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| Breed Name | Abyssinian | Abyssinian | Abyssinian | Abyssinian | Abyssinian | Abyssinian | Abyssinian | Abyssinian | Abyssinian |
| Recognition status | full | full | full | full | full | full | full | Championship Status since 1979 | full |
| Breed code | ABY | none | none | ABY | ABY | ABY | ABY | AB | ABY |
| Allowable outcrosses | Somali | none | none | Somali | none | Somali | Somali | Abyssinian/Somali | Somali |
| Recognised colours | tawny (ruddy, usual) cinnamon (sorrel) blue fawn silver series of above (s) |
tawny (ruddy, usual) cinnamon (sorrel) blue fawn chocolate lilac silver series of above colours |
ruddy (tawny, usual) red (cinnamon, sorrel) blue fawn |
usual (tawny, ruddy) sorrel (cinnamon) blue fawn silver series of above colours (s) |
usual (tawny, ruddy)* sorrel (cinnamon)* chocolate* blue* lilac* fawn* red* cream* usual tortie sorrel tortie chocolate tortie blue tortie lilac tortie fawn tortie The ‘*’ denotes full recognition. Silver series of above colours with full recognition only if applicable to base colour. Other colours are provisionally recognised and can be registered. |
tawny blue chocolate cinnamon lilac fawn red cream tawny tortie blue tortie chocolate tortie lilac tortie and silver series of above colours |
ruddy (tawny, usual) sorrel (cinnamon) chocolate blue lilac fawn silver series of above colours |
Limited to eumelanistic colors and agouti pattern only.br> Tabby and Silver/Smoke Divisions only |
ruddy (tawny, usual) sorrel (cinnamon) blue fawn silver series of above colours (s) |
| Breeding restrictions | Crossing of Abyssinian and Somali allowed but shorthaired offspring will be registered as ABY with ‘var’ for variant incorporated into registration number. | Non-silver progeny of silver Abyssinian may only be used for breeding with silver Abyssinian, they may NOT be bred with non silver Abyssinian. Short haired progeny of Abyssinian x Somali may not be bred into the Abyssinian population. |
Abyssinians should not be bred from cats that demonstrate disqualifying faults, veterinary defects or extreme variation from the Standard of Points. No variants allowed. |
none | No allowable outcrosses except within the breed group | ||||
| Special notes | Pedigrees of non silvers from silver matings will note that fact. Adding (s) to the registration number is common practice. |
Eight generation pedigree required to register cats from another association. | Abysinnian offspring from matings between Abysinniasn and Somalis may have’var’ on their registration. Genetic tests for known conditions recommended before breeding. |
Application currently being made to change name "ruddy" to tawny and "sorrel" to cinnamon. | none | none |
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