Breed_Standard

Breed Standard

As per Co-ordinating Cat Council of Australia Official Standard - 11th November 2000.

Siamese cats, as with each breed in this group (Balinese, Foreign White Shorthair, Foreign White Longhair, Oriental Shorthair, Oriental Longhair) are medium-sized, beautifully balanced, with head, aers and neck carried on a long, svelte, well-muscled body, supported on slender legs, with feet and tail in proportion. The head and profile should be wedge-shaped, neither round nor pointed. The expression is alert and intelligent. Males are generally larger than females.

HEAD

a tapering wedge that is medium in size and in proportion to the body. The wedge starts at the nose and flares out in straight lines to the tip of the ears, an equilateral triangle being the ideal, slightly convex across the top of the skull, forehead flat (this is the area between ear base and top of eye opening) with no break at the whiskers and a fine muzzle. When the whiskers are smoothed back, the underlying straight bone structure is apparent. Allowance is made for jowls in stud males.
In profile, the straight line formed from the nose leather to the centre of the forehead changes angle slightly and curves over the top of the skull and flows smoothly into the neck, without any irregularity.

EARS

large, pricked, wide at the base, flared, with good width between and continiung the line of the wedge.
NB: in kittens, the ears may appear to be oversized and fall outside the line of the wedge. Allowance may be made for this.

EYES

oriental in shape, with no less than the width of an eye between them. They are medium in size, slanting slightly downward towards the nose, in harmony with the lines of the wedge, ears and head size. They are neither protruding nor recessed and there must be no permanent squint.

NOSE

long, straight and of even width, with no dip or rise.

CHEEKS

in line with the wedge, neither protruding nor too narrow.

JAWS

fine, wedge-shaped and mediium in size.

CHIN

firm, completing the line of the wedge. In profile, it is of good depth and in a vertical line with the tip of the nose.

NECK

long and slender, in proportion to the body; being one of the features which gives elegance to these cats.

BODY

medium in size, long, svelte and elegant, with fine bones and firm muscles. The abdomen is tight, the body tubular, with the shoulder and hips continiung the sleek, staight lines of the body. The rib cage is oval when viewed from the front.

TAIL

long, whip-like, tapering from the base to the tip, in proportion to the body, and without kink.

LEGS

long, slim and elegant,in proportion to the body. The hind legs are slightly longer than the front legs.

PAWS

small and oval.

COAT LENGTH AND TEXTURE

very short and lying close to the body.

COAT COLOUR

General Standard

Siamese Colour and Coat

BODY

there must be clear contrast between the points and body colour. Shading, if any, should tone with the point colour but be of a lighter shade. Slight, even shading on the flanks is permissible. Deeper body colour may be evident in some cats due to age or climatic conditions. There should be no barring or other markings on the the body of any Siamese, with barring limited to the points in Tabby Points. Some concession may be made for orange gene varieties, which allow tabby markings to be partially expressed in the points.

to conform to the individual colour standard.

MASK, EARS, LEGS AND TAIL

points are to be as even as possible, though ears are often slightly darker. The mask should be clearly defined and complete (except in kittens) and must not extend over the entire head (called hooding), but is connected to the ears by tracings of colour. Ideally, leg colour should be up to the first leg joint, but may be less than this in dilute colours and Tabby Points.

EYE COLOUR

eyes are decidedly blue, with depth of colour to be strong and even in all varieties and to conform to the individual colour standard.

NOSE LEATHER AND PAW PADS

to conform to individual colour standard. Some consideration may be made for freckling on orange gene cats.

Scale of Points for All Group 2

Head and Neck 20

Ears 5

Eye Shape and Set 10

Sub-total 35

Body 15

Tail 5

Legs and Paws 5