Siberian Cat - Neva Masquerade
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Update 01.01.2010 |
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Body |
The medium to large sized cat is muscular and heavy.
The legs are also muscular and of medium length. The paws
are large, compact and round with toe tufts.
The tail reaches to the shoulder blades, it is slightly
tapering and bushy.
The neck is short and solid. |
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Head |
The head is short and broad with deep set, broad cheek bones,
rounded muzzle and slightly rounded chin. The forehead is
slightly arched.
The nose is equally broad from the base to the nose leather.
The contours are gently rounded, the profile slightly curved. |
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Ears |
The ears are of medium size, broad at the base with a slightly
rounded tip. They are set wide apart and slightly tilted
forwards. |
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Eyes |
The eyes are large, slightly oval and rounded at the lower
edge, set at a slight slant and wide apart.
Eye colour shall be even and corresponds with the coat
colour. All shades from yellow/golden to green are permitted.
In bicolour and other patterns with white also blue or odd
eyes. In pointed patterns blue, the darker the better. |
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Coat |
The coat is of medium length. The very dense undercoat is soft
and fine, under a coarser, firm top coat. The dense, loosely
falling top coat is water repellent, has a firm structure,
firm to touch and glossy. It covers the back, the flanks and
top of the tail completely. The under parts of the body and
the back of the hind legs have only undercoat. The coat is
particularly long on the neck, the chest, the trousers and
the tail. |
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Colour varieties |
The colours chocolate and cinnamon, as well as their dilution
(lilac and fawn) are not recognized in any combinations (bicolour,
tricolour, tabby) for the Siberian and the Neva Masquerade.
The Burmese-factor is also not recognized.
All other colours and patterns are recognized. Any amount of
white is permitted. The description of colours is listed in
the general list of colours.The pointed variety with
Siamese points is
called
Neva
Masquerade. |
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Scale of points |
| Body |
35 points |
| Head |
30 points |
| Coat texture |
25 points |
| Coat colour and
pattern |
5 points |
| Condition |
5 points |
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Remark |
The general assembly of the WCF decided at its meeting in
Milan on August 03, 2002 that cross-breeding with other
breeds in all natural breeds, such as Maine Coon, Norwegian
Forest, Turkish cats and Siberian, needs the permission of
the judges' commission. |
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