GEMS SYSTEM – GCCF SECTIONS & BREEDS SECTIONS & BREEDS HOUSEHOLD PET SECTION PATTERNS NPL Non Pedigree LH/SLH WITH WHITE SECTION 1 NPS Non Pedigree Shorthaired 01 van EXO Exotic PPL Pedigree Pet LH/SLH 02 harlequin (high white) PER Persian PPS Pedigree Pet Shorthaired 03 bicolour5 Household pet GEMS codes are just 04 mitted (RAG only) SECTION 2 one of the above regardless of 05 snowshoe (SNO only) MCO Maine Coon colour(s) or pattern. 09 unspecified white/white NEB Nebelung So for example all shorthaired pedigree spotting gene NFO Norwegian Forest Cat pets have the same GEMS code; PPS. 5 Default for cats “with white” including RAG Ragdoll tortie & white, except NFO (use 09). RGM RagaMuffin NON –RECOGNISED BREEDS SBI (Sacred) Birman XSH Non-Recognised SH SHADED & TIPPED SIB Siberian XLH Non-Recognised LH 11 shaded SOL Somali Longhair 12 tipped 14 with mantle6 SOS Somali Shorthair COLOURS 6 TUV Turkish Van a blue As PER Pewters b chocolate TABBY PATTERNS SECTION 3 c lilac 7 BLH British Longhair d red1 21 unspecified tabby BSH British Shorthair e cream 22 classic/marble/blotched tabby CHA Chartreux em apricot 23 mackerel tabby MAN Manx f black tortie2 24 spotted tabby SRL Selkirk Rex Longhair g blue tortie 25 ticked tabby SRS Selkirk Rex Shorthair h chocolate tortie 28 karpati 7 21 used for all tabby pointed cats or “High j lilac tortie White” cats (01 or 02). Also used for any SECTION 4 k caramel tortie other Tabby cats where the tabby pattern ABY Abyssinian m caramel is not (yet) clear. 2 AZT Aztec (was Ocicat Classic) n black 3 BEN Bengal o cinnamon OTHER PATTERNS CRX Cornish Rex p fawn 31 Burmese colour restriction 3 DRX Devon Rex q cinnamon tortie 32 Tonkinese colour restriction8 KOR Korat r fawn tortoiseshell 33 Himalayan (pointed) LPL LaPerm Longhair s silver/smoke 8 Also referred to as Darker Points. LPS LaPerm Shorthair w white EYE COLOURS LYL Lykoi Longhair x any unrecognised colour 61 blue eyed LYS Lykoi Shorthair y golden 62 orange eyed9 MAU Egyptian Mau nt amber (NFO only) 63 odd eyed OCI Ocicat at light amber (NFO only) 64 green eyed RUS Russian dt (d) red based on amber (NFO 65 Burmese eye colour 4 SIN Singapura only) 66 Tonkinese eye colour SNO Snowshoe et (e) cream based on amber (NFO 67 Siamese eye colour 4 SOK Sokoke only) 9 Also amber in Turkish. SPH Sphynx ft amber tortie (NFO only) An eye colour code must be included for: TAI Thai gt light amber tortie (NFO only) a) all White cats. TOY Toyger 1 Auburn in TUV. b) “High White” cats (01 or 02) unless 2 Also seal in pointed cats; brown in BUR, colourpointed (when Siamese eye SECTION 5 TOS & TOL; usual in ABY, SOL & SOS; colour is inferred). c) Where the GEMS code for a cat makes ALH Asian Longhair bronze in MAU & tawny in AZT & OCI. 3 Sorrel in ABY, SOL & SOS a difference to its class e.g. Chinchilla vs ASH Asian Shorthair 4 These codes are used to register the Cameo in the Persian section. AUM Australian Mist genotype of the red/cream progeny from BREED SPECIFICS BUR Burmese two amber cats, together with their TAIL CODES (MAN only) SUF Suffolk phenotype in brackets. 51 rumpy – no tail TOS Tonkinese Shorthair COAT 52 rumpy riser – tiny rise in the VARIANT CODES bone at the end of the spine SECTION 6 81 Longhair 53* stumpy – short tail BAL Balinese 82 Shorthair 54* longie – a full or nearly full OLH Oriental Longhair 83 Haired length tail OSH Oriental Shorthair 84 Straight-Coated *may be bred from but may not be shown. SIA Siamese Updated 12th August 2020 .