KHAOMANEE (KM) Texture: Resilient and slightly body. open, smooth enough to reveal Preserving the resemblance to HEAD...... 40 points 10 and 2 o’clock.. may be odd, musculature, with a moderate under native Khao Manees includes, for Shape...... 10 one blue and one green or yellow, two coat in most circumstances, very example, preserving the natural sexual Eyes ...... 10 blue, two green or two yellow. One or both natural, not overly groomed, not dimorphism. (Males should typically be Ears...... 5 eyes may be pigmented with both blue coarse nor very fluffy, naturally varies 8 to 11 pounds and may have slightly Muzzle/Chin...... 5 and another color. Brilliance of eye colors with environmental temperature. heavier boning than females. Females Forehead...... 4 and eye color contrast preferred.. Any eye Color: Very even snowy white. should typically be 6 to 8 pounds.) It colors accepted. Points are evenly Profile/Nose...... 4 implies that characteristics more Neck...... 2 divided between eye color and shape/size/set. GENERAL DESCRIPTION: typical of Western breeds, such as BODY...... 40 points Ears: Slightly large, wide at the base, The ideal of this breed is a very round heads are to be avoided. Torso...... 10 oval tips, somewhat longer than width at medium-sized cat of semi-foreign The personality of the Khao Boning...... 10 base. Ears should point toward 11 and 1 type, descended from and resembling Manee, like that of all the native of Musculature...... 5 o'clock. Ears should be well separated the native Khao Manees of , is communicative, though Legs...... 5 from each other, a bit less thn sn ear base Thailand. It is a shorthaired, not necessarily noisy. They are active, width apart. Allow for light furnishings. Feet...... 5 completely white cat with odd-colored playful, curious cats. They love to Tail...... 5 Muzzle: Medium in length and width. interact with people and hate to be left Muzzle break is moderate, forming eyes, or same-colored eyes. Indeed, alone and ignored. The is COAT/COLOR/PATTERN.. . . 20 points boundary of hemispheric, rounded muzzle. the original eye color of the breed highly intelligent. This is not a Length/Texture...... 12 Chin: Moderate, proportionl to the may have been limited to blue. Color...... 8 nose The history of the Khaomanee reserved, self-sufficient, independent Forehead: Long, very slightly convex. probably began when the Thai people breed. But it is a great breed for those CATEGORY: Traditional. Profile/Nose: Nearly straight, but with developed the Khao-plort, an all white who like cats that are all but human in slight, straight, downhill slope from brow to cat with “mercury” colored eyes (most their personalities and needs. DIVISION: Solid. just below the eyes. Nose may have likely gray-blue). The Khao-plort is slightly convex profile. ALLOWANCES: Stud jowls in Neck: Medium in length and width. described in the Tamra Maew, the COLOR: White ONLY. Poems, at least 700 males. Males also have significantly BODY: years ago. Although it is not certain heavier chest and shoulder PERMISSIBLE OUTCROSSES: Cats Torso: Medium. Underbelly is mostly when the cat fanciers of ancient Siam musculature. Colored spots limited to born in Thailand, Malaysia, Burma or Viet firm, level and parallel to the ground, but began to favor odd-eyes in the Khao- the head in and young adults. Nam of very average, moderate body and some loose skin on the underbelly is Tail faults that do not significantly head type. Cat breeds that originate in plort, it was probably about 100 years permissible. Thailand, have proof of Thai ancestry and ago. The cats at that time came to be shorten the length of the tail or Musculature: Very firm, but cat maintain moderate conformation called Khaomanee which means significantly distract from the overall should look agile and feel flexible and resembling SE Asian cats: , and the “white gem”. Khaomanee as of the appearance. springy, not meaty or heavy. Males should Experimental TICA breed, Maew Boran. twentieth century had become the have more muscule than females, but PENALIZE should not be cobby or thick-necked. preferred name in Thsilsn for the : Males resembling HEAD: Boning: Medium to slightly refined in breed, although the breeders still females in size, boning or Shape: Modified wedge, medium females and slightly robust in males. often use Khao-Plort as a alternative musculature; females so large, heavy width, moderate length. From full front, Legs: Medium to slightly long. name. in boning or musculature that they face appears elliptical, with focus points Feet: Oval in shape, medium in size in just below outer corners of eyes. Fairly Khao Manees are derived from resemble males. Round eyes. proportion to cat. prominent cheek bones lie along an inner the native race of cats still seen in Oriental eyes. Short or blunt muzzle; Tail: Medium. Proportionl to the ellipse with same focus points. Tip of Thailand today. Like other native cats very long or pointy muzzle. Narrow body, tapering gradually to the tip. Tail tip nose and tips of ears form points of of Thailand, they should have upper head or narrow space between kinks accepted. equilateral triangle. Inner eye corners lie characteristics suitable for the hot, the ears; small ears, very large ears, along line from nose tip to ear tip. or ears set low or high (significantly COAT/COLOR: wet, tropical climate, including a lithe, Eyes: Slightly to moderately large, but not extreme, body, medium length above or below 11 and 1 o’clock. Length: Medium length short coat, but not oversized, nocturnal or protruding. nose (handles hot air better than short Very straight profile. Tail fault that Plump oval shape. Set a bit more than naturally varies with environmental noses), a very short smooth coat, and noticeably shortens the length of the an eye widths apart. Lines drawn from temperature. corner to corner of each eye slant toward muscular and athletic but never bulky tail.

Revised 042814 Khaomanee Breed Standard, 05/01/2015 Revised 042814 Khaomanee Breed Standard, 05/01/2015 WITHHOLD ALL AWARDS DIAGRAMS: (WW): Roman profile; pronounced stop; pronounced convex forehead. Male Fluffy or stand-out coat. Cobby body. Obesity. Colored markings or clumps of hair on cats over 18 months of age. Paw pads and nose leather other than pink.

DISQUALIFY (DQ):Crossed eyes. Visible protrusion of the cartilage at the end of the sternum (xiphoid process). Female

– – – – – Temperament must be unchallenging; any sign of definite challenge shall disqualify. The cat may exhibit fear, seek to flee, or generally complain aloud but may not threaten to harm. Profile In accordance with Show Rules, ARTICLE SIXTEEN, the following shall be considered mandatory disqualifications: a cat that bites (216.9), a cat showing evidence of intent to deceive (216.10), adult whole male cats not having two descended testicles (216.11), cats with all or part of the tail missing , except as authorized by a board approved standard (216.12.1), cats with more than five toes on each front foot and four toes on each back foot, unless proved the result of an injury or as authorized by a Board approved standard (216.12.2), visible or invisible tail faults if Board approved standard requires disqualification (216.12.4), crossed eyes if Board approved standard requires disqualification (216.12.5), total blindness (216.12.6), markedly smaller size, not in keeping with the breed (216.12.9), and depression of the sternum or unusually small diameter of the rib cage itself (216.12.11.1). See Show Rules, ARTICLE SIXTEEN for more comprehensive rules governing penalties and disqualifications.

Revised 042814 Khaomanee Breed Standard, 05/01/2015