MAINE COON
Standard of Excellence
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Heavy and shaggy, shorter on the shoulders and longer on the stomach and britches. Frontal ruff desirable. Texture silky, with coat falling smoothly.
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A coat that is short or overall even.
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- Delicate bone structure.
- Undershot chin (front teeth – incisors – of the lower jaw overlapping or projecting beyond the front teeth of the upper jaw when the mouth is closed.
- Crossed eyes.
- Kinked tail.
- Incorrect number of toes.
- White buttons, locket or spots.
- Cats showing evidence of hybridisation resulting in the colours chocolate, lavender, the Himalayan pattern, or unpatterned agouti on the body (i.e. Abyssinian type ticked tabby).
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SCALE OF POINTS
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Total
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100 points
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Head ( incl. shape), Ears, Eye Shape & Colour
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35
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Body incl. Shape, Neck, Legs, Feet, Tail & Balance
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35
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Coat incl. Colour
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30
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RECOGNISED COLOURS
All Traditional Solids, Tabbies, Smokes, Silver Tabbies, and related Parti-Colours.
No evidence of hybridisation.
No pointed series, chocolate or lilac series, or cinnamon and fawn series.
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