yeah refs are the best thing to learn from and why don't you look for a Abyssinian cat pic on google. Use an image as your ref, but first find simple pose then work your way to complex one. That's what I usually do when I draw wolves and dogs :3

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Here's a good basic antomy guide. It's the basics for all cats, just edit your drawings to fit the breed c:

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Concerning the referencing bit:
References are important, but that isn't how you reference outside of perhaps gesture practice, because it eventually becomes a crutch to your progress and when you take that method away most folks no longer know how to adapt. The point of a reference is to understand the subject at hand rather than to copy what you see verbatim (or almost so). This is a good guide on how referencing should work:
http://shattered-earth.deviantart.com/art/The-BASICS-Using-References-255875213


For what it helps, try looking at pictures of cats or videos of cats. This one helped my cousin a lot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJWlF9-jslQ

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Here's some good cat tutorials:
http://jumpingranch.deviantart.com/art/Guide-to-Little-Cats-87746460
http://majnouna.deviantart.com/art/Guide-to-Housecat-Breeds-1-167328669
http://majnouna.deviantart.com/art/Guide-to-Cat-Colors-Patterns-91579716
http://majnouna.deviantart.com/art/Basic-Animal-Anatomy-16337411
http://majnouna.deviantart.com/art/Guide-to-Housecat-Breeds-2-231783661

ALL of her tutorials are amazing tbh

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