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

Colour

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 the 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 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 feet the white gloves end in points. The ideal "gauntlets" end 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, according 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

Colour

shows all characteristics known from the Siamese pointed cats, but all four feet are white (gloves).

the points include the face, ears, legs, tail and genitals

the points shall be even and in good contrast to the body colour

body colour: refer to the General Part for Siamese pointed cats

only in adult cats are the colour of the points and the body colour 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 chests or the belly

FAULTS PRECLUDING THE CERTIFICATE

Nose

incompletely pigmented nose leather

Legs

creeping up of the white on the sides or the reverse sides of the gloves of front and/or hind feet (known as "runners")

absence of "gauntlets" on the hind feet

Coat

white patching in the coloured areas or the reverse

a white patch on the genitals

TOTAL

100

HEAD

20

general shape, cheeks, nose, jaws and teeth, forehead, chin

placement and shape of the ears

EYES

5

shape and colour

BODY

20

shape, size, bone structure

legs and shape of paws

TAIL

10

length and shape

COAT

10

body colour and points

10

quality and texture, length

GLOVES

5

on the front feet

5

on the hind feet

5

gauntlets

5

uniformity and symmetry of gauntlets and gloves

CONDITION

5