knows
As the name suggests, they evolved in New England as domestic cats where they carved out an ecological niche killing rodents on local fishing boats… At one time, a majority of Maine Coons were polydactyl (having five toes or a ‘thumb’) and it’s theorized that this was also an adaptation to snow. The extra surface area of larger paws could have acted like snowshoes, keeping the cat atop the snow banks.

