C H A U S I E (CU)

 

Head.......................20 points

Ears........................15 points

Eyes........................10 points

Body.......................15 points

Tail.......................…10 points

Legs/Feet................10 points

Coat.....................…10 points

Color/Pattern..........10 points

 

RECOGNIZED CATEGORY / DIVISION / COLORS:

Traditional Category, Traditional Solid Division, Black, Traditional Tabby Division, Brown Ticked Tabby, Black Silver-Ticked Tabby.

 

GENERAL: The Chausie is a large muscular cat, with the males being proportionately larger than the females. The goal of the Chausie program is to create a good natured domestic cat with the look and beauty of the Jungle Cat. They have large, mobile, tufted ears, long legs and a naturally short tail, reaching to the hock. The Chausie should be amenable to handling and must not show signs of challenge.

HEAD: The head of the Chausie is an equilateral triangle (excluding ears), medium in size with a long sloping forehead. The muzzle is long and square with rounded whisker pads and a strong chin. The nose is broad, the cheekbones are prominent, angular and strong.

EARS: The ears are large and set upright, cornering the head. They are wide at the base, tapering to slightly rounded tips. Preference is given to cats with black or dark brown lynx tipping.

EYES: The eye is medium in size, oval in shape and set on an angle to the outer edge of the ear. Preferred eye color in the brown ticked tabby is gold, with hazel and yellow allowed. Preferred eye color in black and black silver ticked tabby is yellow, with gold and hazel allowed. No green or copper.

BODY: The large, rectangular body is strong and athletic, with a full chest and good depth of body. The musculature is long and lean, giving the cat a look of agility.

LEGS & FEET: The legs are moderately long, well muscled with medium boning. The hind legs are slightly longer than the front, as the cat is built for running and leaping. The feet are proportionately small and round. Five toes in front, four toes in the rear. Absolutely no polydactyl feet.

TAIL: The Chausie has a 3/4 length tail that extends just past the hock. This is the result of a normal length tail from the Jungle Cat with fewer vertebras, not the result of a mutated tail gene, i.e. - Manx or Bobtail breeds which are strictly forbidden in the Chausie breeding program. Full-length tails are acceptable, though not preferred.

COAT: The coat is semi-short and resilient with enough length to accommodate at least two bands of ticking. No longhaired cats should be used in the Chausie breeding program.

 

COLORS & PATTERNS:

BROWN TICKED TABBY: a mouse gray color next to the skin with sandy-gray to reddish-gold base coat. The coat will have 2 or more bands of color in the ticking. There will be barring on the tail, upper front legs and to the hock on the back legs. In addition, there may be faint markings on the face, vertical markings above each eye preferred to the tabby "M", with faint markings only on the body. The backs of the ears will have "thumbprint" markings of a lighter color. A white or off-white color should outline the eyes and muzzle. Nose leather pink to brick red. The underside will range in color from white or off-white to sandy-gold. Some flecking or speckling may occur on the stomach, but not to the degree of belly spots.

BLACK: solid black.

BLACK SILVER TICKED TABBY: black or silver base with the ground color black, followed by one or more bands of silver alternating with black. Faint markings may occur on the body.

ALLOWANCES: Hazel eye color allowed. Full length tails are acceptable, though not preferred.

PENALIZE: Green eyes. A cat that is refined or too heavily boned. A cat void of tabby markings on the legs or tail. Definite spotting on the body (faint pattern only allowed)

WITHHOLD ALL AWARDS: Tail too short. Tail kinked or lacking flexibility. Polydactyl feet. True mackerel or classic pattern. White lockets. Any colors other than the three allowable colors.

 

 

 

Head

Shape.....medium, equilateral triangle

(excluding ears)

Profile.....good length, straight with slight dip

underneath the eyes

Nose.....broad and straight, nose leather full and

fleshy

Muzzle.....square with rounded whisker pads

Chin.....strong, in alignment with the tip of nose

Ears

Size.....large, wide at base, slightly rounded tips

Placement...as much at side as on top

Furnishings...black or dark brown lynx tipping

Eyes

Shape...oval, set at angle to outer edge of ear

Size....medium

Color....gold with hazel or yellow allowed in brown

ticked tabby

yellow with gold or hazel allowed in black or

black silver ticked tabby

Body

Shape...Large foreign, rectangular, full chest, good depth of body

Size....large

Boning....medium/large

Musculature....long & lean giving cat the look of

agility

Legs

Length....moderately long, hind legs longer than front

Boning....medium

Musculature....well muscled

Feet

Size...proportionately small

Shape...round

Tail

Shape/Size...fully articulated, medium thickness

Length....3/4 tail, just past the hock is preferred

Full length is accepted.

Coat

Length....semi-short

Texture...resilient

Color

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Pattern

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