Seychellois Longhair Standard

Category IV	SYL	Seychellois Longhair Standard
General	Appearance	the ideal cat is svelte, elegant, with long tapering lines, supple and well muscled
	Size	medium
Head	Shape	medium size, in proportion to the body, well balanced; wedge shaped with straight lines the wedge starts at the nose and gradually increases in width in straight lines on each side to the ears there should be no whisker break in these two lines the skull viewed in profile is slightly convex
	Nose	long and straight continuing the line from the forehead without any break
	Muzzle	narrow
	Chin	of medium size the tip of the chin forms a vertical line with the tip of the nose
Ears	Shape	large and pointed, wide at the base
	Placement	to continue the lines of the wedge
Eyes	Shape	medium in size, neither protruding nor recessed almond in shape and set slightly slanted towards the nose to be in harmony with the lines of the wedge
	Colour	pure and limpid, bright intense blue
Neck		long and slender
Body	Structure	long and svelte, well muscled but still dainty and elegant the shoulders are not wider than the hips
Legs		long and fine, in proportion to the body
	Paws	small and oval
Tail		very long; thin, also at the base; tapers to a fine point
Coat	Structure	fine and silky of medium length on the body, slightly longer at the frill and shoulders and on the tail, which forms a plume no woolly undercoat
	Colour	points: mask in the face, points on ears, legs and tail the colour on all the points should be as even as possible the mask must not extend over the entire head but is connected to the ears by tracings of colour body colour: even, slight shading on the flanks permissible but there must be a clear contrast between the points and the body colour for colour varieties refer to the following tables
		pointed with white for the pattern refer to the General Part: colour varieties 01, 02 and 03

Seychellois Longhair Standard scale of points

Scale of Points			Points
Total			100
Head	general shape, nose and profile, jaws and teeth, forehead, placement and shape of the ears, size, shape and placement of the eyes		25
Eye colour			15
Body	shape, size, bone structure, height of the legs and shape of the paws, length and shape of the tail		25
	colour, markings and pattern patching	body colour	20
		quality and texture	10
Condition			5

Seychellois Longhair Standard colour varieties

Recognized Colour Varieties
Colour	EMS Code	*Remarks
Solid point van/harlequin/bicolour	SYL n/a/b/c/f/g/h/j/o/p/q/r 01/02/03	A
tabby point van/harlequin/bicolour	SYL d/e 01/02/03	A, B, C

Seychellois Longhair Standard remarks

*Remarks
Eye colour	A	bright intensive blue
Misc.	B	faint stripes on the head, legs and/or tail are not to be penalized as faults.
Faults precluding the certificate	C	lack of colour on the legs