The Savannah Cat is a breed under development. Typically, it has been bengal cat breeders that are developing the Savannah breed. This likely happened because the bengal cat itself is a hybrid breed. Savannahs based on the Bengal cat and the African Serval are most beautiful. Other domestic cats are now included in the Savannah. One such breed is the oriental shorthair cat. Savannahs males cannot reproduce unless they have been breed down to about 3% serval cat (or for a high end savannah, 15/16 serval cat -- trouble with this is the cat is practically a serval). Currently, Savannahs produced from low percentage serval savannah males and females don't retain very much of the serval cats characteristics. The foundation Savannah Cats of higher percentage serval cat and the bengal cat are very beautiful. The low percentage serval Savannah Cats that are not based on the bengal cat often are not as exemplary of the breed. Image by Evelyn & Marilyn Wise @ Desert's Meow. Description By James Dougherty @ Donamae.
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