NATIONAL BREED STANDARDS © ANCATS 2018 ANCATS National Breed Standards May 2018 1 INDEX ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 2 GLOSSARY ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 5 PREFACE .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 10 The Condition of the Cat .................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 11 Judging Disqualification Faults ........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 12 General faults in all breeds precluding a Challenge or Best in Show .............................................................................................................................................. 14 COLOURS & PATTERNS ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 15 Non-Agouti Varieties or Solid Coloured Cats ................................................................................................................................................................................... 16 Non-Agouti Varieties – Solid Coloured Cats with Silver .................................................................................................................................................................. 18 Agouti Varieties - including Silver and Golden ................................................................................................................................................................................. 19 Tabby Patterns ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 21 Classic (blotched) – Marbled – Mackerel - Spotted – Ticked Tabby ................................................................................................................................................ 22 Cats - with White: Bi-colour – Harlequin – Van ................................................................................................................................................................................ 26 Siamese (Himalayan) ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 27 BREEDS .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 29 Abyssinian ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 30 American Curl ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………33 American Shorthair………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………...………35 Aphrodite's Giant ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 37 Arabian Mau ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 45 Australian Mist ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 47 Australian Tiffanie ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 49 Balinese ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 50 Bambino - Experimental .................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 51 Bengal .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 53 Birman ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 56 Bombay ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 57 British Shorthair ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 58 Burmese .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 59 Burmilla Shorthair and Longhair ...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 62 Chartreux ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 63 Cheetoh - Experimental .................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 64 ANCATS National Breed Standards May 2018 2 Cornish Rex ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 67 Cymric (Longhair Manx) .................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 68 Devon Rex ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 69 Egyptian Mau ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 70 Elf - Experimental ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 72 Exotic Shorthair ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 74 Foreign White .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 75 German Rex .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 76 Japanese Bobtail ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................