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Selkirk Rex CFA Standard

Point Score

HEAD (30) :

Skull 10

Muzzle & chin 10

Ears and eyes 10

BODY (30) :

Torso 15

Legs and Feet 10

Tail 5

COAT (30) :

Texture, Curl, Density 10

COLOR (10) :

Including Eye Color 10

GENERAL:

The Selkirk Rex is the result of a dominant, spontaneous mutation that caused each hair (guard, down and awn) to have a gentle wave or curl giving the coat a soft feel. This is a medium to large cat with heavy boning that gives the cat surprising weight and an impression of power. Females may be less massive than males but not dainty in appearance. The Selkirk Rex is an active cat with a sweet and endearing personality.

HEAD:

Skull: Round, broad and full-cheeked in both males and females. Round underlying bone structure with no flat planes.

Muzzle: The muzzle is medium width. The underlying bone structure is rounded with well-padded whisker pads to give the impression of squareness. The length is equal to 1/2 the width. Profile shows a short muzzle, clearly visible beyond the curve of the cheek. The tip of the chin lines up with the tip of the nose and the upper lip in the same vertical plane. Profile reveals a nose stop. The nose has a downward slant with a convex curve and is set below the eye line.

Chin: Firm and well-developed, balanced in proportion to rest of head.

Ears: Medium in size, broad at the base, tapering, set well apart. Should fit into (without distorting) the rounded contour of the head. Furnishings, if present, are curly.

Eyes:

Large, rounded, set well apart. The eyes should not appear almond-or oval-shaped and should be placed on the same horizontal plane when viewed from the front.

BODY:

Torso: Medium to large and well-balanced. The substantial muscular torso is more rectangular than square, but not long. Back is straight with a slight rise to the hindquarters. Shoulders and hip should appear to be the same width.

Legs: Medium to long. Substantial boning. Should be in proportion to the body.

Feet: Large, round, and firm.

Toes: Five in front, four behind.

Tail: Medium length, proportionate to body. Heavy at base, neither blunt nor pointed at tip.

COAT:

Texture: The coat texture is soft, plushy, full and obviously curly.

Density: The coat is dense and full with no bald or thinly covered areas of the body. The coat stands out from the body and should not appear flat or close-lying.

Curl: This is a random, unstructured coat, arranged in loose, individual curls. The curls appear to be in "clumps" rather than as an all over wave. Although curl varies by hair length, sex and age in an individual, entire coat should show the effect of the rex gene. Curliness may be evident more around the neck, on the tail and the belly. Allowance should be made for less curl on younger adults and kittens.

Coat length: Two lengths: short and long. The differences in coat length are most obviously seen on the tail and ruff. On the shorthairs the tail hair is the same length as the coat (approximately 1-2") and tail curls are plush and lie compactly around the tail. The ruff is the same length as the coat fur. On the longhairs, the tail curls are plumy and stand out away from the tail. The hair length is obviously long. The ruff hairs are also longer and frame the face.

COLOR:

Coat Color: Any genetically possible color or combination of colors is allowed.

Eye Color: Eye color can be copper, gold, yellow or green; blue in van, colorpoint or odd-eyed white cats. Eye color should complement coat color.

PENALIZE:

Excessive cobbiness or sleek oriental appearance.

DISQUALIFY:

Extreme nose break, lack of visible muzzle, malocclusion, tail kinks, crossed eyes, obvious physical deformities, including polydactl feet, no evidence of curl.

Selkirk Rex Colors:

All colors possible

ALLOWABLE OUTCROSS:

Selkirk Rex, British Shorthair, Persian, or Exotic.

Kittens born before January 1, 1998 may also show American Shorthair.

Kittens born on or after January 1, 2010 may have only Selkirk Rex or British Shorthair parents.

Kittens born on or after January 1, 2015 may have only Selkirk Rex parents.