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American Curl Longhair standard
Category II	ACL	American Curl Longhair Standard
General	Appearance	the distinct feature of the American Curl Longhair is their attractive, uniquely curled ears. Curls are well balanced, moderately muscled, svelte rather than massive in built. They are alert, active, with gentle, even dispositions
General	Size	medium
Head	Shape	modified wedge without flat planes, moderately longer than wide, smooth transitions
	Size	medium in proportion to body
	Muzzle	rounded with gentle transitions, no pronounced whisker break
	Chin	firm, in line with nose and upper lip
	Profile	nose moderate in length and straight, slight rise from bottom of eyes to forehead, gentle curve to top of head, flowing into neck, without a break
Ears	Shape	wide at base and open, curving back in smooth arc when viewed from front and rear. Tips rounded and flexible. Furnishings desirable
	Degree	minimum 90 degree arc of curl, not to exceed 180 degrees. Firm cartilage from ear base to at least 1/3 of height
	Size	moderately large
	Placement	erect, set equally on top and side of head
Eyes	Shape	moderately large, walnut, oval on top and round on bottom, set on slight angle between base of ear and tip of nose one eye width apart
Eyes	Colour	clear, brilliant, no relation to coat colour except blue eyes required in himalayan colour varieties
Neck		graceful
Body	Torso shape	medium in size. Length one and-half times height at shoulder, medium depth of chest and flank
Body	Musculature	moderate strength and tone, flexible
Legs		length medium in proportion to the body, set straight when viewed from front or rear, medium boning
Legs	Paws	medium and rounded
Tail		flexible, wide at base, tapering, equal to body length
Tail	Coat	full and plumed
Coat	Texture	semi-long, fine, silky, laying flat. Minimal undercoat
Coat	Colour	all colour varieties and patterns are permitted. For the colour varieties refer to tables below
Remarks		when Curls are alert with ears swiveled toward front, lines following curve of ear through tips should point to center of base of skull
Faults	Head	Siamese type
	Nose	deep nose break
	Eyes	small
	Ears	low set. abrupt change of direction without smooth curve pinch, horizontal or vertical crimp interior surface which appears corrugated
	Body	tubular or cobby excessive size
	Coat	heavy undercoat heavy ruff coarse or cottony texture
Faults precluding the certificate		extreme curl in adult where the tip of the ear touches back of ear or head straight or severely mismatched ears thick or calcified ears lack of firm cartilage in base of ear

American Curl Longhair standard scale of points
Scale of Points			Points
Total			100
Head	shape, size, profile, chin	15	20
Head	muzzle	5	20
Ears	degree of curl	10	30
	shape and size, furnishing	10
	placement	10
Eyes	shape and size		5
Body	shape, size, bone structure	5	25
	torso, neck	10
	legs, feet	5
	tail	5
Coat	quality and texture		15
Condition			5

American Curl Longhair standard colour varieties
Recognized Colour Varieties
Remarks	American Curl Longhair is judged in one of the following colour variety groups; i.e. in each colour variety group a certificate can be awarded
Colour	EMS Code
Group I
Black/Blue/Chocolate/Lilac/Cinnamon/Fawn	ACL n/a/b/c/o/p
Group II
Black/Blue/Chocolate/Lilac/Cinnamon/Fawn with white	ACL n/a/b/c/o/p 01/02/03/09
Group III
Black/Blue/Chocolate/Lilac/Cinnamon/Fawn agouti	ACL n/a/b/c/o/p 21/22/23/24/25
Black/Blue/Chocolate/Lilac/Cinnamon/Fawn golden	ACL n/a/b/c/o/p y 11/12/22/23/24/25
Group IV
Black/Blue/Chocolate/Lilac/Cinnamon/Fawn agouti with white	ACL n/a/b/c/o/p 01/02/03/09 21/22/23/24/25
Black/Blue/Chocolate/Lilac/Cinnamon/Fawn golden with white	ACL n/a/b/c/o/p y 01/02/03/09 11/12/21/22/23/24/25
Group V
Red/Cream/Tortie solid/agouti	ACL d/e/f/g/h/j/q/r
Red/Cream/Tortie solid/agouti	ACL d/e/f/g/h/j/q/r 22/23/24/25
Red/Cream/Tortie golden	ACLd/e/f/g/h/j/q/r y 11/12/22/23/24/25
Group VI
Red/Cream/Tortie solid/agouti with white	ACL d/e/f/g/h/j/q/r 01/02/03/09
Red/Cream/Tortie solid/agouti with white	ACL d/e/f/g/h/j/q/r 01/02/03/09 21/22/23/24/25
Red/Cream/Tortie golden with white	ACL d/e/f/g/h/j/q/r y 01/02/03/09 11/12/21/22/23/24/25
Group VII
Black/Blue/Chocolate/Lilac/Red/Cream/Cinnamon/Fawn smoke/silver	ACL n/a/b/c/d/e/o/p s
	ACL n/a/b/c/d/e/o/p s 11/12/22/23/24/25
Tortie smoke/silver	ACL f/g/h/j/q/r s
Tortie smoke/silver	ACL f/g/h/j/q/r s 11/12/22/23/24/25
Group VIII
Black/Blue/Chocolate/Lilac/Red/Cream/Cinnamon/Fawn smoke/silver with white	ACL n/a/b/c/d/e/o/p s 01/02/03/09
	ACL n/a/b/c/d/e/o/p s 01/02/03/09 11/12/21/22/23/24/25
Tortie smoke/silver with white	ACL f/g/h/j/q/r s 01/02/03/09
Tortie smoke/silver with white	ACL f/g/h/j/q/r s 01/02/03/09 11/12/21/22/23/24/25
Group IX
White	ACL w
Group X
Pointed	ACL n/a/b/c/d/e/f/g/h/j/o/p/r/q 31/32/33
Tabby pointed	ACL n/a/b/c/d/e/f/g/h/j/o/p/r/q 21 31/32/33
Smoke pointed	ACL n/a/b/c/d/e/f/g/h/j/o/p/r/q s 31/32/33
Silver tabby pointed	ACL n/a/b/c/d/e/f/g/h/j/o/p/r/q s 21 31/32/33
Golden tabby pointed	ACL n/a/b/c/d/e/f/g/h/j/o/p/r/q y 21 31/32/33
Group XI
Pointed with white	ACL n/a/b/c/d/e/f/g/h/j/o/p/r/q 01/02/03/09 31/32/33
Tabby pointed with white	ACL n/a/b/c/d/e/f/g/h/j/o/p/r/q 01/02/03/09 21 31/32/33
Smoke pointed with white	ACL n/a/b/c/d/e/f/g/h/j/o/p/r/q s 01/02/03/09 31/32/33
Silver tabby pointed with white	ACL n/a/b/c/d/e/f/g/h/j/o/p/r/q s 01/02/03/09 21 31/32/33
Golden tabby pointed with white	ACL n/a/b/c/d/e/f/g/h/j/o/p/r/q y 01/02/03/09 21 31/32/33