EMS-CODE WCF version 11/2015 - CASA modified 2016 Longhair Breeds (Group 1) British Longhair Bohemian Rex** Deutsch Langhaar (German Longhair) Highland Fold (Scottish Fold Longhair) Highland Straight (Scottish Longhair Straight) Original Longhair Persian (Colourpoint / Himalayan) Selkirk Rex Longhair Chinchilla Longhair BLH BRX DLH SFL SLH TLH PER SRL CHL Semi-Longhair Breeds (Group 2) American Curl Longhair American Bobtail Longhair American Tiffany (Burmese Longhair) Aphrodite Longhair Asian Longhair Australian Tiffany Balinese Birman (Sacred Birman) Bombay Longhair Burmilla Longhair Cashmere (Bengal Longhair) Cheetoh Clipper Cat Shorthair Cymric (Manx Longhair) Foreign White Longhair (BAL white) Japanese Bobtail Longhair Karelian Bobtail Longhair Kurilian Bobtail Longhair Lambkin Longhair LaPerm Longhair Lykoi Longhair Maine Coon Mandalay Longhair (non pointed Burmese) Munchkin Longhair Minuet (former Napoleon) Longhair Nebelung(Russian Blue Longhair) New Zealand Longhair Norwegian Forest Cat Ojos Azules Longhair Oriental Longhair (Javanese) Pixie-Bob Longhair Polycoon Ragamuffin Ragdoll ACL ABL* AMT* APL ASL* AUT* BAL SBI BOL* BML* CAM* CEE** CLS** CYM FOS JBL KAL KBL LAL** LPL* LYL*** MCO MLL* MKL* MIL* NEB* NZL* NFO OHL* OLH PBL* PCO RMF RAG
Siberian / Neva Masquerade Seychellois Longhair(Bicolour BAL and OLH) Skookum Longhair Somali St.Helen Longhair Thaiyao (Thai Longhair) Tasmanian Cymric Tibetan (Tonkinese Longhair) Tiffany (European Burmese) Turkish Angora Turkish Van / Van Kedisi Ural Rex Longhair York Non recognized Longhair SIB SYL* SKL* SOM STL** THL** TCY** TOL* TIF* TUA TUV URL YOR XLH*** Shorthair Breeds (Group 3) Abyssinian American Bobtail American Burmese American Curl Shorthair American Shorthair American Wirehair Anatoli (Turkish Van Shorthair) Aphrodite Shorthair Arabian Mau Asian Shorthair Australian Mist Bambino Bengal Bombay (Shorthair) Brazilian Shorthair British Shorthair Burmese Burmilla (Shorthair) California Spangled Celtic Shorthair ( European Shorthair) Ceylon Chartreux Chausie Clipper Cat Longhair Devon Rex Don Sphynx (Donskoy) Egyptian Mau Elf Exotic Shorthair German Rex Kanaani Karelian Bobtail (Shorthair) ABY ABS* AMB* ACR ASH AWH* ANA APS ARM ASI* AUM BAM** BEN BOS BRA BRI BUR BMI CAS* KKH CEY CHA CHS* CLL* DRX DSX MAU ELF*** EXO GRX KAN KAB
Korat Kurilian Bobtail (Shorthair) Lambkin Shorthair LaPerm (Shorthair) Li Hua (Chinese Dragon Cat) Lykoi Shorthair Mandalay (non pointed Burmese) Manx Minuet (former Napoleon) Munchkin (Shorthair) New Zealand Shorthair Ocicat (Classicat; Jungala) Ojos Azules (Shorthair) Pixie Bob (Shorthair) Russian Savannah Scottish Fold Scottish Straight Selkirk Rex Serengeti Singapura Skookum Snowshoe Sokoke Sphynx (Canadian Sphynx) St.Helen Shorthair Tasmanian Manx Templecat (Birman Shorthair) Toyger Ukranian Levkoy Ukranian Levkoy Straight Ural Rex Non recognized Shorthair KOR KBS LAS* LPS LIH* LYS*** MLS* MAN MIS* MKS NZS** OCI OHS** PBS* RUS SAV* SFS SSH SRX SER*** SIN SKS* SNO* SOK* SPH STS** TAX** SBS* TOG* UKL** UKS** URX XSH*** Siamese / Oriental (Group 4) Cornish Rex Foreign White (SIA white) Havana Brown Japanese Bobtail Mekong Bobtail Oriental Shorthair (Javanese) Peterbald Seychellois (Bicolour SIA and OKH) Siamese Suphalak Thai (Wichianmat) Tonkinese Toybob CRX FOS HAV JBT MBT OKH PBD SYS* SIA SUP** THA TON TOB***
