Photo: Матвеева Ирина Владимировна · Public domain cat breed · 135 on Animalso
Somali
North America
- Animal
- Cat
- Origin
- North America
About the Somali
The Somali cat is a pedigree breed of domestic cat descended from the Abyssinian cat. Due to inheriting two copies of the recessive gene for long hair, they have a characteristic luscious coat. The Somali cat is often described as a long-haired Abyssinian and the first Somali cats appeared in the litters of Abyssinians as long-haired kittens, though how the gene was introduced into the Abyssinian gene pool is still a mystery.
More cat breeds from North America
Photo credits3 photographs on this page
- Somali — Матвеева Ирина Владимировна · Public domain · file page
- American Shorthair — odin_aka_zero-one · CC BY-SA 3.0 · file page
- Chantilly — Anne. Helgren · CC0 · file page
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