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BREEDS

Category I	Category II	Category III	Category IV
EXO - Exotic PER - Persian	ACL - American Curl Longhair ACS - American Curl Shorthair MCO - Maine Coon NFO - Norwegian Forest Cat RAG - Ragdoll SBI - Birman SIB - Siberian TUA - Turkish Angora TUV - Turkish Van	ABY - Abyssinian BEN - Bengal BML - Burmilla BRI - British BUR - Burmese CHA - Chartreux CRX - Cornish Rex CYM - Cymric DRX - Devon Rex GRX - German Rex EUR - European JBT - Japanese Bobtail KOR - Korat KBL - Kurilean Bobtail Longhair KBS - Kurilean Bobtail Shorthair MAN - Manx MAU - Egyptian Mau OCI - Ocicat RUS - Russian Blue SNO - Snowshoe SOK - Sokoke SOM - Somali SPH - Sphynx -------------------------- var = Shorthair cat that carries, or may carry the gene for longhair	BAL - Balinese ORL - Oriental Longhair ORS - Oriental Shorthair SIA - Siamese SYL - Seychellois longhair SYS - Seychellois shorthair -------------------------- non = Ikke godkjent rase (ex.: CYM non) -------------------------- Preliminary recognised breeds DSP = Don Sphynx NEM = Neva Masquerade PEB = Peterbald -------------------------- HCL = Housecat, longhair HCS = Housecat, shorthair

COLOURS - PATTERNS - TAIL - EYE COLOURS

Colours	Patterns	Tail	Eye Colours
n = Black/normal/ruddy/seal a = Blue b = Chocolate c = Lilac d = Red e = Cream o = Sorrel / Cinnamon p = Fawn / Beige - - - - - - - - - - - - f = Black Tortoiseshell g = Blue Tortoiseshell h = Chocolate Tortoiseshell j = Lilac Tortoiseshell q = Sorrel / Cinnamon - - Tortoiseshell r = Fawn / Beige Tortoiseshell - - - - - - - - - - - - s = Silver / Smoke w = White y = Golden - - - - - - - - - - - - x = Used to describe a colour that - - is not recognized for the breed	01 = Van 02 = Harlequin 03 = Bicolor 04 = Mitted 09 = Unspecified amount of white - - - - - - - - - - - - 11 = Shaded 12 = Shell - - - - - - - - - - - - 21 = Agouti - - - Unspecified tabby pattern 22 = Blotched tabby 23 = Mackerel tabby 24 = Spotted tabby 25 = Ticked tabby - - - - - - - - - - - - 31 = Burmese pointed 32 = Tonkinese pointed 33 = Himalayan pointed	51 = Rumpy 52 = Rumpy riser 53 = Stumpy (up to 3 cm) 54 = Long (more than 3 cm)	61 = Blue eyed 62 = Orange eyed 63 = Odd eyed 64 = Green eyed 65 = Burmese eyecolor 66 = Tonkinese eyecolor 67 = Pointed eyecolor - - - (Siamese blue)

Examples:
PER a - Blue Persian
EXO n 22 - Blotched tabby Exotic Shorthair
BRI w 62 - White/orange eyed British Shorthair
BAL n 21 - Blotched tabby pointed Balinese
SOM o - Sorrel Somali
ORI c - Lilac oriental
NFO n 09 23 - Brownmackreltabby/white Norwegian Forest Cat