FIFe Korat Standard

EC. Primprau's Blue Emerald
Photo by Jim Brown

General

Appearance: alert appearance

Size: medium

Head

Shape: Viewed from the front the head is heart-shaped with breadth between and across the eyes. The eyebrow ridges form the upper curves of the heart and the sides of the face curve gently down to the chin to complete the heart shape.

Nose: Length in proportion to the face with a slight stop in profile. There is a slight downward curve at the tip of the nose leather (lion-like)

Jowls/Muzzle/Chin: Jowls and chin firm and well developed, forming a good balance for the profile and for the completion of the heart shape. Muzzle neither sharply pointed nor square. Chin neither weak nor receding which gives a pointed shape to the head.

Ears

Shape: large, broad at the base, slightly rounded at the tips. Inside of ears slightly covered and outside well covered with extremely short and close hair.

Placement: Set high on head to give an alert expression

Eyes

Shape: large, round and well opened, rather oversized for the face

Colour: luminous and expressive Brilliant green colour is preferred, but amber is permissible

Body

Structure: neither short like a Manx nor long like a Siamese, muscular, supple, powerful but not heavily built; heavier in weight than appearance suggests. Back curved.

Legs: in good proportion to the body. Hind legs slightly longer than front legs.

Paws: Oval

Tail: medium long, heavier at the base tapering to a rounded tip

Coat

Structure: short to medium in length, lying close to the body, single coat. Glossy and fine. Inclined to break over the spine as the cat moves.

Colour: Silver-blue-grey all over, hair tipped with silver, the more silver the better. At the extremities where the coat is shorter, the silver shine is intensified.

Nose leather/Lips: dark blue-grey or lavender

Paw pads: dark blue-grey to lavender with a pink tinge

Remarks

• Females are slightly finer built and smaller than males.
• Head: Too narrow head without enough width between eyes is undesirable. A jaw pinch is undesirable. A nose too long or too short in proportion to the shape of the head is undesirable
• Eyes: small and lustreless eyes are undesirable. Until the cat is 2 years old the eye colour can be amber or greenish-amber, the distinctive colour does not become true until after 2 years of age
• No Korats carrying or suspected of carrying the chocolate gene are allowed to be used in the breeding of Korats
• Coat: Coats with silver tipping only on the head, legs and feet are undesirable

Faults

• Coat: white hairs or patches.
• Any other colour than silver and blue.
• Shady to tabby markings

Scale of points