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Abyssinian

origin: Egypt · 10 figures in the corpus · Q7955

Every figure below carries this breed's name or id in its source study -- grouped by what it measures, not ranked. A breed appearing under a study here does not mean every other breed was tested and came back negative; it means this is what has a named source so far. See each figure's own page for its caveats.

Longevity

10.0 years (median age at death) verified

Abyssinian: years (median age at death) (O'Neill DG, Church DB, McGreevy PD, Thomson PC, Brodbelt DC)

  • Study sample n=11 (small sample; treat the estimate as imprecise).

Causes of death

464 deaths per 10,000 cat-years at risk (ASMR) verified

Abyssinian group: age-standardized total mortality rate, Swedish insured cats (Egenvall 2009, Agria)

  • A rate, not a life expectancy -- higher ASMR means higher yearly death risk, not necessarily a shorter median lifespan.
2.2 percent stillborn verified

Abyssinian: stillbirth rate, UK pedigree litters (Sparkes et al. 2006)

  • Study sample n=40 litters.
4.3 percentage points dead between birth and 8 weeks verified

Abyssinian: birth-to-8-week kitten mortality, UK pedigree litters (Sparkes et al. 2006)

  • Study sample n=40 litters.

Breeding

3.49 mean kittens per litter verified

Abyssinian/Somali: mean litter size (Cerna et al. 2024)

  • Study sample n=55 litters.
  • Study breed label 'Abyssinian/Somali' pools variants or does not map 1:1 onto a single roster breed (e.g. joint shorthair/longhair or joint-breed labels in the source table).
9.1 percent of litters by caesarean section verified

Abyssinian/Somali: caesarean-section rate (Cerna et al. 2024)

  • Study sample n=55 litters.
  • Study breed label 'Abyssinian/Somali' pools variants or does not map 1:1 onto a single roster breed (e.g. joint shorthair/longhair or joint-breed labels in the source table).
10.9 percent cumulative kitten mortality to 12 weeks verified

Abyssinian/Somali: cumulative kitten mortality to 12 weeks, stillbirths included (Cerna et al. 2024)

  • Study sample n=55 litters.
  • Study breed label 'Abyssinian/Somali' pools variants or does not map 1:1 onto a single roster breed (e.g. joint shorthair/longhair or joint-breed labels in the source table).

Bodyweight

3.5 kg (adult bodyweight, Wikidata P2067) verified

Abyssinian: adult bodyweight

  • Wikidata mass is sparse and its own sourcing varies by item; treat as indicative, not a veterinary measurement. See bodyweight-vetcompass-* figures for breeds with a clinical-cohort measurement instead.

Category (FIFe)

4 FIFe category (1-4, coat/morphology grouping) verified

Abyssinian (ABY): FIFe Category 4

  • Category is a coat/morphology grouping FIFe itself uses, not a ranking (1=lowest number, 4=highest, no ordinal meaning).

Other

1882 year (Wikidata inception, P571) preliminary

Abyssinian: year of inception recorded on Wikidata

  • Only 3 of 143 queried breed items carry a Wikidata P571 statement at all -- this is a very sparse field, shown for the few breeds that have it, not a claim that other breeds lack a known origin year.