Somali

The cat is medium sized and elegant. The body is of medium length, firm, lithe and muscular.
The legs are sinewy, long and slender. The paws are narrow and oval.
The long tail is strong at the base and ends in a tapering tip.
The neck is slender.

The head shows a moderate wedge shape and gently rounded contours. The nose is of
medium length. The profile is slightly curved.
The chin is firm.

The coat is of medium length, fine and glossy with a dense undercoat. A frill and breeches are
desirable. The tail is well furnished and plume like.

Double or preferably triple banding on each single hair. The ticking shall be extended evenly and
without stripes over the entire body. The line along the spine (eel line), the tail tip and the plantar
side of the hind paws are coloured intensely in the colour of the ticking. The chest, belly and

the inner side of the legs are without ticking and of the corresponding base colour.

Without silver

• ruddy
• blue
• sorrel
• fawn

With silver

• black silver
• blue silver
• sorrel silver
• fawn silver

For the description of the colours
see at Ticked Tabby.

• stripes on the front legs
• broken necklace
• grey or too light undercoat
• too little ticking
• ghost markings
• missing eye rims
• white extending beyond the chin
• black roots of the hairs

• white medallion (locket)
• unbroken necklace
• stripes on all 4 legs
• large amount of grey undercoat