Siberian Cat Standard

Category II	SIB	Siberian Cat Standard
General	Size	medium to large, females mostly smaller than males
Head	Shape	a little bit longer than broad, softly rounded, massive
	Forehead	broad, just slightly rounded
	Cheeks	cheekbones well developed
	Nose	medium length, broad, in profile shows a slight indentation, but without stop
	Chin	slightly slanting back, in profile creating a curve from the upper line of the nose
Ears	Shape	medium size, well open at the base, tips are rounded with well-developed hairs inside and tufts
	Placement	with good width between, tilting slightly forward
Eyes	Shape	large, slightly oval shaped. A bit oblique, set widely apart
	Colour	Any colour is permitted. Regardless of coat colour. Clear eye colour is desirable.
Body	Structure	well boned and muscled, powerful neck, broad chest, body in proportion to create a rectangular appearance
Legs		medium high, to form a rectangle with the body, strong
	Paws	large, round, well tufted between toes
Tail		of medium length, thick, rounded tip. Covered on all sides by dense hair with no hairs trailing down
Coat	Structure	semi-long, well developed, very dense, undercoat not lying flat, overcoat water repellent, slightly hard to touch summer coat is distinctly shorter than the winter coat the winter coat shows a well-developed shirtfront, full frill and knickerbockers
	Colour	all colour varieties are permitted, including all colour varieties with white; except pointed patterns and chocolate and lilac, cinnamon and fawn any amount of white is allowed, i.e. a white blaze, white locket, white chest, white on the belly, white on the paws, etc.
Faults	General	too small or too finely built
	Head	long and narrow, straight profile, too round head (Persian type)
	Ears	too large or too high set
	Eyes	round eyes
	Legs	too long or too thin
	Tail	too short tail
	Coat	too fine or silky, lying flat, lack of coat (except in summer)

Siberian Cat Standard scale of points

Scale of Points		Points
Total		100
Head	general shape, shape of nose, cheeks and muzzle, jaw and teeth, forehead, chin	25
Ears	size, shape, placement	10
Eyes	shape and colour	10
Body	shape, size, legs, shape of paws	20
Tail	length and shape	5
Coat	quality, texture, length	25
Condition		5

Siberian Cat Standard colour varieties

Recognized Colour Varieties
Remarks	Siberian Cat 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	SIB n/a
Group II
Black/Blue with white	SIB n/a 01/02/03/09
Group III
Black/Blue agouti	SIB n/a 22/23/24/25
Black/Blue golden	SIB n/a y 11/12/22/23/24/25
Group IV
Black/Blue agouti with white	SIB n/a 01/02/03/09 21/22/23/24/25
Black/Blue golden with white	SIB n/a y 01/02/03/09 11/12/21/22/23/24/25
Group V
Red/Cream/Tortie solid/agouti	SIB d/e/f/g
	SIB d/e/f/g 22/23/24/25
Red/Cream/Tortie golden	SIB d/e/f/g y 11/12/22/23/24/25
Group VI
Red/Cream/Tortie solid/agouti with white	SIB d/e/f/g 01/02/03/09
	SIB d/e/f/g 01/02/03/09 21/22/23/24/25
Red/Cream/Tortie golden with white	SIB d/e/f/g y 01/02/03/09 11/12/21/22/23/24/25
Group VII
Black/Blue/Red/Cream smoke/silver	SIB n/a/d/e s
	SIB n/a/d/e s 11/12/22/23/24/25
Tortie smoke	SIB f/g s
Tortie silver	SIB f/g s 11/12/22/23/24/25
Group VIII
Black/Blue/Red/Cream smoke/silver with white	SIB n/a/d/e s 01/02/03/09
	SIB n/a/d/e s 01/02/03/09 11/12/21/22/23/24/25
Tortie smoke with white	SIB f/g s 01/02/03/09
Tortie silver with white	SIB f/g s 01/02/03/09 11/12/21/22/23/24/25
Group IX
White	SIB w
with blue eyes
with orange eyes
odd eyed
with green eyes