Ragamuffin
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Update 01.01.2010 |
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Body |
Very massive boning, with a broad, round chest, broad
shoulders and hips and an equally broad, massive back, very
well developed muscles. The shape of the body is rectangular
as seen in profile and from the front. There is a fat pad in
the lower abdomen.
The legs are very heavily boned and of medium length, the
hind legs are slightly longer than the front legs. The paws
are very large and round, to carry the weight of the cat
without being splayed, with tufts on the underside of the
paws and between the toes.
The tail is of medium length, very broad at the base and
slightly tapering to a blunt tip. It is densely furnished
and bushy. |
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Head |
The shape of the head is a broad modified wedge and appears
rounded. The part between the ears is slightly rounded. The
head is medium sized. The cheekbones are prominent.
The slightly rounded forehead flows together with the
slightly curved profile into a broad, straight bridge of the
nose.
The muzzle is set off, short, broad and rounded. The
whisker-pads are full and appear slightly puffy.
In profile the chin is rounded, but does not have very much
depth.
The neck is short, heavy and strong, particularly in older
males. |
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Ears |
The ears are medium sized and rounded, with moderate
furnishings inside. Ear tufts are allowed.
The ears are set at a slight angle at the sides of the head
with good width between and slightly tilted forward. |
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Eyes |
The eyes are large, walnut shaped and expressive, wide set and
slightly slanted.
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Eye colour |
| Classic colours |
green, golden green |
| White and Bicolour |
green, yellow-green, aquamarine, blue or
odd eyed (in all combinations) |
| Pointed |
blue |
| Mink |
aqua |
| Sepia |
golden green |
The more intense the eye-colour, the better. |
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Coat |
The fur is medium-long to long and very dense. The texture is
smooth and silky.
The fur around the neck and outer edges of the face is
slightly longer, forming a ruff.
The top coat and undercoat are almost of equal length and
equal texture. The fur on the hindquarters forms trousers. |
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Colour varieties |
All classical colours, except cinnamon and fawn, also mink,
sepia and pointed in solid, tabby, solid with white and
tabby with white. Any amount of white is allowed.
The colour of the nose leather and paw pads corresponds with
the colour of the coat. |
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Faults |
Body |
- stocky and short
- easily palpable spine and ribs
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Tail |
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Head |
- instead of a gentle roundness a cranial doming
- stop or break in the nose, Roman nose
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Ears |
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Eyes |
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Coat |
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Exceptions permitted |
Body |
- underdeveloped fat pad in the lower abdomen in
young cats
- lighter weight in young, unaltered cats
- finer boning in females
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Head |
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Eyes |
- not yet fully developed eye colour in young cats,
particularly in mink
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Coat |
- lack of or short ruff in unaltered cats and kittens
- short fur on the legs in cats with generally medium
length of coat
- seasonal changes in the coat
Density of coat varies seasonally.
- darkening on the body in older cats
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Scale of points |
| Body |
35 points |
| Head |
25 points |
| Eyes |
10 points |
| Coat texture |
20 points |
| Coat colour |
5 points |
| Condition |
5 points |
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