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Individual Breed Standards LOOF STANDARDS Table of contents Abyssinian & Somali Maine Coon American Bobtail Shorthair & Longhair Manx & Cymric American Curl Shorthair & Longhair Munchkin Shorthair & Longhair American Shorthair Norwegian Forest Cat American Wirehair Ocicat Asian, English Burmese & Burmilla Persian & Exotic Shorthair Bengal Peterbald Birman Pixie Bob Shorthair & Longhair Bombay & American Burmese Ragdoll British Shorthair & Longhair Russian & Nebelung Ceylon Savannah Chartreux Scottish & Highland Chausie Selkirk Shorthair & Longhair Cornish Rex & Californian Rex Siamese, Oriental, Balinese & Mandarin Devon Rex Siberian Donskoy Singapura European Shorthair Snowshoe Egyptian Mau Sokoke German Rex Sphynx Havana Brown Thai Japanese Bobtail Shorthair & Longhair Tonkinese Shorthair & Longhair Korat Toyger Kurilian Bobtail Shorthair & Longhair Turkish Angora LaPerm Shorthair & Longhair Turkish Van Lykoi York Chocolate LOOF standards TABLE OF CONTENTS English translation of version applicable 1/1/2018 ABYSSINIAN & SOMALI HEAD = 30 points Somali is the semi-longhair variety of Profile = 5 the Abyssinian. Both should have a Muzzle = 5 royal look. Medium in size, males are Skull = 5 proportionally larger than females. Ears = 5 Well muscled, the Abyssinian and the Eye shape = 5 Somali are supple and agile like Neck = 5 panthers and show a great interest in their environment. Their ticked coat BODY = 35 points has the quality to reflect the light. Torso = 10 Because of his hair length, the Somali Legs and feet = 10 may seem a bit heavier than he really Boning = 5 is. Tail = 5 Musculature = 5 Head: the shape is a modified wedge with rounded contours and no flat COAT AND TEXTURE = 10 points plane, viewed from the side or the front. The profile lines show gentle COLOUR AND PATTERN = 25 contours: the skull is slightly points rounded, with a slightly rounded Colour = 10 forehead, a slight indentation Ticking = 10 between forehead and nose, without Eye colour = 5 a break. The nose should not be too long. A slight bump is not a fault, if it Permissible colours: does not bring any break or important Category: traditional curving. The length of the head Divisions: tabby (ticked tabby pattern should be in proportion to the body. only), silver/smoke (ticked tabby The head is proudly flowing into an pattern only) elegant neck. Colours: all NB: brown ticked tabby is called Muzzle: viewed from the front as ruddy, cinnamon ticked tabby is from the side, the muzzle shows called sorrel) gently rounded contours, without being pointed or pinched. The chin is Permissible crosses: full and gently curved, without being Abyssinian X Abyssinian projecting or receding. Jowls are Somali X Somali allowed in adult males. The nose Abyssinian X Somali leather is outlined in harmony with coat colour. The lips should also show the same colour. Introduction The Abyssinian is a cat breed known Eyes: Brilliant and expressive, the for a very long time, and whose origin eyes are large. Almond shaped, their is mysterious and controversial. The opening is neither round nor oriental. LOOF standards ABYSSINIAN & SOMALI – p. 1 English translation of version applicable 1/1/2016 Admitted colours are gold, hazel or Tail: rather thick at base, the tail is green in any shade, as long as they fairly long, but in proportion to the are even-coloured. They display a body. It is relatively tapering for the “Cleopatra” fine Mascara line, in Abyssinian and plumed for the relation with coat colour, encircled by Somali. a light coloured area. Above each Coat and texture: the Abyssinian’s eye, there is a short vertical darker coat is resilient to the touch, with a pencil stroke amidst the light area. lustrous sheen and a fine texture. It is short but should have sufficient Ears: large, alert and moderately length for each hair shaft to show at pointed, the ears have a deep cup least four alternating light and dark shape and are widely opened at base. bands, called ticking. The coat is Tilting forward, they are set as if the close-lying, longer on the spine, cat was listening. Moderately wide getting gradually shorter on the head, set, they are neither parallel nor flanks and legs. Without being woolly, vertical. The outer edge should be the undercoat is a specific feature of rather low, but not as much as in the silky and resilient coat of the Oriental-typed cats. Hair on ears Abyssinian. should be short and close-lying, preferably tipped, in conformity with The Somali’s coat is semi-long, rather the colour requirements. The Somali close-lying. It is shorter over the has good ear furnishings. A “thumb shoulders and spine, getting gradually print” marking is desirable on the longer on the flanks. Ruff and back of the ear. britches should be well furnished. No woolliness desired in undercoat. Neck: rather long and graceful, the neck is gently