OCICAT
Standard of Excellence
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
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The Ocicat is found in many colours with darker spots appearing on a lighter background. There are twelve accepted Ocicat colours divided into five colour classes, with all specimens possessing darker spots, which appear in deep contrast to a lighter background. The determining factor in answering any and all questions as to the correct colour of an Ocicat will be the colour of the tail tip without any comparison to the colour of other body markings (see Colours). Each hair except - on the tip of the tail – has several bands of colour. It is where these bands fall together that a thumbprint shaped spot is formed.
The Ocicat is a medium to large, well-spotted agouti cat of moderate type. It displays the look of an athletic animal: well muscled and solid, graceful and lithe, yet with a fullness of body and chest. It is alert to its surroundings and shows great vitality. This powerful, athletic, yet graceful, spotted cat is particularly noted for its “wild appearance”.
| Head
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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.
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| Muzzle
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Broad and well defined with a suggestion of squareness and in profile shows good length.
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| Chin/Jaw
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Strong, jaw firm with a proper bite.
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| Whisker Pad
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The moderate whisker pinch is not too severe.
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The head is carried gracefully on an arched neck.
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| Ears
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Alert, moderately large.
When present, ear tufts extending vertically from the tips of the ears are a bonus.
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| Placement
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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.
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| Eyes
| Shape
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Large, almond in shape, and angled slightly upwards towards the ears, with more than the length of an eye between the eyes.
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| Colour
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All eye colours except blue are allowed.
There is no correspondence between eye colour and coat colour.
Intensive colour is preferred.
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