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| Category II | SIB | Siberian Cat Standard | | General | Size | medium to large, females mostly smaller than males | | Head | Shape | a little bit longer than broad, softly rounded, massive | | Forehead | broad, just slightly rounded | | Cheeks | cheekbones well developed, high set | | Nose | medium length, broad, in profile shows a slight indentation, but without stop | | Chin | slightly slanting back, in profile creating a curve from the upper line of the nose | | Ears | Shape | medium size, well open at the base, tips are rounded with well-developed hairs inside and tufts | | Placement | with good width between, tilting slightly forward | | Eyes | Shape | large, slightly oval shaped. A bit oblique, set widely apart | | Colour | uniform, any colour is permitted, but preference is given to green | | Body | Structure | well boned and muscled, powerful neck, broad chest, body in proportion to create a rectangular appearance | | Legs | | medium high, to form a rectangle with the body, strong | | Paws | large, round, well tufted between toes | | Tail | | long, thick, rounded tip
covered on all sides by dense hair with no hairs trailing down | | Coat | Structure | semi-long, well developed, very dense, undercoat not lying flat, overcoat water repellent, slightly hard to touch
summer coat is distinctly shorter than the winter coat
the winter coat shows a well-developed shirtfront, full frill and knickerbockers | | Colour | all colour varieties are permitted, including all colour varieties with white; except pointed patterns and chocolate and lilac, cinnamon and fawn
any amount of white is allowed, i.e. a white blaze, white locket, white chest, white on the belly, white on the paws, etc. | | Faults | General | too small or too finely built | | Head | long and narrow, straight profile, too round head (Persian type) | | Ears | too large or too high set | | Eyes | round eyes | | Legs | too long or too thin | | Tail | too short tail | | Coat | too fine or silky, lying flat, lack of coat (except in summer) |
| Scale of Points | Points | | Total | | 100 | | Head | general shape, shape of nose, cheeks and muzzle, jaw and teeth, forehead, chin | 25 | | Ears | size, shape, placement | 10 | | Eyes | shape and colour | 10 | | Body | shape, size, legs, shape of paws | 20 | | Tail | length and shape | 5 | | Coat | quality, texture, length | 25 | | Condition | | 5 |
| Recognized Colour Varieties | | Remarks | Siberian Cat is judged in one of the following colour variety groups, i.e. in each colour variety group a certificate can be awarded. | | Colour | EMS Code | | Group I | | Black/Blue | SIB n/a | | Group II | | Black/Blue with white | SIB n/a 01/02/03/09 | | Group III | | Black/Blue agouti | SIB n/a 22/23/24/25 | | Black/Blue golden | SIB n/a y 11/12/22/23/24/25 | | Group IV | | Black/Blue agouti with white | SIB n/a 01/02/03/09 21/22/23/24/25 | | Black/Blue golden with white | SIB n/a y 01/02/03/09 11/12/21/22/23/24/25 | | Group V | | Red/Cream/Tortie solid/agouti | SIB d/e/f/g | | SIB d/e/f/g 22/23/24/25 | | Red/Cream/Tortie golden | SIB d/e/f/g y 11/12/22/23/24/25 | | Group VI | | Red/Cream/Tortie solid/agouti with white | SIB d/e/f/g 01/02/03/09 | | SIB d/e/f/g 01/02/03/09 21/22/23/24/25 | | Red/Cream/Tortie golden with white | SIB d/e/f/g y 01/02/03/09 11/12/21/22/23/24/25 | | Group VII | | Black/Blue/Red/Cream smoke/silver | SIB n/a/d/e s | | SIB n/a/d/e s 11/12/22/23/24/25 | | Tortie smoke | SIB f/g s | | Tortie silver | SIB f/g s 11/12/22/23/24/25 | | Group VIII | | Black/Blue/Red/Cream smoke/silver with white | SIB n/a/d/e s 01/02/03/09 | | SIB n/a/d/e s 01/02/03/09 11/12/21/22/23/24/25 | | Tortie smoke with white | SIB f/g s 01/02/03/09 | | Tortie silver with white | SIB f/g s 01/02/03/09 11/12/21/22/23/24/25 | | Group IX | | White | SIB w | | with blue eyes | | | with orange eyes | | | odd eyed | | | with green eyes | |
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Source:
FIFe http://www.fifeweb.org/wp/breeds/std/sib_std.html
http://www.samhain.republika.pl/standard.html |