24.07.2017
01.01.2017
SACRED BIRMAN SBI Rec. 1949
Category 1
General / Size / Medium in size
Head / Shape / Strong bone
/ Forehead / Slightly rounded
/ Cheeks / Full, somewhat rounded
/ Nose / Of medium length without stop, but with a slight indentation
/ Chin / Firm
Ears / Shape / Rather small with rounded tips
/ Placement / Set slightly tipped, not too upright on the skull with good width between
Eyes / Shape / Not quite round, slightly oval, medium size
/ Color / Deep blue
Body / Structure / Slightly long body. Males must be more massive than females.
Legs / / Short and strong
/ Paws / Rounded
/ Gloves / The special feature of 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 which they should not extend.
Slightly longer white gloves on the hind feet can be tolerated.
On the back of the hind feed the white gloves end in points. The ideal
"gauntlets" and in inverted "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.
Tail / / Of medium length, forming a plume
Coat / Structure / Long to semi-long, sccording 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.
/ Color / Shows all characteristics know from the Siamese pointed cats,
but all four feet are white (gloves).
The point include the face, ears, legs, tail and genitals.
The points shall be even and in good contrast to the body color.
Body color: refer to the General Part for Siamese pointed cats.
Only in adult cats are the color of the points and the body color fully developed.
Remarks / / The Sacred Birman shows a special morphology, which is unique for the breed.
Faults / Coat / Pure white or coloured patches on the chest or the belly
Faults
precluding
the
certificate / Nose / Incompletely pigmented nose leather
/ Legs / Creeping up of white on the sides or the reverse sides of the gloves of
front and/or hind feet ( known as "ranners") absence of "gauntlets" in the hind feet
/ Coat / White patching in the coloured areas or the reverse a white patch on the genitals
Scale of points
Total / / Points/ 100
Head /general shape, cheeks, nose, jaws and teeth, forehead, chin / 20
placement and shape of ears
Eyes / shape and color / 5
Body / shape, size, bone structure legs and shape of paws / 20
Tail / length and shape / 10
Coat / body color and points / 10
/ quality and texture, length / 10
Gloves / on the front feet / 5
/ on the hind feet / 5
/ guantilets / 5
/ uniformity and symmetry of gauntlets and gloves / 5
Condition / / 5