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LOOF STANDARDS Table of contents ABYSSINIAN & S OMALI MAINE C OON AMERICAN B OBTAIL S HORTHAIR & L ONGHAIR MANX & C YMRIC AMERICAN C URL S HORTHAIR & L ONGHAIR MUNCHKIN S HORTHAIR & L ONGHAIR AMERICAN S HORTHAIR NORWEGIAN F OREST C AT AMERICAN W IREHAIR OCICAT ASIAN , E NGLISH B URMESE & B URMILLA PERSIAN & E XOTIC S HORTHAIR BENGAL PETERBALD BIRMAN PIXIE B OB S HORTHAIR & L ONGHAIR BOMBAY & A MERICAN B URMESE RAGDOLL BRITISH S HORTHAIR & L ONGHAIR RUSSIAN & N EBELUNG CALIFORNIA S PANGLED C AT SAVANNAH CEYLON SCOTTISH & H IGHLAND CHARTREUX SELKIRK CHAUSIE SIAMESE , O RIENTAL , B ALINESE & M ANDARIN CORNISH R EX & C ALIFORNIAN R EX SIBERIAN DEVON R EX SINGAPURA DONSKOY SNOWSHOE EUROPEAN S HORTHAIR SOKOKE EGYPTIAN M AU SPHYNX GERMAN R EX THAI HAVANA B ROWN TONKINESE S HORTHAIR & L ONGHAIR JAPANESE B OBTAIL S HORTHAIR & L ONGHAIR TURKISH A NGORA KORAT TURKISH V AN KURILIAN B OBTAIL S HORTHAIR & L ONGHAIR YORK C HOCOLATE LAPERM S HORTHAIR & L ONGHAIR LOOF standards TABLE OF CONTENTS English translation of version revised 29 November 2010 LOOF standards TABLE OF CONTENTS English translation of version revised 29 November 2010 ABYSSINIAN & SOMALI HEAD = 30 points royal look. Medium in size, males are Profile = 5 proportionally larger than females. Muzzle = 5 Well muscled, the Abyssinian and the Skull = 5 Somali are supple and agile like Ears = 5 panthers and show a great interest in Eye shape = 5 their environment. Their ticked coat Neck = 5 has the quality to reflect the light. Because of his hair length, the Somali BODY = 35 points may seem a bit heavier than he really Torso = 10 is. Legs and feet = 10 Boning = 5 Head: the shape is a modified wedge Tail = 5 with rounded contours and no flat Musculature = 5 plane, viewed from the side or the front. The profile lines show gentle COAT AND TEXTURE = 10 points contours: the skull is slightly rounded, with a slightly rounded COLOUR AND PATTERN = 25 forehead, a slight indentation points between forehead and nose, without Colour = 10 a break. The nose should not be too Ticking = 10 long. A slight bump is not a fault, if it Eye colour = 5 does not bring any break or important curving. The length of the head Permissible colours: should be in proportion to the body. Category: traditional The head is proudly flowing into an Divisions: tabby (ticked tabby pattern elegant neck. only), silver/smoke (ticked tabby pattern only) Muzzle : viewed from the front as Colours: all from the side, the muzzle shows NB: brown ticked tabby is called gently rounded contours, without ruddy, cinnamon ticked tabby is being pointed or pinched. The chin is called sorrel) full and gently curved, without being projecting or receding. Jowls are Permissible crosses: allowed in adult males. The nose Abyssinian X Abyssinian leather is outlined in harmony with Somali X Somali coat colour. The lips should also show Abyssinian X Somali the same colour. Introduction Eyes : Brilliant and expressive, the The Abyssinian is a cat breed known eyes are large. Almond shaped, their for a very long time, and whose origin opening is neither round nor oriental. is mysterious and controversial. The Admitted colours are gold, hazel or Somali is the semi-longhair variety of green in any shade, as long as they the Abyssinian. Both should have a are even-coloured. They display a LOOF standards ABYSSINIAN & SOMALI – p. 1 English translation of version approved 12 June 2009 “Cleopatra” fine Mascara line, in Coat and texture : the Abyssinian’s relation with coat colour, encircled by coat is resilient to the touch, with a a light coloured area. Above each lustrous sheen and a fine texture. It eye, there is a short vertical darker is short but should have sufficient pencil stroke amidst the light area. length for each hair shaft to show at least four alternating light and dark Ears : large, alert and moderately bands, called ticking. The coat is pointed, the ears have a deep cup close-lying, longer on the spine, shape and are widely opened at base. getting gradually shorter on the head, Tilting forward, they are set as if the flanks and legs. Without being woolly, cat was listening. Moderately wide the undercoat is a specific feature of set, they are neither parallel nor the silky and resilient coat of the vertical. The outer edge should be Abyssinian. rather low, but not as much as in Oriental-typed cats. Hair on