Domestic Cats (Pet Class) Domestic Shorthair Domestic Longhair DOS DOL Colours Black/Normal/Ruddy/Seal Blue Indigo (blue-based-caramel) Chocolate Cacao (chocolate-based-caramel) Lilac Caramel (lilac-based-caramel) Red Cream Apricot (cream-based-caramel) Black-Tortie Blue-Tortie Indigo-Tortie (blue-tortie-based-caramel) Chocolate-Tortie Cacao-Tortie (chocolate-tortie-based-caramel) Lilac-Tortie Caramel-Tortie (lilac-tortie-based-caramel) Cinnamon/Sorrel Muscat Fawn Mauve Cinnamon/Sorrel-Tortie Muscat-Tortie Fawn-Tortie Mauve-Tortie White Unrecognised colour in certain breeds n a am b bm c cm d e em f g gm h hm j jm o om p pm q qm r rm w x Additional to basic colour: Amber***** Silver Golden Sunshine (Amber in breeds other than NFO) t s y u Patterns: Van 01 Harlequin 02 Bicolour****** 03 Mitted 04 Snowshoe 05 Unspecified amount of white****** 09
Shaded 11 Shell/Chinchilla 12 Agouti/Unspecified Tabby 21 Classic/Blotched Tabby 22 Mackerel Tabby 23 Spotted Tabby (Mackerel with modifyer) 24 Ticked Tabby 25 Marbled Tabby (Blotched with modifyer) 26 Rosetted Tabby (Mackerel with different modifyer) 27 Trout Spotted (Ticked with modifyer) 28 Sepia (Burmese Pointed CbCb) 31 Mink (Tonkinese Pointed CbCs) 32 Colourpoint (Siamese Pointed/Himalayan Pointed CsCs) 33 Tail (for breeds with short tails as described in standard) Rumpy 51 Rumpy Riser 52 Stumpy (up to 3 cm) 53 Long (more than 3 cm) 54 Eye Colour Blue Eyed 61 Orange Eyed 62 Odd Eyed 63 Green Eyed 64 Golden Eyed (Burmese / Sepia cbcb) 65 Aqua Eyed (Mink cbcs) 66 Pointed Blue Eyed (White Colourpoint cscs) 67 Ears Straight Ears 71 Curled Ears 72 Folded Ears 73 Skin Type (Peterbald) Normal Coat 80 Naked Skin 81 Velour 82 Brush Coat 83 Chamois 84 Toes / Legs Normal number of Toes 90 Polydactyl front legs 91 Polydactyl hind legs 92
Polydactyl all 4 legs 93 Long Legs 97 Short Legs 98 Additional Information to the EMS Code The repartition in categories 1-4 will be presented for voting in next GA. It is now not binding. *Breeds/colours recognized in one of the World Cat Congress member associations, but not yet in the formal WCF Standard of Points-. (accepted breed). They must be registered in the experimental registry, by adding ex. behind the Registration Number or in the RIEX registry. They can be entered at WCF shows and receive all titles. **New experimental breeds. Being in the process of recognition in WCF and having a provisional standard of points. They can receive experimental pedigrees, may be registered and exhibited, can participate in WCF Rings, but can not receive titles.
*** New experimental breeds in the process of recognition in any other World Cat Congress member. They cannot receive pedigrees in WCF. (CASA registers them on the experimental register.) They can be shown in the WCF but not receive titles. The provisional standard of points of the association that works on the recognition of this breed needs to be presented to the judge before judgement. **** The Thai breed may carry the byname (nickname) Wichianmat which is the original name for this breed in Thailand. *****Amber and Sunshine only for Breeds, where colour standard determines: all colours recognized or where amber is explicitly recognized. The colour variety Sunshine will be validated in the next GA after proposal from the judges commission. ****** The EMS colour code 03 is restricted to the breeds: PER; BLH; TLH; SFL; BRX; SLH; BRI; EXO; SFS; SSH; RAG; SNO; SRX; SRL where a certain amount of white is required(bicolour). All other breeds use the EMS colour code 09: any amount of white permitted. (with white)