He called it the Somali and their popularity spread fast to the United States and Europe. This breed was developed from the Abyssinian and they were known as the longhair Abyssinian. A very distinguishing feature of these cats is the markings on the face which are often described as heavy stage makeup.
Abyssinian magkalat may seen ang kapanganakan ng longhair ketsap dahil sa marami salinlahi at di ang 1960s, a Canadian mag-anak diwa ng nakakatawa pataasin kumuha a bago mag-anak sa tesis kuting. siya tawagin ito ang Somali at kanila pagiging popular ikalat ayuno sa ang papag-isahin estadista at Europe. ito mag-anak was linangin sa ang Abyssinian at sila were malaman gaya ang longhair Abyssinian.