The Sokoke is a long legged moderate-sized cat with a short dense coat without any undercoat. It looks a little like a ocelot having an "African tabby pattern" with ticked hairs in the dark part of the pattern. It's movement pattern can be compared with a cheetahs.

Sokoke Cats Photo courtesy of the Sokoke Club The Sokoke cat is also known as the Sokoke Forest Cat. The Sokoke was found in Watamu, Kenya (Africa) around 1978, by a wildlife photographer. She took the cats home and continues to breed them today. The Sokoke then made the trip to Denmark, where they continued to breed the cat. In 1998 the first Sokoke cat arrived in the United States. The breed ...