American Shorthair — breed standard (CFA & TICA: size, coat, temperament, type)

American Shorthair — breed standard (CFA & TICA: size, coat, temperament, type)

Facts below are extracted verbatim field-values and section headings from the official CFA (Cat Fanciers' Association) & TICA (The International Cat Association) breed standard. The standard text is copyrighted by the respective registry; only factual data points and outline headings are quoted, not descriptive narrative. Source: https://cfa.org / https://tica.org.

Facts (verbatim field values from the official standard)

• SIZE: medium to large.
• COAT: short, thick, even and hard in texture.
• color: deep blue or gold.

Standard outline (section headings)

• POINT SCORE
• AMERICAN SHORTHAIR COLORS
• SMOKE
• established smoke colors (see complete descriptions in Smoke sec- CHINCHILLA SHADED TORTOISESHELL (shell tortoiseshell):
• SHADED
• TABBY COLORS