22/02/2025
For those of you keen to cast a decerning eye over your Burm -Baby
Here is the ACF standard for Burmese that breeders try hard to adhere to for the show rings 😍😍😍😍. Years of hard work and planning go into promoting this gorgeous breed.
No cat is perfect in its outwardrd appearance but every cats soul is perfection 😻😻
General The Burmese is an elegant cat of foreign type.
Head: The top of the head is slightly rounded, with good breadth between the ears, having wide cheek bones
and tapering to a short, blunt wedge. The jaw is wide at the hinge and the chin strong. In profile
the nose shows a definite nose break and the chin a strong lower jaw. Neck of medium length, strong,
in proportion to the body.
Ears: Medium in size, set well apart on the skull, broad at the base, with slightly rounded tips. The outer
line of the ears continues the shape of the upper part of the face. This may not be possible in
mature males who develop a fullness of cheek. In profile the ears have a slight forward tilt.
Eyes: Set well apart, large, and lustrous. The top line of the eyes shows a straight oriental slant towards the
nose, the lower lid is rounded.
Body: Medium length and size, feeling hard and muscular and heavier than its appearance indicates. The
chest should be strong and rounded in profile, the back straight from shoulder to rump.
Legs and Feet: Legs rather slender and in proportion to the body; feet small and oval.
Tail: Medium length, not thick at the base and tapering slightly to a rounded tip.
Coat: Very short, fine, lying close to the body, satin-like in texture, almost without undercoat, very
glossy. For colour and patterns recognised refer to the descriptions below.
Remarks: A bump on the nose is undesirable.
Faults: Jaw pinch is a serious fault. Oriental eye shape, round eyes.
Withhold Challenge: ~
SCALE OF POINTS Head: including ears, 25 points
Ears: ~ points
Eyes: including shape and colour 20 points
Body including shape, legs, feet, and tail 20 points
Legs and Feet: ~ points
Tail: ~ points
Coat: texture 15 points
Colour: 15 points
Condition: 5 points ————
100 points
COLOURS AND PATTERNS RECOGNISED
General Description
Eye Colour: All shades of yellow to amber, golden yellow preferred; alert and bright.
Coat Colour: Only as listed below.
Coat Pattern: Sepia (i.e., Burmese Pattern Colour Expression cb cb)
Colour should be sound to the roots. In all colours the underparts of the body will be slightly paler than
the back. The ears and face may show a little contrast but their colour should be even. In adults of all
non-tabby colours there should be no barring or shadings. Solid: The colour of the body and extremities should be the same but may show greater contrast in colours
other than brown. Tortie: In all colours may be well-defined patches of colours [large or small patches (2 or 3 hairs constitute
a patch)] or intermingled colours distributed over the whole body, including extremities. The
red/cream colour can show various shades of the colour, with or without a blaze. The distribution of
colour is of less importance than the other details of the colour. Eye rims are either a solid colour or
shades of pink or both. Ticked Tabby: On the forehead, there should be an “M”. In ticked tabby kittens, there may be a skull cap which may clear to a “M” in adults. There should be an unbroken line running from the outer corner of each eye and penciling on the cheeks. The edges of the ears should be the same colour as the markings with a central patch of ground colour resembling a thumb print. The coat should be evenly ticked with two or three bands of colour extending well down each hair shaft. The darker colour should be more apparent down the spine, shading to a paler ground colour on the belly and inside the legs. Any necklaces may be broken or unbroken. The belly may be spotted. The legs may be barred. The tail may be ringed, with complete or broken rings or may have a continuation of the darker colour of the spine line. The tail should have a solid tip of darker colour except in red and cream and tortie tabbies. The darker pattern colour should extend from the feet up the back of the leg to the hock joint.
Remarks: In kittens and young adolescents’ allowance should be made for faint tabby barring in non-tabbies
and overall, a lighter colour than in adults.
Brown: Very dark colour bordering on black is incorrect.
Red/Cream: Dark spots of pigmentation (freckles) on the nose leather are allowed.
Faults: ~
Withhold Challenge: Green eyes. A noticeable number of white hairs.
Red/Cream: Too much tabby barring in non-tabbies.
Disqualify: ~
ACF Burmese Standard
3 | P a g e Amended June 2023
BROWN (BUR n)
CHOCOLATE TICKED TABBY (BUR b 25)
Coat: Rich, warm seal brown.
Nose Leather: Rich brown.
Coat: Warm milk chocolate ticking on a creamy beige ground colour
Paw Pads: Brown.
