Kurilean Bobtail Shorthair Standard

Category III	KBS	Kurilean Bobtail Shorthair Standard
General		large or medium sized, well-muscled compact powerful body with short, pompom shaped tail
Head	Shape	large, in shape of a trapezium, rounded in contours wide at the cheekbone level slightly rounded in profile
	Chin	well-developed wide chin
	Nose	a gentle dip from the forehead to the broad, medium long straight nose, without a definite stop
Ears	Shape	medium sized, wide at the base, slightly pricked forward rounded at the tips, and open at base with lynx-like tufts and long hair out of the ears
	Placement	set wide apart and medium high distance between the ears is equal to the width of one ear
Eyes	Shape	rounded set wide apart and slightly slanted
	Colour	any colour from yellow to green white cats and colour varieties with white may have blue or odd eyes
Body	Structure	compact, muscled, solid bone structure back shows delicate curve from the shoulders to the rump which is higher
Legs		medium in length, strong, sturdy. Hind legs longer than forelegs
	Paws	rounded
Tail		composed of one or more angles or curves or any combination thereo may be rigid or flexible the direction of curves is not important. visible length of the tail (without coat) from 3 to 8 cm. size and shape of the tail should harmonize with the overall appearance of the cat
Coat	Structure	dense, rather fine in texture, short, with well-developed guard hair, firm awn hair and moderate undercoat
	Colour	all with the exception of colourpoints, chocolate, cinnamon, fawn, lilac and the same combined with white any amount of white is allowed, i.e. a white blaze, white locket, white chest, white on the belly, white on the paws, etc. refer to following tables
Faults		slender type Japanese Bobtail type extreme arch-like back not in harmony with the appearance of the cat
	Tail	tail length from 8 to 12 cm or less than 3 cm. tail with only one vertebra delayed bobtail effect
Disqualification		deformities of the spinal vertebrae
	Tail	absence of the tail bone short straight tail without angles and curves tail longer than 12cm.

Kurilean Bobtail Shorthair Standard scale of points

Scale of Points		Points
Total		100
Head	head, ears and eyes	20
Body	body and legs	30
Coat	structure and colour	15
Tail		30
Condition		5

Kurilean Bobtail Shorthair Standard colour varieties

Recognized Colour Varieties
Colour	EMS Code
White	KBS w 61/62/63/64
Black/Blue/Red/Cream	KBS n/a/d/e
Black/Blue tortie	KBS f/g
Black/Blue/Red/Cream/Black tortie/Blue tortie smoke	KBS n/a/d/e/f/g s
Black/Blue/Red/Cream/Black tortie/Blue tortie agouti	KBS n/a/d/e/f/g 22/23/24
Black/Blue/Red/Cream/Black tortie/Blue tortie silver/golden agouti	KBS n/a/d/e/f/g s/y 11/12/22/23/24
Black/Blue/Red/Cream/Black tortie/Blue tortie with white	KBS n/a/d/e/f/g 01/02/03/09
Black/Blue/Red/Cream/Black tortie/Blue tortie smoke with white	KBS n/a/d/e/f/g s 01/02/03/09
Black/Blue/Red/Cream/Black tortie/Blue tortie agouti with white	KBS n/a/d/e/f/g 01/02/03/09 21/22/23/24
Black/Blue/Red/Cream/Black tortie/Blue tortie silver/golden with white	KBS n/a/d/e/f/g s/y 01/02/03/09 11/12/21/22/23/24

Kurilean Bobtail Shorthair Standard remarks

Remarks
Misc.	all colour varieties and eye colours to be judged together in the same class