EMS SYSTEM – GCCF SECTIONS & BREEDS

SECTIONS & BREEDS HOUSEHOLD PET SECTION SHADED & TIPPED 1 PERSIAN SECTION DSH Domestic SH 10 with mantle EXO Exotic DLH Domestic LH 11 shaded PER Persian 12 tipped 1 NON –RECOGNISED BREEDS As PER Pewters SEMI-LONGHAIR SECTION XSH Non-Recognised SH MCO Maine Coon XLH Non-Recognised LH TABBY PATTERNS NEB Nebelung 21 unspecified tabby NFO Norwegian Forest COLOURS 22 classic/marble/blotched RAG Ragdoll a blue tabby RMF Ragamuffin b chocolate 23 mackerel tabby SBI (Sacred) Birman c lilac 24 spotted tabby SIB Siberian d red 25 ticked tabby SOL Somali Longhaired e cream SOS Somali Shorthaired em apricot OTHER PATTERNS TUV Turkish Van f black tortie1 31 Burmese colour restriction TVK Turkish Vankedisi g blue tortie 32 Tonkinese colour h chocolate tortie restriction BRITISH SECTION j lilac tortie 33 Himalayan (pointed) BRI British k caramel tortie MAN Manx m caramel EYE COLOURS* SRL Selkirk Rex LH n black1 61 blue eyed SRS Selkirk Rex SH o cinnamon2 62 orange eyed p fawn 63 odd eyed FOREIGN SECTION q cinnamon2 tortie 64 green eyed ABY Abyssinian r fawn tortoiseshell 65 Burmese eye colour ASS Asian Shorthair s silver/smoke 66 Tonkinese eye colour ASL Asian Longhair (Tiffanie) w white 67 Siamese eye colour AUM Australian Mist x any unrecognised colour * Only included in the EMS code for a cat BEN Bengal y golden where this makes a difference to its class CRX Cornish Rex nt amber (NFO only) e.g. White Persians & British SH always have the eye colour code included. DRX Devon Rex at light amber (NFO only) KOR Korat dt (d) red based on amber (NFO BREED SPECIFICS KMA Khao Manee only) 3 TAIL CODES (MAN only) LPL LaPerm Longhair et (e) cream based on amber 51 rumpy – no tail LPS LaPerm Shorthair (NFO only)3 52* rumpy riser – tiny rise in MAU Egyptian Mau ft amber tortie (NFO only) the bone at the end of the OCI Ocicat gt light amber tortie (NFO spine RUS Russian only) 1 53* stumpy – short tail SIN Singapura Also seal in pointed cats; brown in BUR, SNO Snowshoe TOS & TOL; usual in ABY, SOL & SOS; 54* longie – a full or nearly full SOK Sokoke bronze in MAU & tawny in OCI as length tail SPH Sphynx appropriate. *can be bred from but not shown GCCF TAI GCCF Thai 2 Sorrel in ABY, SOL & SOS 3 TOS Tonkinese SH These codes are used to register the genotype of the red/cream progeny from 2 TOL Tonkinese LH amber cats, together with their phenotype in brackets. BURMESE SECTION BUR Burmese PATTERNS ORIENTAL SECTION WITH WHITE OLH Oriental Longhair 01 van OSH Oriental Shorthair 02 harlequin (high white) 03 bicolour SIAw67 Foreign White 04 mitted (RAG only) 05 snowshoe (SNO only) SIAMESE SECTION 09 unspecified white/white SIA Siamese spotting gene BAL Balinese