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Somali Cat VS. Abyssinian Cat.

What are the differences between these two cat breeds?


With the exception of the extra length, the Somali has the same ticked coat as the Abyssinian. The ticked coat has contrasting light and darkcolored bands on each hair shaft. Somali ticking can be slower to evolve than Aby ticking.

Everything about him indicates his lively, attentive personality. Somali has a strongly rounded, wedgeshaped head topped with big, broad ears, the better to hear you. Large, almondshaped eyes of gold or green express interest in everything they see. Dark lines may extend from the eyes and the brows on the face.

Its colored bands give a soft, glowing appearance to the Somali coat. To the touch, the mediumlong hair is soft and silky with a fine texture. The Somali stands out from the Aby because of the ruff around his neck and the "breeches" on his legs, which give him a fuller appearance than the Aby. Horizontal hair tufts adorn the inner ears.

The Abyssinian is always said to look as if he had just come out of the wild. That's because of his ticked coat pattern, which looks and wild cats like cougars. The ticked coat has contrasting light and dark color bands on each hair shaft.

All about him shows a lively, attentive personality. The Aby has a strongly oval, wedgeshaped head topped with large, broad ears, the better to hear you. Large, almondshaped eyes of gold or green show an interest in everything they see. Dark lines can extend from the eyes and the brows on the face.

Somali and Abyssinian bodies are graceful and athletic. It falls into the middle ground between the stocky or cobby body of the breed, such as the Persian, and the tall, slender body of the Oriental breeds, such as the Siamese. The body is protected by slim, fineboned legs at the tip of short, oval, compact paws. Somalis and Abyssinians are often said to look as if they are walking on tiptoe. Swishing behind them is a full brush, or tail, thick at the base and slightly tapering at the end.

Their coats are available in four main colors: ruddy brown, more artistically represented as burnt sienna and ticked with darker brown or black, with tilered nose leather and black or brown paw pads; red, sometimes called sorrel, a cinnamon shade ticked with chocolatebrown, with pink nose leather and paw pads; blue, a warm beige ticked with various shades of slate blue, with nose leather described as old rose and paw pads as mauve; and fawn, a warm rosebeige ticked with light cocoabrown, with salmoncolored nose leather and pink paw pads. Some associations permit additional colors, including chocolate, lilac, and various silver tones.

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