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General |
Size |
medium in size |
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Head |
Shape |
Strong bone |
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Forehead |
Slightly rounded |
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Cheeks |
full, somewhat rounded |
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Nose |
Of medium length without stop, but with a slight indentation |
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Chin |
Firm |
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Ears |
Shape |
Rather small |
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Placement
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set slightly tipped, not too upright on the skull with good width between |
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Eyes |
Shape |
not quite round, slightly oval |
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Colour |
Deep blue |
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Body |
Structure |
Slightly long body. Males must
be more massive than females |
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Legs |
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Short and strong |
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Paws |
Rounded |
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Gloves |
The special feature of the Birman is the white feet, called "gloves", on both
the front and hind feet.
These gloves must be absolutely pure white. They should stop at the articulation or at the
transition of toes to metacarpals, over which they should not extend.
Slightly longer white gloves on the hind feet can be tolerated.
On the back of the hind feet the white gloves end in points. The ideal "gauntlets" end in an inverted "V" and extend 1/2 to 3/4 of
the way up the hock. Lower or higher gauntlets are acceptable but should not go beyond the hock.
It is important that the
gloves are equally long and show a symmetry of white, on either the two front feet and two hind feet; or even better on all
four feet. |
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Tail |
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Of medium length, forming a plume |
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Coat |
Structure |
Long to semi-long. According to the actual part of the body: short on the face, gradually growing longer on the cheeks
to a full frill, long on the back and the flanks. Silky texture. Little undercoat. |
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Colour |
Show all the characteristics known from the colourpointed cats, but all 4 feet are white (gloves).
The points include the face, ears, legs, tail and genitals.
The points shall be even and in good sontrast to the body colour.
The body colour and colour of the tummy is very pale egg shell; the back is golden beige in all varieties.
Only in adult cats the colour of the points and the body colour are fully developed. |
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Remarks |
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The Birman breed shows a special morphology which is unique for the breed. |
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Faults |
Coat |
Pure white or coloured patches on the chest or the stomach. |
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Fautls precluding the certificate |
Nose |
Incompletely coloured nose leather |
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Legs |
* Creeping up of the white on the side or reverse sides of the gloves of front and/or hind feet. (known as "runners")
* Absence of "gauntlets" on the hind feet |
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Coat |
* A white patching in the
coloured areas or reverse.
* A white patch on the genitals.
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Den hellige Birma er en semilanghårskat med maskefarve. Den har medium størrelse og kropsbygning. Hovedet er rundt, uden dog på nogen måde at ligne en perser. Profilen er afrundet uden stop men med en let fordybning på næseryggen. Hagen kraftig. Ørerne er forholdsvis små med god afstand. Øjnene er dybt blå, formen oval til afrundet - men ikke kuglerunde. Pelsens farve er helt speciel. Kropsfarven er lys - mælkehvid/beige evt. med et gyldent skær. Hale, ben, ører og ansigt
er maskefarvede - d.v.s. kontrast til kropsfarven. Birmaen er godkendt i maskefarverne brun, chokolade, blå, lilla, rød og creme samt tabby(striber) og tortie (skildpadde)
varianterne af disse seks grundfarver.
