STANDARD OF POINTS FOR BURMESE

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The Burmese is an elegant Cat of a foreign type, which is positive and quite individual to the breed. Any suggestion of either Siamese type, or the cobbiness or a British cat , must be regarded as a fault.

BODY LEGS AND TAIL
The body should be of medium length and size, feeling hard and muscular, and heavier than its appearance indicates.The chest should be strong and rounded in profile, the back straight from shoulder to rump. Legs should be slender and in proportion to the body: hinds slightly longer than front: paws neat and oval in shape. The tail should be staight and of medium length, not heavy at base, and tapering only slightly to a rounded tip without bone defect. A visible kink or other bone defect in the tail is a fault, percluding the award of a challenge certificate, but an invisible defect at the extreme tip may be overlooked in an otherwise excellent specimen.

HEAD, EARS AND EYESET
The head should be slighty rounded on the top, with good breadth between the ears, having wide cheek bones and 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, set 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. The eyes which must be well apart, should be large and lustrous, the top line of the eye showing a straight oriental slant towards the nose, the lower line being rounded. Either round or oriental eyes are a fault.

EYE COLOUR
Eyes should be any shade of yellow from chartreuse to amber, with golden yellow preferred. Green eyes are a serious fault in Brown Burmese, but Blue Burmese may show a slight fading of colour.Green eyes with more blue than yellow pigmentation must preclude the award challenge certificate in Burmese of all colours.

COAT
The coat should be short, fine, satin-like in texture lying close to the body. The glossy coat is a distinctive feature of Burmese, and is indicative of good health.

CONDITION
Cats should be well-muscled, with good weight for size: lively and alert.

DISTRIBUTION OF POINTS
General All torties Body shape, legs, tail, feet 30 35
Body colour, coat texture and condition 25 20
Head and ears 20 20
Shape and set of eyes 15 15
Colour of eyes 10 10