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Somali

origin: North America · 6 figures in the corpus · Q42715

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.

Causes of death

5.7 percent stillborn verified

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

  • Study sample n=31 litters.
8.7 percentage points dead between birth and 8 weeks verified

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

  • Study sample n=31 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).

Category (FIFe)

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

Somali (SOM): FIFe Category 4

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