rasa de pisici: Turkish Van

Categoria II

pisica: Turkish Van

Standard

 
Head

Shape: short, blunted triangle.
Nose:   medium long and straight.
Chin:     firm.

 
Ears

Shape:        large and well furnished; wide at the base, slightly rounded tips. The ears must be white outside, inside pale pink.
Placement:set close together, high and erect on the skull

Eyes

Shape: large and oval, set slightly oblique
Colour: blue, light amber, odd eyed: one eye blue, the other one light amber. Eye lids to be outlined with pink.

 
Neck: strong.

 
Body

Structure: long but sturdy, muscular, medium heavy type.

 
Legs:  medium long.
Paws: dainty, round, well tufted.

 
Tail: medium long; well furnished, but without undercoat. A black/blue/auburn/cream/Tortie/blue tortie and corresponding agouti patch on the rump extends to cover the whole of the tail, which is faintly ringed in black/blue/auburn/cream/tortie/blue tortie.

 
Coat

Structure: semi-long on the body, fine and silky texture. No woolly undercoat.
Colour:     chalk white with no trace of yellow. Patches of black/blue/auburn/cream/tortie/blue tortie and corresponding agouti varieties on the face with a white blaze.

 
Nose leather Paw pads: pink.

 
Remarks: some cats have small, irregularly placed black/blue/auburn/cream/ tortie/blue tortie and corresponding agouti patches, but this should not disqualify an otherwise good specimen. Often the blue/auburn/cream/tortie/blue tortie patches are more barred than solid.