While longhair cats occasionally were born in Abyssinian litters for many generations, it was not until the nineteen sixties that a Canadian breeder decided to develop a cat breed from these longhair kittens. The Somali was soon quite popular and rapidly spread to the United States and Europe. Because these cats were developed without using any breed but the Abyssinian, they are also known as Longhair Abyssinians. The Somali’s most striking characteristic is its facial markings. Many cat fanciers say that these markings look like heavily applied stage makeup. The breed’s eyes are especially striking, since the cats appear to be wearing kohl around their eyes. Right outside these dark rims, this breed has light colored hair. All together, these markings make the Somali look a bit like he is wearing eye makeup and glasses. This breed has a wedge shaped head, big ears, large, expressive eyes, and a well muscled body.
palipasin longhair ketsap maminsan-minsan were born di Abyssinian magkalat dahil sa marami salinlahi, ito was hindi hanggang ang labinsiyam labing -anim atipan ng pawid a Canadian mag-anak tiyak sa linangin a pusa mag-anak sa tesis longhair kuting. ang Somali was agad ganap popular at mabilis ikalat sa ang papag-isahin estadista at Europe. sapagka't tesis ketsap were linangin wala using sino man mag-anak datapuwa't ang Abyssinian, sila ay din malaman gaya Longhair Abyssinians.