S T A N D A R D

Nose: Of medium length without stop, but with a slight indentation.

Placement: Set slightly tipped, not too upright on the skull with good width between

Structure: Slightly long body. Males must be more massive than females.

Gloves: The special feature of the Sacred Birman is the white feet, called "gloves" on both the front and hind feet. These gloves must be absolutely pure white. They should stop at the articulation or at the transition of toes to metacarpals, over wich they should not extend. Slightly longer white gloves on the hind feet can be tolerated.

On the back of the hind feet the white gloves end in points. The ideal "gauntlets" end in inverte "V"s and extend 1/2 to 3/4 of the way up the hock. Lower or higher gauntlets are acceptable but should not go beyond the hock. It is important that the gloves are equally long and show symmetry of white, on either the two front or two hind feet, or even better, on all four feet.

Long to semi-long, according to the actual parts of the body; short on the face, gradually growing longer on the cheeks to a full frill, long on the back and the flanks. Silky texture. Little undercoat.

Shows all characteristics known from the colourpointed cats, but all four (4) feets are white (gloves). The points include the face, ears, legs, tail and genitals.

The points shall be even and in good contrast to the body colour.

(UTGÅR ! The body colour and colour of the tummy is a very pale egg shell; the back is golden beige in all varieties). 

(ERSÄTTS MED; The body colour is showing a slight shade of point colour, gradually shading to a lighter tone on the stomach and chest.

Pure white or coloured patches on the chest or the stomach may be seen in cats with a darker body colour).

Only in adult cats the colour of the points and the body colour are fully developed.

The Sacred Birman shows a special morphology which is unique for the breed.

(UTGÅR: Pure white or coloured patches on the chest or the stomach.) See; COAT - colour

FAULTS (Precluding the certifikat)

Creeping up of the white on the sides or the reverse sides of the gloves of front and/ or hind feet (known as "runners"). Absence of "gauntlets" on the hind feet.

White patching in the (UTGÅR: coloured) ERSÄTTS MED; pointed  areas or the reverse. (UTGÅR; A white patch on the genitals).

Motivering till de föreslagna ändringarna gällande standardtexten 

Colour: Gällande ändringen: "The body colour is showing a slight shade of point colour, gradually shading to a lighter tone on the stomach and chest". Det genetiskt korrekta är att kattens kroppsfärg antar en ton av maskfärgen, som gradvis går mot en ljusare ton från rygg mot mage / bröst.

Faults - coat (Precluding the certificate)

Ändringen "coloured" till "pointed" har gjorts för att poängtera att det endast gäller kattens maskade partier - inte en eventuell mörk kroppsfärg. 

Eyes: Ögonens färg, form, storlek och placering är väsentliga delar i det som skapar den karaktäristiska "vänliga birmalooken".

General shape, cheeks, nose, jaws and teeth, forhead, chin placement and shape of the ears, shape and colour of the eyes

20 points

* 10 points

20 points

* 5 points

(10 points)

15 points

10 points

5 points

(5 points)

* 5 points

(5 points)

5 points

5 points

100 points

Motivering till de föreslagna ändringarna i text och poängfördelning

Head/Eyes: Den nya poängfördelningen medför att man ger "eyes" en egen poäng. Ögonens poäng har tidigare ingått i totalsumman för "Head".

"Head" behåller sin poäng. De 10 poängen till "Eyes" hämtas från "Tail" (5 p) och "Gloves on the hind feet & Gauntlets" (5 p). Både "Tail" och "Gloves and Gauntlets" ska dock fortfarande beskrivas och bedömas som tidigare.

Anledningen till att man speciellt vill uppmärksamma kattens "ögon" är att man då lättare kan bevara / definiera birmakattens "look" ...