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4.83 mean kittens per litter verified

Balinese/ Siamese/Oriental/Havana: mean litter size (Cerna et al. 2024)

as of 2026-09-20 · license: facts-only

  • Study sample n=70 litters.
  • Study breed label 'Balinese/ Siamese/Oriental/Havana' 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).

Source

Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery (SAGE) — Cerna P, Pugalendhi SJ, Shaw DJ, Gunn-Moore DA. Feline dystocia and kitten mortality up to 12 weeks in pedigree cats. J Feline Med Surg. 2024;26(12):1098612X241284766.
https://doi.org/10.1177/1098612X241284766
retrieved 2026-09-20

Method

Quoted verbatim from the source above.

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