TOTAL

100 points

Head

Skull

5

25

Ears

5

Shape of the eyes

5

Muzzle

10

Eye colour

5

Body

Size

5

20

Torso

5

Legs and feet

5

Tail

5

Coat

Texture

5

20

Coat color

5

Contrast

10

Pattern

25

Condition

5

General

Appearance

The Ocicat is a medium to large, well-spotted agouti cat of moderate type. It displays the look of an athletic animal, well muscled and solid, graceful and lithe, yet with a fullness of body and chest. It is alert to its surroundings and shows great vitality.
This powerful athletic, yet graceful, spotted cat is particularly noted for its “wild appearance”.

Size

Medium to large.

Head

Shape

The skull is a modified wedge showing a slight curve from the muzzle to the cheeks, with a visible, but gentle rise from the bridge of the nose to the brows.

Muzzle

Broad and well defined with a suggestion of square ness and in profile shows good length.

Chin/Jaw

Strong with a firm jaw with a proper bite.

Whisker pad

The moderate whisker pinch is not to severe.

Ears

Shape

Alert, moderately large.
When present ear tufts extending vertically from the tips of the ears are a bonus.

Placement

Set so as to corner the upper, outside dimensions of the head.
If an imaginary horizontal line is drawn across the brow the ears should be set at 45° angle, i.e. neither too high nor to low.

Eyes

Shape

Large, almond in shape, and angled slightly upwards towards the ears, with more than the length of an eye between the eyes.

Color

All eye colors except blue are allowed.
There is no correspondence between the eye color and the coat color.
Intensive color is preferred.

Neck

The head is carried gracefully on an arched neck.

Body

Structure

Rather long-bodied, solid, with depth and fullness but never coarse. Substantial bone and muscle development, yet with an athletic appearance.
There should be some depth of chest with ribs slightly sprung.
The back is level to slightly higher on the rear, and the flanks are reasonably level.

Legs

Medium long, of good substance and well muscled, powerful and in good proportion to the body.

Paws

Oval and compact, with size proportion to the legs.

Tail

Fairy long, medium slim with only a slight taper and with a darker tip.

Coat

Structure

Short, smooth and satiny in texture with a lustrous sheen; tight, close lying and sleek, yet long enough to accommodate the necessary bands of color.
There should be no suggestions of woolliness and length.

Color

All colors should be clear and pleasing.
The lightest color is usually found on the face around the eyes, on the chin and lower jaw. The darkest color is found on the tip of the tail.
Contrast is scored separately.
Ticking:
All hairs except the tip of the tail are banded. Within the markings hairs are tipped with a darker color, while hairs in the ground color are tipped with a lighter color.
Markings:
Distinctive markings should be clearly seen from any orientation. Those on the face, legs and tail may be darker than those on the torso. Ground color may be darker on the saddle and lighter on the underside, chin and lower jaw.
Penalties should be given if spotting is faint and blurred, though it must be remembered that pale colors will show less contrast than dark ones.
For darker varieties refer to following tables.

Remarks

• The Ocicat is medium to large in size; it should be noted that females are generally smaller than males.
• An allowance is made for jowls in mature males.
• The Ocicat should have surprising weight for its size.
• The overall structure and quality of this cat should be of greater consideration than merely the size alone.
• Preference is given to the athletic, powerful and lithe, and objections made to the bulky or coarse.
• No reds, creams or torbies are allowed. Very rufous cinnamon and fawns may resemble red or cream, but never produce female torbies.

Faults

Body

Bulky and coarse.

Coat

• Faint and blurred markings
• Elongated spots following a mackerel pattern

Disqualification

Eyes

Blue eyes

Coat

• White locket or spotting
• White anywhere other than around the eyes, nostrils, chin and upper throat – except white agouti ground in silver colors.