The Governing Council of the Cat Fancy of Ireland GEMS SYSTEM – GCCFI SECTIONS & BREEDS SECTIONS & BREEDS HOUSEHOLD PET SECTION PATTERNS PERSIAN SECTION NPL Non Pedigree LH/SLH WITH WHITE EXO Exotic NPS Non Pedigree Shorthaired 01 van PER Persian PPL Pedigree Pet LH/SLH 02 harlequin (high white) PPS Pedigree Pet Shorthaired 03 bicolour5 SEMI-LONGHAIR SECTION Household pet GEMS codes are just one of 04 mitted (RAG only) MCO Maine Coon the above regardless of colour(s) or pattern. 05 snowshoe (SNO only) all NEB Nebelung So for example shorthaired pedigree pets 09 unspecied white/white have the same GEMS code; PPS. NFO Norwegian Forest spotting gene RAG Ragdoll 5 NON –RECOGNISED BREEDS Default for cats “with white” including RGM Ragamu n XSH Non-Recognised SH tortie & white, except NFO (use 09). SBI (Sacred) Birman XLH Non-Recognised LH SIB Siberian SHADED & TIPPED SOL Somali Longhaired 11 shaded SOS Somali Shorthaired COLOURS 12 tipped TUV Turkish a blue 14 with mantle6 Turkish Vankedisi = TUV w b chocolate 6 As PER Pewters c lilac BRITISH SECTION d red1 TABBY PATTERNS BRI British e cream 21 unspecied tabby7 MAN Manx em apricot 22 classic/marble/blotched tabby SRL Selkirk Rex LH f black tortie2 23 mackerel tabby SRS Selkirk Rex SH g blue tortie 24 spotted tabby h chocolate tortie 25 ticked tabby FOREIGN SECTION j lilac tortie 7 21 used for all tabby pointed cats or “High ABY Abyssinian k caramel tortie White” cats (01 or 02). Also used for any ASH Asian Shorthair m caramel other Tabby cats where the tabby pattern ALH Asian Longhair (Tianie) n black2 is not (yet) clear. AUM Australian Mist o cinnamon3 BEN Bengal OTHER PATTERNS p fawn 31 Burmese colour restriction CRX Cornish Rex q cinnamon3 tortie 32 Tonkinese colour restriction8 DRX Devon Rex r fawn tortoiseshell KOR Korat 33 Himalayan (pointed) s silver/smoke 8 Also referred to as Darker Points. KMA Khao Manee w white LPL LaPerm Longhair x any unrecognised colour EYE COLOURS LPS LaPerm Shorthair y golden 61 blue eyed MAU Egyptian Mau nt amber (NFO only) 62 orange eyed9 OCI Ocicat at light amber (NFO only) 63 odd eyed RUS Russian dt (d) red based on amber (NFO 64 green eyed SIN Singapura only)4 65 Burmese eye colour SNO Snowshoe et (e) cream based on amber (NFO 66 Tonkinese eye colour SOK Sokoke only)4 SPH Sphynx 67 Siamese eye colour ft amber tortie (NFO only) 9 TAI GCCF Thai Also amber in Turkish. gt light amber tortie (NFO only) An eye colour code must be included for: TOS Tonkinese SH 1 Auburnin TUV. a) all White cats. 2 TOL Tonkinese LH Also seal in pointed cats; brownin BUR, b) “High White” cats (01 or 02) unless TOS & TOL; usual in ABY, SOL & SOS; colourpointed (when Siamese eye BURMESE SECTION bronzein MAU & tawny in OCI. colour is inferred). 3 BUR Burmese Sorrel in ABY, SOL & SOS c) Where the GEMS code for a cat makes 4 These codes are used to register the a difference to its class e.g. Chinchilla ORIENTAL SECTION genotype of the red/cream progeny from vs Cameo in the Persian section. OLH Oriental Longhair two amber cats, together with their OSH Oriental Shorthair phenotype in brackets. BREED SPECIFICS TAIL CODES (MAN only) SIAw67 Foreign White 51 rumpy – no tail 52* rumpy riser – tiny rise in the g Co in un n c SIAMESE SECTION r i bone at the end of the spine e l

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