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The rare purebred cat, the Sokoke, is named after the forest whence it came: Arabuko Sokoke forest. It is in Kenya. It is 420 square kilometers in size and the largest coastal forest in east Africa. The original Sokoke is a semi-feral cat living in and around settlements. It looks rather like a wild …
The Sokoke is a very rare breed of cat. The cat comes from an area that includes the Arabuko Sokoke Forest in Kenya, Africa where it is a feral cat and perhaps sometimes a domestic cat. However, domestic cats in Africa are, in general, not quite so domesticated as they are in America and …
Photo: copyright Helmi Flick. Return to Sokoke cat
Sokoke cat – photo copyright © Helmi Flick | Return to Sokoke cat
Sokoke cat – photo copyright © Helmi Flick | Return to Sokoke cat
THIS IS THE THIRD PAGE IN MY LIST OF CAT BREEDS. ON THIS PAGE I COVER RAGDOLL TO YORK CHOCOLATE (R-J).THE OTHER TWO PAGES ARE: A-H AND J-P Ragdoll Place of Origin: USA Date of origin: 1960s Ancestry: Moggies Weight: 10-20 lbs Temperament: Placid – ideal indoor cats Body type: Substantial Colors: Pointed inc. bicolor pointing. Grooming: …
According to a well-respected study the most inbred cat breeds are Burmese, Havana Brown, Singapura and Sokoke. These cat breeds have the lowest heterozygosity values and the highest coefficient of inbreeding (COI) values. At the second-tier level in terms of the most inbred cat breeds, the study found that the Birman, Abyssinian, Russian blue, …
