ASIAN SHORTHAIR
(Smokes/Silvers/Tabbies/Silver Tabbies)
Standard of Excellence
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
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The Asian cat must conform in every way to the Burmese Type Standard. A tendency to Siamese type or the cobbiness of the British should be regarded as a fault. In Asians the females are smaller and much daintier than the males. Asians come in Smoke, Tabby and Silver Tabby varieties.
The Tabby Patterns are:- Classic, Mackerel, Spotted, and Ticked (refer to Pattern Section)
| Head & Ears
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The head should be slightly rounded on top, with good breadth between ears, having wide cheekbones, tapering to a short blunt wedge. The jaw should be wide at the hinge and the chin firm. A muzzle pinch is a bad fault. Ears should be medium in size, wet well apart on the skull, broad at the base, with slightly rounded tips, the outer line of the ears continuing the shape of the upper part of the face. This may not be possible in mature males who develop a fullness of cheek. In profile the ears should be seen to have a slight forward tilt. There should be a distinct nose break, and in profile the chin should show a strong lower jaw.
| | Eyes
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Must be set well apart. They should be large and lustrous; the top line of the eye shows a straight oriental slant towards the nose, the lower line being rounded. Either round or oriental eyes are a fault.
| | Eye Colour
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Lustrous, particularly alert and bright.
From yellow through chartreuse to green, depending on the variety. In silvers green is preferred.
| | Body
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Of medium length and size (allowance to be made for larger size in males), feeling hard, compact, muscular and heavier than its appearance indicates. The chest should be strong, and rounded in profile, the back straight from shoulders to rump.
| | Legs & Paws
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Slender and in proportion to the body; hind legs slightly longer than the front; paws neat and oval in shape.
| | Tail
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Straight and of medium length, not heavy at base, and tapering only slightly to a rounded tip without bone defect. A whip tail or visible kink is a fault and not permissible, but an invisible defect at the extreme tip may be overlooked in an otherwise excellent specimen.
| | Coat
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Short, fine, satin-like in texture, lying close to the body.
Must be even and sound throughout.
| | Condition
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Well muscled, carrying no fat, lively and alert, with a firm feel when handled. Obesity, paunchiness, weakness, apathy or emaciation are undesirable. An Asian cat has a firm feel when handled.
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