Category II |
NFO |
Norwegian Forest Cat |
General |
Size |
Large |
Head |
Shape |
triangular, where all sides are equally long; with good height
when seen in profile; forehead slightly rounded; with long,
straight profile without break in line (no stop) |
Chin |
firm |
Ears |
Shape |
large, with good width at the base; pointed tips; with lynx-like
tufts and long hair out of the ears |
Placement |
high and open, so that the outer lines of the ears follow the
line of the head down to the chin |
Eyes |
Shape |
large and oval, well opened, set slightly oblique |
Expression |
alert expression |
Colour |
all colours permitted, regardless of coat colour |
Body |
Structure |
long, strongly built; solid bone structure |
Legs |
|
strong, high on legs; hind legs higher than the front legs |
Paws |
large, round, in proportion to the legs |
Tail |
|
long and bushy; should reach at least to the shoulder blades,
but preferably to the neck |
Coat |
Structure |
semi-long. The woolly undercoat is covered by a water repellent
uppercoat which consists of long, coarse and glossy guardhairs
covering the back and the sides
a fully coated cat has a shirtfront, a full frill and
knickerbockers |
Colour |
all colours are permitted, including all colours with white;
except pointed patterns and chocolate, lilac, cinnamon and fawn
any amount of white is allowed, i.e. a white blaze, white locket,
white chest, white on the belly, white on the paws, etc. |
Remarks |
General |
-
very slow maturing of
this breed should be taken into account
|
|
Head |
-
mature males may have
broader heads than females
|
|
Coat |
-
coat is evaluated only
on texture and quality
-
length of coat and
density of undercoat vary with the seasons
-
kittens can take up to
6 months of age to develop guard hairs
|
Faults |
General |
-
too small and finely
built cats
|
Head |
-
round or square head
-
profile with a break
(stop)
|
Ears |
-
small ears
-
set too widely apart
-
set too close together
|
Legs |
|
Tail |
|
Coat |
-
dry coat
-
knotted with lumps
-
too silky
|
Recognized Colour
Varieties |
Remarks |
Norwegian Forest Cat is judged in one of the following colour
variety groups, i.e. in each colour variety group a certificate
can be awarded |
amber and Light amber are only
recognized for black and blue within the existing colour varieties
of the Norwegian Forest Cat
|
Colour |
EMS Code |
Group I |
Black/Blue |
NFO n/a |
Amber/Light amber |
NFO nt/at |
Group
II |
Black/Blue
with white |
NFO n/a
01/02/03/09 |
Amber/Light amber |
NFO nt/at
01/02/03/09 |
Group
III |
Black/Blue
agouti |
NFO n/a
22/23/24/25 |
Amber/Light amber agouti |
NFO nt/at
22/23/24/25 |
Black/Blue
golden |
NFO n/a
y 11/12/22/23/24/25 |
Group
IV |
Black/Blue
agouti with white |
NFO n/a
01/02/03/09 21/22/23/24/25 |
Amber/Light amber agouti with white |
NFO nt/at
01/02/03/09 21/22/23/24/25 |
Black/Blue
golden with white |
NFO n/a
y 01/02/03/09 11/12/21/22/23/24/25 |
Group V |
Red/Cream/Tortie
solid/agouti |
NFO
d/e/f/g |
NFO
d/e/f/g 22/23/24/25 |
Amber/Light ambr tortie solid/agouti |
NFO ft/gt |
NFO ft/gt
22/23/24/25 |
Red/Cream/Tortie
golden |
NFO
d/e/f/g y 11/12/22/23/24/25 |
Group
VI |
Red/Cream/Tortie
solid/agouti with white |
NFO
d/e/f/g 01/02/03/09 |
NFO
d/e/f/g 01/02/03/09 21/22/23/24/25 |
Amber/Light amber tortie solid/agouti with white |
NFO ft/gt
01/02/03/09 |
NFO ft/gt
01/02/03/09 21/22/23/24/25 |
Red/Cream/Tortie
golden with white |
NFO
d/e/f/g y 01/02/03/09 11/12/21/22/23/24/25 |
Group
VII |
Black/Blue/Red/Cream
smoke/silver |
NFO
n/a/d/e s |
NFO
n/a/d/e s 11/12/22/23/24/25 |
Amber/Light amber smoke/silver |
NFO nt/at
s |
NFO nt/at
s 11/12/22/23/24/25 |
Tortie
smoke |
NFO f/g
s |
Tortie
silver |
NFO f/g
s 11/12/22/23/24/25 |
Amber/Light amber tortie smoke/silver |
NFO ft/gt
s |
NFO ft/gt
s 11/12/22/23/24/25 |
Group
VIII |
Black/Blue/Red/Cream
smoke/silver with white |
NFO
n/a/d/e s 01/02/03/09 |
NFO
n/a/d/e s 01/02/03/09 11/12/21/22/23/24/25 |
Amber/Light amber smoke/silver with white |
NFO nt/at
s 01/02/03/09 |
NFO nt/at
s 01/02/03/09 11/12/21/22/23/24/25 |
Tortie
smoke/silver with white |
NFO f/g
s 01/02/03/09 |
NFO f/g
s 01/02/03/09 11/12/21/22/23/24/25 |
Amber/Light amber tortie smoke/silver with white |
NFO ft/gt
s 01/02/03/09 |
NFO ft/gt
s 01/02/03/09 11/12/21/22/23/24/25 |
Group
IX |
White |
NFO w |
with
blue eyes |
w 61 |
with
orange eyes |
w 62 |
odd
eyed |
w 63 |
with
green eyes |
w 64 |