| Abyssinian Standard |
| Category III |
ABY |
Abyssinian
Standard |
| Head |
Shape |
wedge
shaped, of medium proportions, wide at the top; the contours are soft and
graceful |
| Nose |
medium
long |
| in profile the head shows a soft curve, with
neither a stop nor a straight nose |
| Chin |
firm
and well developed |
| Muzzle |
not
sharply pointed |
| a shallow indentation forming the muzzle is
desirable, but a pinch is a fault |
| Ears |
Shape |
relatively
large, broad at the base; slightly rounded at the tips with a thumb print and
tufts of hair at the tips are desirable |
| Placement |
set
well apart and pricked |
| Eyes |
Shape |
large,
almond in shape and set well apart |
| Colour |
brilliant
and expressive; amber, green or yellow; pure, clear and intense colour;
outlined with the colour of the ticking |
| Neck |
|
graceful |
| Tail |
|
fairly
long and tapering; broad at the base |
| Body |
Structure |
medium
built, medium long; firm, lithe and muscular, having a firm feeling |
| Coat |
Structure |
short,
fine and close, lying flat |
| Colour |
2
or 3 bands of colour on each hair with dark tips for preference. For colour
varieties refer to the following tables |
| Remarks |
|
white
is tolerated on the chin and the nostrils |
| Faults |
Head |
too
deep stop |
| too much marking on the face |
| |
| Ears |
small
or pointed ears |
| Eyes |
round
eyes |
| unclear eye colour |
| absence of outline around eyes |
| |
| Body |
cobby
appearance |
| Tail |
rings
on tail |
| Coat |
cold
or sandy tone in colour |
| ghost markings or other tabby markings on the
body and legs |
| |
| Faults precluding the certificate |
Head |
Siamese
type |
| round head |
| |
| Legs |
bars
on all four legs |
| Tail |
whip
tail |
| Coat |
grey
or too dark or too light undercoat |
| too little or lack of ticking in parts of coat
where desired |
| unbroken necklaces |
| markings on belly and chest |
| white locket |
| white extending onto the chest |
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| Scale of Points |
Points |
| Total |
|
100 |
| Head |
general
shape, nose, jaws and teeth, forehead, placement and shape of the ears |
15 |
| Eyes |
shape
and colour |
10 |
| Body |
shape,
size, bone structure, height of the legs, shape of the paws, shape and length
of tail |
20 |
| Coat |
body
colour |
25 |
| ticking |
15 |
| texture |
10 |
| Condition |
|
5 |
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| Abyssinian Standard
colour varieties |
| Recognized Colour Varieties |
| Coat colour |
body
colour: as described in the General Part, with darker
ticking according to the corresponding colour varieties |
| ground colour: as described
in the General Part |
| underside of the body, chest and innersides of
the legs uniformly coloured with the ground colour, harmonizing with the
upper parts of the body, without any ticking, bars, necklaces or markings on
stomach or belly |
| darker shading along the spine |
| white or off-white is only permitted above the
lips, beside the nostrils and down the chin as long as it does not extend to
the chest |
| the tips of the ears are in the same colour as
the ticking |
| the back of the hind feet is dark, hairtufts
between the toes are in the same colour as the ticking |
| the colour of the tail is an extension of the
darker shading along the spine and ends in a solid dark tip, coloured with
the colour of the ticking, without any rings |
| Remarks |
all
remarks and faults described in the General Part also apply |
| Colour |
EMS
Code |
*Remarks |
| Ruddy/Blue/Sorrel/Beige-fawn |
ABY
n/a/o/p |
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| Ruddy/Blue/Sorrel/Beige-fawn silver |
ABY
n/a/o/p s |
A |
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| Abyssinian Standard
remarks |
| *Remarks |
| Eye colour |
A |
ground
colour should be without brown or yellow tinge or patches |
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| Abyssinian Standard
colours |
| Colours |
| Ruddy |
n |
body
colour: warm ruddy brown/red brown with black ticking |
| ground colour: deep apricot/orange |
| Blue |
a |
body
colour: warm blue-grey with dark steel blue-grey ticking |
| ground colour: pale fawn/cream |
| Sorrel |
o |
body
colour: bright warm copper red with chocolate-brown ticking |
| ground colour: deep apricot |
| Beige-fawn |
p |
body
colour: dull beige with deep warm cream ticking |
| ground colour: pale cream |
| Black silver |
ns |
body
colour: pure silver-white with black ticking |
| ground colour: pure silver-white |
| Blue silver |
as |
body
colour: pure silver-white with dark steel blue-grey ticking |
| ground colour: pure silver-white |
| Sorrel silver |
os |
body
colour: pure silver-white with red-brown ticking |
| ground colour: pure silver-white |
| Beige fawn silver |
ps |
body
colour: pure silver-white with deep warm cream ticking |
| ground colour: pure silver-white |
| Remarks |
A |
ground
colour should be without brown or yellow tinge or patches |
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