rasa de pisici: Korat

Categoria III 

pisica: Korat

Standard

 
General

Appearance: alert appearance.
Size:                medium.

 
Head

Shape:                      viewed from the front the head is heart-shaped with breadth between and across the eyes. The eyebrow ridges form the upper curves of the heart and the sides of the face curve gently down to the chin to complete the heart shape.
Nose:                        length in proportion to the face with a slight stop in profile. There is a slight downward curve at the tip of the nose and nose leather (lion-like).
Jowls Muzzle Chin: jowls and chin firm and well developed, forming a good balance for the profile and for the completion of the heart shape. Muzzle neither sharply pointed nor square. Chin neither weak nor receding, which gives a pointed shape to the head.

 
Ears

 Shape:         large, broad at the base, slightly rounded at the tips. Inside of ears slightly covered and outside well covered with extremely short and close hair.
Placement: set high on the head to give an alert expression.

 
Eyes

Shape:  large, round and well opened, rather oversized for the size of the face.
Colour:  luminous and expressive. Brilliant green colour is preferred, but amber is permissible.

 
Body

Structure: neither short like a Manx nor long like a Siamese, muscular, supple; powerful but not heavily built; heavier in weight than appearance suggests. Back curved.

 
Legs:  in good proportion to the body. Hind legs slightly longer than front legs.
Paws: oval.

 
Tail: medium long, heavier at the base, tapering to a rounded tip.

 
Coat

Structure: short to medium in length, lying close to the body; single coat. Glossy and fine. Inclined to break over the spine as the cat moves.
Colour:     silver-bluegrey all over, hair tipped with silver, the more silver the better. At the extremities where the coat is shorter, the silver shine is intensified.

Nose leather Lips: dark blue-grey or lavender.

Paw pads: dark blue-grey to lavender with a pink tinge.

 
Remarks

General: females are slightly finer built and smaller than males.
Head:      too narrow head without enough width between the eyes is undesirable. 
                 jaw pinch is undesirable. 
                 a nose too long or too short in proportion to the shape of the head is undesirable.
Eyes:       small and lustreless eyes are undesirable. 
                 until the cat is 2 years old the eye colour can be amber or greenish-amber; the distinctive colour does not become true until after 2 years of age.
Coat:       coats with silver tipping only on the head, legs and feet are undesirable.

Faults

Coat: white hairs or patches. 
           any other colour than silver and blue. 
           shading or tabby markings.