ears The Somali’s coat is semi-long, rather should be short and close-lying, close-lying. It is shorter over the preferably tipped, in conformity with shoulders and spine, getting gradually the colour requirements. The Somali longer on the flanks. Ruff and has good ear furnishings. A “thumb britches should be well furnished. No print” marking is desirable on the woolliness desired in undercoat. back of the ear. Neck : rather long and graceful, the Colour and Ticking: coat colour is neck is gently arched. an essential feature of the Abyssinian and Somali breeds. It should not be Body : foreign in type, the body is drab in any way but on the contrary medium long, lithe and graceful with show the deepest possible contrast. a well developed musculature. It is The coat seems to be glowing, which firm to the touch and elegant, never emphasizes the colour intensity. Each massive. The rib cage is slightly hair shaft should display at least four rounded, with no evidence of flat alternating light and dark coloured sides. The back is slightly arched as if bands, called ticking, except on the cat was about to spring. underside areas, i.e. belly, chest, throat, inner side of legs and Legs : slim in proportion to the body, underside of tail which are not ticked. the legs are long, well-muscled and Colour on these areas should be straight. even. From skin to tip, ticked hair shafts should start with a light Feet : small, oval and compact. When coloured band and end up with a dark standing, the Abyssinian and the coloured band (distal end). The Somali give the impression to be on Abyssinian and the Somali are tabby tip toe. Paw pads colour should be in cats, therefore, their whisker pads, relationship with coat colour. chin and upper throat area are lighter coloured, off-white preferred to white. Tail : rather thick at base, the tail is One should notice darker shading fairly long, but in proportion to the along the spine which strengthens the body. It is relatively tapering for the wild look of those breeds. ‘Soles’, i.e. Abyssinian and plumed for the darker colour behind legs, are Somali. welcome. LOOF standards ABYSSINIAN & SOMALI – p. 2 English translation of version approved 12 June 2009 Silver: the pattern is the same as in All colours: one to two broken non-silver cats but the lighter necklaces, tabby markings anywhere coloured bands between the ticking other than on the head. Uneven or ground colour are replaced by a tone indistinct eye colour in adults. to be as silver as possible. The reddish shades, called ‘rufousing’, Ticking or pattern faults: non even if not desirable, are not to be ticked spots or areas anywhere other considered a major fault, most of all if than on the throat, belly inner side of it is situated along the spine. legs, and underside of tail; lack of evenness in ticking. Plush or woolly Condition: alert and lively, neither coat. Round head, with obvious break skinny nor fat. or straight profile. Whippy tail. Penalize Withhold all awards Colour faults: White colour beyond throat (in non- Non-silvers: coldness or grey, sandy silver cats) or drab tones. White extending to the White locket, unbroken necklace or throat. Undercoat with unrelated presence of more than two broken colour (for instance, grey-coloured in necklaces, non-agouti cat. a ruddy or sorrel cat) Reversed ticking (outermost tip of hair shaft light instead of dark). Silvers: definite rufousing areas, Colourless paw pads. yellowish undercoat instead of pure General show penalties and white. withholdings. LOOF standards ABYSSINIAN & SOMALI – p. 3 English translation of version approved 12 June 2009 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. Muzzle : the muzzle is as long as COAT AND COLOUR = 15 points wide with well-defined whisker pads. Length = 5 Texture = 5 Eyes : large and wide, oval in shape, Colour = 5 the eyes are set at a bias to the base of the ear. Eye colour should be as CONDITION = 5 points even as possible. Permissible colours Ears : medium in size, the ears are Categories: all wide at base, well-opened and set Divisions: solid, tabby, silver/smoke, rather low. They are slightly rounded solid and white, tabby and white, with lynx tips and good furnishings silver/smoke and white inside. Colours: all Neck : the neck looks short in Permissible crosses proportion to the body because of the American Bobtail Shorthair X strong musculature and coat density.