Verismo Leonetti Reserve Red

2006 Guinness World Record Holder for Longest Cat

Meet Frieda Ireland’s pet cat Leo, as he is known, a 100% purebred domestic cat with a CFA pedigree.
The people of Chicago, Illinois can be proud to call the world’s biggest cat their own.
He is the Biggest Maine Coon Cat; the Largest Maine Coon Cat.

On NBC affiliate station, WMAQ TV, Leo is shown at the office of veterinarian Scott Rovner, DVM, where his size was earlier measured and adjudicated for submission to the
Guinness World Records for the category "Longest Cat in the World".
Verismo Leonetti Reserve Red is beating the prior Longest Cat Guinness World Record holder, named Snowbie, by a whole 6 inches.
Verismo Leonetti Reserve Red is 48 inches tall from the tip of his nose to the end of his tail and weighs 35 pounds.  He holds the record for Longest Cat

Official Guinness Record
on the Guinness Website
Verismo Leonetti Reserve Red is being doted on at the Vet's office, about 6 months prior to Leo's return there, when the NBC-TV story was done.
Doctor Rovner is 6 ft. 2 in. tall for reference.

Leo's veterinarian stresses the point that his frame is big enough to carry this much weight and that 35 pounds is a good, healthy weight for Leo, emphasizing that he is not overweight.
Leo’s length – and not weight – is what makes him a record breaker.  Guinness does not encourage people to fatten up their pets.
 Red Tabby, Verismo Leonetti Reserve Red

Guinness compares Verismo Leonetti Reserve Red to the same size as an 8 year old child and his paw just fits into a size 2 child's shoe.  But if he were a human to Guinness's scale, Leo would stretch over 8 feet tall and weigh 220 pounds.

Freida says “We have to keep our eye on him when we’re cooking, because he can stand up and put his paws on the kitchen counter.”  Leo's dietary favorites are listed by Guinness.

 Red Tabby, Verismo Leonetti Reserve Red

A kitten picture of Verismo Leonetti Reserve Red
at 13 weeks age
now probably one of the biggest cats Verismo has ever produced.

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