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Category III |
KBL |
Kurilean Bobtail Longhair Standard |
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General |
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Large or medium sized, well-muscled.
Compact powerful body with short, pompom
shaped tail.
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Head |
Shape |
Large, in shape of a trapezium, rounded in
contours. Wide at the cheekbone level.
Slightly rounded in profile. |
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Chin |
Well-developed wide chin. |
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Nose |
A gentle dip from the forehead to the
broad, medium long straight nose, without
a definite stop. |
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Ears |
Shape |
Medium sized, wide at the base, slightly
pricked forward. Rounded at the tips, and
open at base with lynx-like tufts and long
hair out of the ears.
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Placement |
Set wide apart and medium high. Distance
between the ears is equal to the width of
one ear.
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Eyes |
Shape |
Rounded. Set wide apart and slightly
slanted.
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Colour |
Any colour from yellow to green. White
cats and colour varieties with white may
have blue or odd eyes.
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Body |
Structure |
Compact, muscled, solid bone structure.
Back shows delicate curve from the
shoulders to the rump which is higher.
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Legs |
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Medium in length, strong, sturdy. Hind
legs longer than forelegs.
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Paws |
Rounded. |
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Tail |
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Composed of one or more angles or curves
or any combination thereof. May be rigid
or flexible. The direction of curves is
not important.
Visible length of the tail (without coat)
from 3 to 8 cm. Size and shape of the tail
should harmonize with the overall
appearance of the cat.
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Coat |
Structure |
Dense, rather fine in texture, medium
long, with slight guard hair,
well-developed awn hair and slight
undercoat. A fully coated cat is desirable
and has a shirtfront, a full frill, and
breeches.
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Colour |
All with the exception of colourpoints,
chocolate, cinnamon, fawn, lilac and the
same combined with white. Any amount of
white is allowed, i.e. a white blaze,
white locket, white chest, white on the
belly, white on the paws, etc. Refer to
following tables.
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Faults |
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Slender type.
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Japanese Bobtail type.
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Extreme arch-like back not in harmony
with the appearance of the cat.
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Tail |
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Tail length from 8 to 12 cm or less than
3 cm.
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Tail with only one vertebra.
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Delayed bobtail effect.
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Disqualification |
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Deformities of the spinal vertebrae.
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Tail |
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Absence of the tail bone.
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Short straight tail without angles and
curves.
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Tail longer than 12cm.
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Recognized Colour Varieties |
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Colour |
EMS Code |
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White |
KBL w 61/62/63/64 |
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Black/Blue/Red/Cream |
KBL n/a/d/e |
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Black/Blue tortie |
KBL f/g |
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Black/Blue/Red/Cream/Black tortie/Blue
tortie smoke |
KBL n/a/d/e/f/g s |
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Black/Blue/Red/Cream/Black tortie/Blue
tortie agouti |
KBL n/a/d/e/f/g 22/23/24 |
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Black/Blue/Red/Cream/Black tortie/Blue
tortie silver/golden agouti |
KBL n/a/d/e/f/g s/y 11/12/22/23/24 |
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Black/Blue/Red/Cream/Black tortie/Blue
tortie with white |
KBL n/a/d/e/f/g 01/02/03/09 |
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Black/Blue/Red/Cream/Black tortie/Blue
tortie smoke with white |
KBL n/a/d/e/f/g s 01/02/03/09 |
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Black/Blue/Red/Cream/Black tortie/Blue
tortie agouti with white |
KBL n/a/d/e/f/g 01/02/03/09 21/22/23/24 |
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Black/Blue/Red/Cream/Black tortie/Blue
tortie silver/golden with white |
KBL n/a/d/e/f/g s/y 01/02/03/09
11/12/21/22/23/24 |
