Standards FIFe 2002 du Siamois, Oriental, Balinais, Mandarin
(et récemment Seychellois poil court et poil long)

La FIFe reconnaît 4 races orientales (elle qualifie les Mandarins de Javanais) et utilise un unique standard pour les quatre races. Elle a choisi de présenter ses standards sous forme de tableau.

Le standard
Le récapitulatif

Code	Race	Couleurs reconnues	Couleur des yeux	Mariages autorisés
SIA	Siamese = Siamois	* Colourpoint Uni, tabby, tortie * Noir, chocolat, bleu, lilas, red, crème ***Blanc (Foreign white)	Bleus	Siamois Oriental Balinais Mandarin
ORI	Oriental	* Traditionnel Uni, tabby, tortie, argenté, bicolore * Noir, chocolat, cinnamon, bleu, lilas, fawn, red, crème *** Blanc	Verts	Siamois Oriental Balinais Mandarin
BAL	Balinese = Balinais	* Colourpoint Uni, tabby, tortie * Noir, chocolat, bleu, lilas, red, crème *** Blanc	Bleus	Siamois Oriental Balinais Mandarin
JAV	Javanese =Mandarin ou Javanais	* Traditionnel Uni, tabby, tortie, argenté, bicolore * Noir, chocolat, cinnamon, bleu, lilas, fawn, red, crème *** Blanc	Verts	Siamois Oriental Balinais Mandarin

Les mariages entre les 4 variétés sont autorisés mais ....
Certaines combinaisons de couleurs génétiquement possibles dans le cadre des catégories, divisions et couleurs autorisées ne sont pas reconnues.
- Ainsi, sauf erreur dans la lecture des standards ou modification de dernière minute :
  - Le cinnamon et le fawn sont autorisés chez l'Oriental et le Mandarin mais non reconnus chez le Siamois et le Balinais.
  - L'argenté (smoke et silver tabby) est autorisé chez l'Oriental et le Mandarin mais non reconnu chez le Siamois et le Balinais.
  - Le bicolore vient d'être autorisé chez l'Oriental mais non reconnu chez le Siamois et le Balinais.
  - Le blanc aux yeux vairons ne serait pas reconnu.
- Or, si l'apparition de certaines couleurs peut être évitée (gènes dominants), d'autres risquent d'apparaître (gènes récessifs) ou sont inévitables et incontrôlables (yeux vaironss lorsque les yeux verts sont autorisés).
Pour être classés parmi les Siamois et Balinais, les blancs doivent avoir les yeux bleus, les blancs aux yeux verts sont classés avec les Orientaux et Mandarins.
Le shaded, le caramel et l'abricot ne sont pas reconnus.

Échelle des points
- Couleurs
  - Description générale
    - Description détaillée
      - Tolérances
        
        Pénalités
        
        Disqualifications
        
        Mariages autorisés

Scale of point

	Siamese, Balinese	Oriental, Javanese
Head
General shape, nose and profile, jaws and teeth, forehead	25
Placement and shape of the ears.
Size, shape and placement of the eyes
Eye colour	15
Body
Shape, size, bone structure	25
Height of the legs and shape of the paws
Length and shape of the tail.
Coat
Colour, markings and pattern, patching
Body colour	10	20
Points	10
Quality and texture	10	10
Condition	5

Description

General		Balinese, Javanese, Oriental and Siamese have the same standard.
	Appearance	The ideal cat is a svelte, elegant, with long tapering lines, supple and well muscled.
	Size	Medium
Head	Shape	Medium size, in proportion to the body, well balanced; Wedge shaped with straight lines. The wedge starts at the nose and gradually increases in width in straight lines on each side to the ears. There should be no whisker break in these two lines. The skull viewed in profile is slightly convex.
	Nose	Long and straight continuing the line from the forehead without any break.
	Muzzle	Narrow.
	Chin/Jaw	Of medium size. The tip of the chin forms a vertical line with the tip of the nose.
Ears	Shape	Large and pointed, wide at the base.
	Placement	To continue the lines of the wedge, the ear tips should not bend over
Eyes	Shape	Medium in size, neither protruding nor recessed. Almond in shape and set slightly slanted towards the nose to be in harmony with the lines of the wedge.
	Colour	Siamese, Balinese	Pure and limpid, bright intense blue.
		Oriental, Javanese	Vivid, luminous green
Neck		Long and slender
Body	Structure	Long and svelte, well muscled but still dainty and elegant. The shoulder are not wider than the hips.
Legs		Long and fine, in proportion to the body.
	Paws	Small and oval
Tail		Very long; thin, also at the base; tapers to a fine point.
Coat	Structure	Siamese, Oriental	Very short, fine, glossy, silky and lying close to the body, almost no undercoat.
		Balinese, Javanese	Fine and silky; of medium length on the body, slightly longer at the frill and shoulders and on the tail, which forms a plume. No woolly undercoat.
	Colour	Siamese, Balinese	Points : mask in the face, points on ears, legs and tail. The colour on all the points should be as even as possible. The mask must not extend over the entire head but is connected to the ears by tracings of colour. Body colour: even, slight shading on the flanks permissible but there must be a clear contrast between the points and the body colour. For colour varieties refer the table below.
		Oriental, Javanese	Even in colour, without tabby markings or shading in non agouti varieties. Whiskers and eyebrows in harmony with the body colour. For colour varieties refer the table below.
Remarks		Siamese, Balinese	Slight shading on the body harmonizing with the point’s colour permissible. A deeper body colour is allowed in older cats.
Faults	Coat	Siamese, Balinese	Belly spots and spots on the flanks. White / lighter coloured hairs or ticked hairs (brindling) in the points Bars and stripes in the points, except for tabby points.
		Oriental, Javanese	Tabby bars in non-agouti varieties.
Faults precluding the certificate	Coat	Siamese, Balinese	Insufficient contrast between points and body colour
	Eyes	Oriental, Javanese	Eye colour wich is more yellow than green.
Disqualification	Eyes	Siamese, Balinese	Any other colour than blue.