arched. Colour and Ticking: coat colour is an essential feature of the Abyssinian Body: foreign in type, the body is and Somali breeds. It should not be medium long, lithe and graceful with drab in any way but on the contrary a well-developed musculature. It is show the deepest possible contrast. firm to the touch and elegant, never The coat seems to be glowing, which massive. The rib cage is slightly emphasizes the colour intensity. Each rounded, with no evidence of flat hair shaft should display at least four sides. The back is slightly arched as if alternating light and dark coloured the cat was about to spring. bands, called ticking, except on underside areas, i.e. belly, chest, Legs: slim in proportion to the body, throat, inner side of legs and the legs are long, well-muscled and underside of tail which are not ticked. straight. Colour on these areas should be even. From skin to tip, ticked hair Feet: small, oval and compact. When shafts should start with a light standing, the Abyssinian and the coloured band and end up with a dark Somali give the impression to be on coloured band (distal end). The tip toe. Paw pads colour should be in Abyssinian and the Somali are tabby relationship with coat colour. cats, therefore, their whisker pads, chin and upper throat area are lighter LOOF standards ABYSSINIAN & SOMALI – p. 2 English translation of version applicable 1/1/2016 coloured, off-white preferred to white. Silvers: definite rufousing areas, One should notice darker shading yellowish undercoat instead of pure along the spine which strengthens the white. wild look of those breeds. ‘Soles’, i.e. darker colour behind legs, are All colours: one to two broken welcome. necklaces, tabby markings anywhere Silver: the pattern is the same as in other than on the head. Uneven or non-silver cats but the lighter indistinct eye colour in adults. coloured bands between the ticking ground colour are replaced by a tone Ticking or pattern faults: non to be as silver as possible. The ticked spots or areas anywhere other reddish shades, called ‘rufousing’, than on the throat, belly inner side of even if not desirable, are not to be legs, and underside of tail; lack of considered a major fault, most of all if evenness in ticking. Plush or woolly it is situated along the spine. coat. Round head, with obvious break or straight profile. Whippy tail. Condition: alert and lively, neither skinny nor fat. Withhold all awards White colour beyond throat (in non- Penalize silver cats) Colour faults: White locket, unbroken necklace or Non-silvers: coldness or grey, sandy presence of more than two broken or drab tones. White extending to the necklaces, non-agouti cat. throat. Undercoat with unrelated Reversed ticking (outermost tip of colour (for instance, grey-coloured in hair shaft light instead of dark). a ruddy or sorrel cat) Colourless paw pads. General show penalties and withholdings. LOOF standards ABYSSINIAN & SOMALI – p. 3 English translation of version applicable 1/1/2016 AMERICAN BOBTAIL SHORTHAIR & LONGHAIR HEAD = 40 points Introduction Shape = 5 The American Bobtail is a naturally Ears = 5 occurring short-tailed cat native to Eyes = 5 North America. The ideal subject is a Chin = 5 medium to large-sized, well-muscled, Muzzle = 5 athletic and solid cat, giving an Profile = 5 impression of power. Along with its Nose = 5 naturally bobbed tail, it displays long Neck = 5 or short haired, double, dense, shaggy coat. BODY = 40 points Torso = 10 Head: the head is broad with strong Legs = 5 jaws and no flat plane. Viewed from Feet = 5 the side, the nose shows a slight Tail = 10 indentation between the eyes but Boning = 5 there can be a small stop. The cheeks Musculature = 5 are full, the chin firm. COAT AND COLOUR = 15 points Muzzle: the muzzle is as long as Length = 5 wide with well-defined whisker pads. Texture = 5 Colour = 5 Eyes: large and wide, oval in shape, the eyes are set at a bias to the base CONDITION = 5 points of the ear. Eye colour should be as even as possible. Permissible colours Categories: all Ears: medium in size, the ears are Divisions: all except amber wide at base, well-opened and set Colours: all rather low. They are slightly rounded with lynx tips and good furnishings Permissible crosses inside. American Bobtail Shorthair X American Bobtail Shorthair Neck: the neck looks short in American Bobtail Longhair X proportion to the body because of the American Bobtail Longhair strong musculature and coat density. American Bobtail Shorthair X American Bobtail Longhair LOOF standards AMERICAN BOBTAIL – p.1 English translation of version applicable 1/1/2016 Body: semi-cobby in type, the Seasonal variations are admitted. athletic and powerful body is slightly Dense and resilient texture all year longer than high. The flanks are round. broad, the back is straight. The chest is full and the hips are strong.
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