| Abyssinian Standard | ||
|---|---|---|
| Category III | ABY | Standart |
| 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 ground colour of the eyes should be without brown or yellow tinge or patches | |
| 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 |
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| Faults precluding the certificate | Head | - Siamese type or 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 | colour | 25 |
| ticking | 15 | |
| texture | 10 | |
| Condition | 5 |
| 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 |
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| 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 | |
| Ruddy/Blue/Sorrel/Beige-fawn silver | ABY n / a / o / p s | A |
| 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 patche |