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 6 SOS Somali Shorthair COLOURS 14 with mantle 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. AZT Aztec (was Ocicat Classic) n black2 BEN Bengal o cinnamon3 OTHER PATTERNS CRX Cornish Rex p fawn 31 Burmese colour restriction DRX Devon Rex q cinnamon3 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 LYL Lykoi Longhair x any unrecognised colour EYE COLOURS LYS Lykoi Shorthair y golden 61 blue eyed MAU Egyptian Mau nt1 amber (NFO only) 62 orange eyed9 OCI Ocicat at1 light amber (NFO only) 63 odd eyed RUS Russian dt1 (d) red based on amber (NFO 64 green eyed 4 SIN Singapura only) 65 Burmese eye colour SNO Snowshoe et1 (e) cream based on amber (NFO 66 Tonkinese eye colour 4 SOK Sokoke only) 67 Siamese eye colour SPH Sphynx ft1 amber tortie (NFO only) 9 Also amber in Turkish. TAI Thai gt1 light amber tortie (NFO only) An eye colour code must be included for: TOY Toyger t2 zolotoy a) all White cats. 1 Auburn in TUV. b) “High White” cats (01 or 02) unless SECTION 5 2 Also seal in pointed cats; brown in BUR, colourpointed (when Siamese eye ALH Asian Longhair TOS & TOL; usual in ABY, SOL & SOS; colour is inferred). c) Where the GEMS code for a cat makes ASH Asian Shorthair bronze in MAU & tawny in AZT & OCI. 3 Sorrel in ABY, SOL & SOS a difference to its class e.g. Chinchilla vs AUM Australian Mist 4 These codes are used to register the Cameo in the Persian section. BUR Burmese genotype of the red/cream progeny from TOL Tonkinese Longhair two amber cats, together with their BREED SPECIFICS TOS Tonkinese Shorthair phenotype in brackets. TAIL CODES (MAN only) 51 rumpy – no tail SECTION 6 COAT 52 rumpy riser – tiny rise in the BAL Balinese VARIANT CODES bone at the end of the spine OLH Oriental Longhair 81 Longhair 53* stumpy – short tail OSH Oriental Shorthair 82 Shorthair 54* longie – a full or nearly full SIA Siamese 83 Haired length tail SUF Suffolk 84 Straight-Coated *may be bred from but may not be shown. Updated 1st January 2019 .