What is Abyssinian cat?
{{Infobox Catbreed |name=Abyssinian |image=Gustav_chocolate.jpg |imagecaption=A male ruddy Abyssinian |country= [[Indian Ocean]], [[Southeast Asia]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://cfa.org/abyssinian/|title=About the Abyssinian|website=www.cfainc.org|access-date=26 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230422021103/https://cfa.org/abyssinian/|archive-date=22 April 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> |fifestd=http://www1.fifeweb.org/dnld/std/ABY-SOM.pdf |ticastd=https://tica.org/phocadownload/ab.pdf |ccastd=https://www.cca-afc.com/documents/BreedStandards/ABYSSINIAN_20211101_224644.pdf |acfstd=https://www.acf.asn.au/notices/notices/standards/Group%20Three/Abyssinian.pdf |cfastd=https://cfa.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/abyssinian-standard.pdf |gccfstd=https://www.gccfcats.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/ABYSSINIAN.SOP_.pdf |nickname=Abys}} The '''Abyssinian''' is one of the [[cat breeds]]. Its [[fur]] is mostly brown color and is short-haired.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://catzinc.org/oldsite/BreedsandBreeders/BreedDescription/Abyssinian.html|title=Abyssinian Breed Description|website=catzinc.org|access-date=2018-01-31}}</ref> They are called Abys for short.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cfainc.org/client/breedabyssinian.aspx|title=About the Abyssinian|access-date=January 31, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130105105811/http://www.cfainc.org/client/breedabyssinian.aspx|archive-date=January 5, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> == History == It is believed to be a natural breed in [[Ethiopia]], and was brought to the [[United States]] and [[England]] by a British soldier during the war in 1868. Ethiopia was called Abyssinia at the time, hence the name Abyssinian. There is a legend that they are descended from cats that were kept in the palaces of the [[pharaoh]]<nowiki/>s in [[ancient Egypt]], and although they resemble the cats in the murals, it is not known if this is true. There is also a legend that the [[Egyptian Mau]], which has a similar history, is very similar in shape to the early Abyssinian, wi