BRITISH SHORTHAIR

Body
The medium to large sized cat is muscular and cobby. Chest, shoulders and back are broad and massive.
The neck is short and strong.
Legs are short and muscular; paws thick and round.
The tail is medium long and thick with a rounded tip and reaches to the front paws.

Head
The skull is rounded, massive, broad with a firm chin. The nose is short, broad and straight.
Profile is curved (without any stop). Cheeks are full and strong. The large round whisker pads lend the short muzzle a definite outline.

Ears
The ears are medium in size, broad at the base, with slightly rounded tips. They are set wide apart.

Eyes
The eyes are large and round, set wide apart. Colour is analogous to coat colour.

Coat
The coat is short and very dense, not close-lying. It stands off the body like plush because of sufficient undercoat, but texture is not woolly, it is crisp.

Colour varieties
All colours and point colours without white are recognized, and the descriptions of colours are listed in the General list of colours.

Faults
A profile with a stop is a severe fault.



Scale of points

Body 20 points
Head 30 points
Colour of the eyes 10 points
Coat texture and length 10 points
Coat colour, pattern 25 points
Condition 5 points