HEAD: the skull is a modified wedge showing a slight curve from muzzle to cheek, with a visible, but gentle, rise from the bridge of the nose to the brow. The muzzle is broad and well defined with a suggestion of squareness and in profile shows good length. The chin is strong and the jaw firm with a proper bite. The moderate whisker pinch is not too severe. The head is carried gracefully on an arching neck. An allowance is made for jowls on mature males.

EARS: alert, moderately large, and set so as to corner the upper, outside dimensions of the head. If an imaginary horizontal line is drawn across the brow, the ears should be set at a 45 degree angle, i.e., neither too high nor too low. When they occur, ear tufts extending vertically from the tips of the ears are a bonus.

EYES: large, almond shaped, and angling slightly upwards toward the ears with more than the length of an eye between the eyes.

TORSO: solid, hard, rather long-bodied with depth and fullness but never coarse. The Ocicat is a medium to large cat with substantial bone and muscle development, yet with an athletic appearance, and should have surprising weight for its size. There should be some depth of chest with ribs slightly sprung, the back is level to slightly higher in the rear, and the flank reasonably level. Preference is given to the athletic, powerful, and lithe, and objection taken to the bulky or coarse. It should be noted that females are generally smaller than males. The overall structure and quality of this cat should be of greater consideration than mere size alone.

LEGS and FEET: legs should be of good substance and well-muscled, medium-long, powerful and in good proportion to the body. Feet should be oval and compact with five toes in front and four in back, with size in proportion to legs.

TAIL: fairly long, medium-slim with only a slight taper and with a dark tip.

COAT TEXTURE: short, smooth and satiny in texture with a lustrous sheen. Tight, close-lying and sleek, yet long enough to accommodate the necessary bands of color. There should be no suggestion of woolliness.

TICKING: all hairs except the tip of the tail are banded. Within the markings, hairs are tipped with a darker color, while hairs in the ground color are tipped with a lighter color.

COAT COLOR: all colors should be clear and pleasing. The lightest color is usually found on the face around the eyes, and on the chin and lower jaw. The darkest color is found on the tip of the tail. Contrast is scored separately.

CONTRAST: distinctive markings should be clearly seen from any orientation. Those on the face, legs, and tail may be darker than those on the torso. Ground color may be darker on the saddle and lighter on the underside, chin, and lower jaw. Penalties should be given if spotting is faint or blurred, though it must be remembered that pale colors will show less contrast than darker ones.

EYE COLOR: all eye colors except blue are allowed. There is no correspondence between eye color and coat color. Depth of color is preferred.

PATTERN: there is an intricate tabby "M" on the forehead, with markings extending up over the head between the ears and breaking into small spots on the lower neck and shoulders. Mascara markings are found around the eyes and on cheeks. Rows of round spots run along the spine from shoulder blades to tail. The tail has horizontal brush strokes down the top, ideally alternating with spots, and a dark tip. Spots are scattered across the shoulders and hindquarters, extending as far as possible down the legs. There are broken bracelets on the lower legs and broken necklaces at the throat - the more broken the better. Large well-scattered, thumbprint-shaped spots appear on the sides of the torso, with a subtle suggestion of a classic tabby pattern - a spot circled by spots in place of the bull's eye. The belly is also well spotted. The eyes are rimmed with the darkest coat color and surrounded by the lightest color. Penalties should be given for elongated spots following a mackerel pattern.

DISQUALIFY: white locket or spotting, or white anywhere other than around eyes, nostrils, chin, and upper throat (except white agouti ground in silvered colors). Kinked or otherwise deformed tail. Blue eyes. Incorrect number of toes. Long hair. Due to the spotted patched tabby (torbie) cats resulting from the sex-linked O gene, no reds, creams, or torbies are allowed. Very rufous cinnamons and fawns may resemble red or cream, but never produce female torbies.

OCICAT COLORS

CHOCOLATE: chocolate spotting on a warm ivory agouti ground. Nose leather: pink rimmed with chocolate. Paw pads: chocolate-pink. Tail tip: chocolate.

CINNAMON: cinnamon spotting on a warm ivory agouti ground. Nose leather: pink rimmed with cinnamon. Paw pads: pink or rose. Tail tip: cinnamon.

BLUE: blue spotting on a pale blue or buff agouti ground. Nose leather: pink rimmed with dark blue. Paw pads: blue. Tail tip: blue.

LAVENDER: lavender spotting on a pale buff or ivory agouti ground. Nose leather: pink rimmed with dark lavender. Paw pads: lavender-pink. Tail tip: lavender.

FAWN: fawn spotting on a pale ivory agouti ground. Nose leather: pink rimmed in fawn. Paw pads: pink. Tail tip: fawn.

EBONY SILVER: black spotting on a pale silver/white agouti ground. Nose leather: brick red rimmed with black. Paw pads: black. Tail tip: black.

CHOCOLATE SILVER: chocolate spotting on a white agouti ground. Nose leather: pink rimmed with chocolate. Paw pads: chocolate-pink. Tail tip: chocolate.

CINNAMON SILVER: cinnamon spotting on a white agouti ground. Nose leather: pink rimmed with cinnamon. Paw pads: pink or rose. Tail tip: cinnamon.

BLUE SILVER: blue spotting on a white agouti ground. Nose leather: pink rimmed with dark blue. Paw pads: blue. Tail tip: blue.

LAVENDER SILVER: lavender spotting on a white agouti ground. Nose leather: pink rimmed with dark lavender. Paw pads: lavender-pink. Tail tip: lavender.

FAWN SILVER: fawn spotting on a white agouti ground. Nose leather: pink rimmed in fawn. Paw pads: pink. Tail tip: fawn.

above the CFA Breed Standards

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Even if externally pu to appear much similar one allegiptian mau, lOcicat a hybrid developed in the United States to the beginning of years ' 60, intercrossing between they following breeds: Siamese, Abissino and American Shorthair. Its genetic equipment does not contain traces of wild animals us!

It above all resembles the cat from peach spotted extinguished Egyptian very many years in the maculature of the cape, devout obvious along the posterior flanks dellanimale, shoulders and quarters. A rather great race, lOcicat has a muscoloso body and a short cape and polishes. The great eyes leggermente to almond, and the squared snout completes the image of a cat that it observes to us devout like if it were found in a film of Tarzan, rather than in the house drawing-room ours.

LOcicat clearly has a cape formed from dark devout spots of color on a bottom devout. Every hair, except those on the tip of the tail, has several bands of color. When these bands finish black with, it comes generated the classic point.

A cat much assets, lOcicat has maintained the personalit intelligent of the siamese. They are delicate animals and sensitive, they are adapted well to the greater part of atmospheres. These sociable cats much tolerate other cats and dogs well.

General aspect : Athletic, solid and aggraziato cat with maculato cape.

head : Head appuntita with wide squared snout; large eyes, to almond and oblique; medium or wide, triangular orecchie, distanced.

Body : Long, compact, powerful, agile body with devout leggermente wide thorax and flat back.

Cape : Soft, lucente, smooth, soft and impenetrable.

Tail : Long, thin, gradually streamlined.

ORIGIN PLACE : United States

ORIGIN YEAR : 1964

Temperament : Friendly