Siamese

Siamese NECK: long and slender.

LEGS: long and slim. Hind legs higher than front. In good propor-
POINT SCORE tion to body.
HEAD (20) PAWS: dainty, small, and oval. Toes: five in front and four
Long, flat profile ........................................................................ 6 behind.
Wedge, fine muzzle, size .......................................................... 5
TAIL: long, thin, tapering to a fine point.
Ears........................................................................................... 4
Chin........................................................................................... 3 COAT: short, fine textured, glossy. Lying close to body.
Width between eyes.................................................................. 2 CONDITION: excellent physical condition. Eyes clear. Muscular,
EYES (10) strong, and lithe. Neither flabby nor boney. Not fat.
Shape, size, slant, and placement .......................................... 10 COLOR: Body: even, with subtle shading when allowed.
BODY (30) Allowance should be made for darker color in older cats as
Structure and size, including neck .......................................... 12 Siamese generally darken with age, but there must be definite
Muscle tone............................................................................. 10 contrast between body color and points. Points: mask, ears,
Legs and feet ............................................................................ 5 legs, feet, tail dense and clearly defined. All of the same shade.
Tail ............................................................................................ 3 Mask covers entire face including whisker pads and is connected
to ears by tracings. Mask should not extend over the top of the
COAT ........................................................................................ 10
head. No ticking or white hairs in points.
COLOR (30)
PENALIZE: improper (i.e., off-color or spotted) nose leather or
Body color ............................................................................... 10
paw pads. Soft or mushy body. Visible protrusion of the cartilage
Point color (matching points of dense color, ........................... 10
at the end of the sternum under normal handling.
proper foot pads and nose leather)
Eye color ................................................................................. 10 DISQUALIFY: any evidence of illness or poor health. Weak hind
legs. Mouth breathing due to nasal obstruction or poor occlusion.
GENERAL: the ideal Siamese is a medium sized, svelte, refined
Emaciation. Visible kink. Eyes other than blue. White toes and/or
cat with long tapering lines, very lithe but muscular. Males may
feet. Incorrect number of toes. Malocclusion resulting in either
be proportionately larger. Balance and refinement are the
undershot or overshot chin. Longhair.
essence of the breed, where all parts come together in a harmo-
nious whole, with neither too much nor too little consideration SIAMESE COLORS
given to any one feature. SEAL POINT: body even pale fawn to cream, warm in tone,
HEAD: long tapering wedge. Medium in size in good proportion to shading gradually into lighter color on the stomach and chest.
body. The total wedge starts at the nose and flares out in straight Points deep seal brown. Nose leather and paw pads: same
lines to the tips of the ears forming a triangle, with no break at the color as points. Eye color: deep vivid blue.
whiskers. No less than the width of an eye between the eyes. CHOCOLATE POINT: body ivory with no shading. Points milk-
When the whiskers are smoothed back, the underlying bone chocolate color, warm in tone. Nose leather and paw pads: cin-
structure is apparent. Allowance must be made for jowls in the namon-pink. Eye color: deep vivid blue.
stud cat. BLUE POINT: body bluish white, cold in tone, shading gradually
SKULL: flat. In profile, a long straight line is seen from the top of to white on stomach and chest. Points deep blue. Nose leather
the head to the tip of the nose. No bulge over eyes. No dip in and paw pads: slate colored. Eye color: deep vivid blue.
nose. LILAC POINT: body glacial white with no shading. Points frosty
EARS: strikingly large, pointed, wide at base; continuing the lines grey with pinkish tone. Nose leather and paw pads: lavender-
of the wedge. pink. Eye color: deep vivid blue.
EYES: almond shaped. Medium size. Neither protruding nor
recessed. Slanted towards the nose in harmony with lines of The following information is for reference purposes only
wedge and ears. Uncrossed. and not an official part of the CFA Show Standard.
NOSE: long and straight. A continuation of the forehead with no
break. Siamese Color Class Numbers
Chocolate Point ............................................... 0270 0271
MUZZLE: fine, wedge-shaped. Seal Point ......................................................... 0272 0273
CHIN and JAW: medium size. Tip of chin lines up with tip of nose in Lilac Point ........................................................ 0274 0275
the same vertical plane. Neither receding nor excessively massive. Blue Point......................................................... 0276 0277
BODY: medium size. Graceful, long, and svelte. A distinctive AOV .......................................................................None None
combination of fine bones and firm muscles. Shoulders and hips
continue same sleek lines of tubular body. Hips never wider than
shoulders. Abdomen tight. Siamese allowable outcross breeds: none.

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