Abyssinian
Lots of sources spread the story that the Abyssinian breed is a few thousand years elderly and that it directly comes from Ancient Egypt. There's also stories that wild 'Abyssinians' live in parts of North Africa today.[citation needed]
The name 'Abyssinian' refers to Ethiopia, but most of the stories about the origins of Abyssinians refer to Egypt. The breed is sometimes believed to have originated from four Egyptian female kitten called Zula, who was taken from a port in Alexandria by a British soldier and brought to England. This theory is not established as true because there is no solid link between the cat first listed as an Abyssinian in 1882 and Zula.[2]
At least four, and possibly as lots of as five Abyssinians were introduced into the American Abyssinian gene pool from Libya (or, less likely, Egypt).[citation needed]
The name 'Abyssinian' refers to Ethiopia, but most of the stories about the origins of Abyssinians refer to Egypt. The breed is sometimes believed to have originated from four Egyptian female kitten called Zula, who was taken from a port in Alexandria by a British soldier and brought to England. This theory is not established as true because there is no solid link between the cat first listed as an Abyssinian in 1882 and Zula.[2]
At least four, and possibly as lots of as five Abyssinians were introduced into the American Abyssinian gene pool from Libya (or, less likely, Egypt).[citation needed]
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