rasa de pisici: Oriental Shorthair

Categoria IV 

pisica: Oriental Shorthair

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: vivid, luminous green.

 
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:     even in colour, without tabby markings or shading in non-agouti varieties. Whiskers and eyebrows in harmony with the body colour 
                  For colour varieties refer to the following tables.

 
Faults

Coat: tabby bars in non-agouti varieties.

Faults precluding the certificate

Eyes: eye colour which is more yellow than green.