Oriental Shorthair Standard

Category IV	OSH	Oriental Shorthair Standard
General	Appearance	the ideal cat is svelte, elegant, with long tapering lines, supple and well muscled
	Size	medium
Head	Shape	medium size, in proportion to the body, well balanced; wedge shaped with straight lines the wedge starts at the nose and gradually increases in width in straight lines on each side to the ears there should be no whisker break in these two lines the skull viewed in profile is slightly convex
	Nose	long and straight continuing the line from the forehead without any break
	Muzzle	narrow
	Chin	of medium size the tip of the chin forms a vertical line with the tip of the nose
Ears	Shape	large and pointed, wide at the base
	Placement	to continue the lines of the wedge
Eyes	Shape	medium in size, neither protruding nor recessed almond in shape and set slightly slanted towards the nose to be in harmony with the lines of the wedge
	Colour	vivid, luminous green.
Neck		long and slender
Body	Structure	long and svelte, well muscled but still dainty and elegant the shoulders are not wider than the hips
Legs		long and fine, in proportion to the body
	Paws	small and oval
Tail		very long; thin, also at the base; tapers to a fine point
Coat	Structure	very short, fine, glossy, silky and lying close to the body. Almost no undercoat
	Colour	even in colour, without tabby markings or shading in non-agouti varieties whiskers and eyebrows in harmony with the body colour for colour varieties refer to the following tables
Faults	Coat	tabby bars in non-agouti varieties
Faults precluding the certificate	Eyes	eye colour which is more yellow than green

Oriental Shorthair Standard scale of points

Scale of Points			Points
Total			100
Head	general shape, nose and profile, jaws and teeth, forehead, placement and shape of the ears, size, shape and placement of the eyes		25
Eye colour			15
Body	shape, size, bone structure, height of the legs and shape of the paws, length and shape of the tail		25
	colour, markings and pattern patching	body colour	20
		quality and texture	10
Condition			5

Oriental Shorthair Standard colour varieties

Recognized Colour Varieties
Colour	EMS Code	*Remarks
Solid	OSH n/a/b/c/d/e/o/p	A, B
Tortie	OSH f/g/h/j/q/r	A
Smoke	OSH n/a/b/c/d/e/o/p/f/g/h/j/q/r s	A, C
Tabby	OSH n/a/b/c/d/e/o/p/f/g/h/j/q/r 22/23/24/25	A
Silver tabby	OSH n/a/b/c/d/e/o/p/f/g/h/j/q/r s 22/23/24/25	A
Van/Harlequin/Bicolour	OSH n/a/b/c/d/e/o/p/f/g/h/j/q/r 01/02/03	A
Van/Harlequin/Bicolour smoke	OSH n/a/b/c/d/e/o/p/f/g/h/j/q/r s 01/02/03	A, C
Van/Harlequin/Bicolour tabby	OSH n/a/b/c/d/e/o/p/f/g/h/j/q/r 01/02 21	A
	OSH n/a/b/c/d/e/o/p/f/g/h/j/q/r 03 22/23/24/25	A
Van/Harlequin/Bicolour silver tabby	OSH n/a/b/c/d/e/o/p/f/g/h/j/q/r s 01/02 21	A
	OSH n/a/b/c/d/e/o/p/f/g/h/j/q/r s 03 22/23/24/25	A

Oriental Shorthair Standard remarks

*Remarks
Eye colour	A	vivid green
Misc	B	n: known as Ebony b: known as Havana c: known as Lavendar
	C	the silver-white base of the hair can glimmer through the upper layer of the coat