Highland Straight

Highland Straight 

Mating with British breed banned!

The medium to large sized cat is slightly rectangular format.Chest, shoulders and back are fairly broad and muscular.  

The legs are medium length,solid,the paws are thick and rounded.The tail is of medium length, reaching at least to the shoulders,it ends in a rounded tip.It should not have thickened areas of stiffness and should be fully flexible up to the tip.

 The head is round , in the balance to the body,  with a firm chin. Forehead between the ears are markedly rounded.

The cheeks are full and round.The nose is short, broad and straight.The profile is curved (without a stop).The large, solid , round whisker pads  give definition to the short, pronounced muzzle. 

The ears are medium size , with slightly rounded tips. They are set slightly wide apart and slightly forward.

The eyes are large and round. They are wide set. Eye colour corresponds with the coat colour.The distance between the eyes should be not less than the width of the eye.

Colour varieties . 

All colours, patterns with any amount of white and all siamese pointed colours with white are recognized.
. The description of colours is listed in the general list of colours.

• Inflexibility of any part of the tail is a severe fault which excludes the title.

•Ears not fit tightly to the skull.

•Profile with a stop .

•Flattened or thickened fingers.(disqualification)

•Visible defects of the skeleton(disqualification)

• Mating between Highland Straight and British banned.
• Scottish Fold / Highland Fold may only be mated to Scottish Straight / Highland Straight.