Nose Leather: Pink outlined with chocolate
BLUE (BUR a)
Paw Pads: Shades of chocolate brown. LILAC TICKED TABBY (BUR c 25)
Coat: Blue grey
Coat: Pale delicate dove-grey ticking on a
Nose Leather
cool-toned beige ground colour
& Paw Pads: Blue grey.
CHOCOLATE (BUR b)
Nose Leather: Lavender pink or pink outlined in lavender pink
Coat: Warm milk chocolate; evenness of colour
overall very desirable.
Paw Pads: Lavender pink RED TICKED TABBY (BUR d 25)
Nose Leather: Milk chocolate.
Paw Pads: Brick red to chocolate.
Coat: Warm orange ticking on a warm very pale orange ground colour
LILAC (BUR c)
Nose Leather: Pink outlined with deeper pink
Coat: Pale delicate dove-grey with a slightly pink
cast.
Paw Pads: Pink CREAM TICKED TABBY (BUR e 25)
Nose Leather &
Paw Pads: Lavender-pink
RED (BUR d)
Coat: Rich pastel cream ticking on a very pale cream ground colour, having a powered effect
Coat: Warm orange (apricot).
Nose Leather: Pink outlined with a deeper pink
Nose Leather & Paw Pads: Pink
Paw Pads: Pink
BROWN TORTIE TICKED TABBY (BUR f 25)
CREAM (BUR e)
Coat: Rich pastel cream.
Nose Leather & Paw Pads: Pink.
Coat: Description as for brown ticked tabby but pattern and ground colour is overlaid with seal brown and red (dark & light shades) in tortie pattern.
BROWN TORTIE (BUR f)
Nose Leather: Seal brown, pink or patched with both outlined in brown and/or deeper pink
Coat: The colours of seal brown and red (dark
Paw Pads: Seal brown, pink, or patched with both
and light shades) distributed in tortie
pattern.
BLUE TORTIE TICKED TABBY (BUR g 25)
Nose Leather
& Paw Pads: Seal brown, pink, or patched with both.
Coat: Description as for blue ticked tabby but pattern and ground colour is overlaid with blue-grey and cream (dark and light
BLUE TORTIE (BUR g)
shades) in tortie pattern.
Coat: Pale tones of blue-grey and cream (dark
and light) distributed in tortie pattern.
Nose Leather: Blue grey, pink, or patched with both outlined in darker blue-grey and/or deeper
Nose Leather &
pink
Paw Pads: Blue-grey, pink, or patched with both.
Paw Pads: Blue-grey, pink, or patched with both.
CHOCOLATE TORTIE (BUR h)
CHOCOLATE TORTIE TICKED TABBY (BUR h 25)
Coat: The colours of chocolate and red (dark
and light shades) distributed in tortie
Coat: Description as for chocolate ticked tabby but pattern and ground colour is overlaid with chocolate and red (dark and light
pattern.
shades) in tortie pattern.
Nose Leather: Milk chocolate, pink, or patched with both.
Paw Pads: Shades of chocolate brown, pink, or
Nose Leather: Milk chocolate, pink or patched with both outlined in chocolate and/or deeper pink
patched with both.
Paws Pads: Shades of chocolate brown, pink or
LILAC TORTIE (BUR j)
Coat: The colours of lilac and pale cream (dark
patched with both LILAC TORTIE TICKED TABBY (BUR j 25)
and light shades) distributed in tortie
pattern.
Coat: Description as for lilac ticked tabby but pattern and ground colour is overlaid with lilac and pale cream (dark and light shades) in
Nose Leather &
tortie pattern.
Paw Pads Lavender-pink, pink, or patched with both.
BROWN TICKED TABBY (BUR n 25)
Nose Leather: Lavender pink, pink or patched with both outlined in lilac and/or deeper pink
Coat: Rich, warm seal brown ticking on a creamy beige ground colour
Paw Pads: Lavender-pink, pink, or patched with both
Nose Leather: Brick red or pink outlined with brown
Paw Pads: Brown BLUE TICKED TABBY (BUR a 25)
Coat: Blue-grey ticking on a cool-toned very
pale beige ground colour
Nose Leather: Pink outlined with blue grey
Paw Pads: Blue grey
BREEDERS NOTES Allowable outcross: Burmese (American) but only under rules for Breed Development Programmes. Full generation Mandalay AOV which tests as sepia pattern (cbcb) may be used as an allowable outcross. Progeny from full generation Mandalay AOV (cbcb) to a Burmese would be registered as Burmese. All cats used as outcrosses must be DNA tested for all health tests available for Burmese (American); British and Burmese (i.e., breeds used to achieve the Mandalay). Also need to test positive for cbcb and negative for colours not currently recognised in Burmese by ACF.
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