rasa de pisici: Cymric

Categoria IV

pisica: Cymric

Standard

 
General

Appearance: the ideal cat is svelte, elegant, with long tapering lines, supple and well muscled.
Size:               medium.

 
Head

Shape: medium size, in proportion to the body, well balanced; wedge shaped with straight lines. The wedge starts at the nose and gradually increases in width in straight lines on each side to the ears. There should be no whisker break in these two lines. The skull viewed in profile is slightly convex.
Nose:   long and straight continuing the line from the forehead without any break.
Muzzle: narrow.
Chin:    of medium size. The tip of the chin forms a vertical line with the tip of the nose.

 
Ears

Shape:         large and pointed, wide at the base.
Placement: to continue the lines of the wedge.

 
Eyes

Shape: medium in size, neither protruding nor recessed. Almond in shape and set slightly slanted towards the nose to be in harmony with the lines of the wedge.
Colour: bi-colour

 
Neck: long and slender.

 
Body

Structure: long and svelte, well muscled but still dainty and elegant. The shoulders are not wider than the hips.

 
Legs:  long and fine, in proportion to the body.
Paws: small and oval.

 
Tail: very long; thin, also at the base; tapers to a fine point.

 
Coat

Structure: very short, fine, glossy, silky and lying close to the body. Almost no undercoat.
Colour:     Points: mask in the face, points on ears, legs and tail. The colour on all the points should be as even as possible. The mask must not extend over the entire head but is connected to the ears by tracings of colour.
                   Body colour: even, slight shading on the flanks permissible but there must be a clear contrast between the points and the body colour. For colour varieties refer to the following tables.

 
Remarks

Coat: slight shading on the body harmonizing with the points' colour permissible. 
           a deeper body colour is allowed in older cats.

Faults

Coat: belly spots and spots on the flank. 
           lighter coloured hairs or ticked hairs (brindling) in the points. 
           bars and stripes in the points, except for Tabby Points.

Faults precluding the certificate: coat Insufficient contrast between points and body colour.

Disqualification

Eyes: any other eye colour than blue.