DEVON REX (DR) - Catinaboot

DEVON REX (DR)

HEAD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 points Ears: Large, low-set, wide at the
Shape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 base, tapering to rounded tips. Well
Ears . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 covered with fine fur, sparse
Eyes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 furnishings, with or without ear muffs
Muzzle and Chin . . . . . . . . . 5 and tufts. Sparse hair on temples not
Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 a fault.
Neck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Eyes: Large, wide set. Oval in
BODY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 points shape, sloping toward the outer edge
Torso . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 of the ear. Any eye color acceptable,
Legs and Feet . . . . . . . . . . 10 generally conforms to coat color.
Tail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Neck: Medium long and slender.
COAT/COLOR . . . . . . . . 35 points
Texture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 BODY:
Length . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Musculature: Hard, muscular.
Color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Torso: Slender shape, medium

CATEGORIES: All. length but broad chested. Carried
high on legs.
DIVISIONS: All.
Tail: Long, tapering, medium fine
COLORS: All. boned, well covered with short fur.

Legs: Long, medium fine in
boning with length of hind legs
emphasized.

Feet: Small and oval.

PERMISSIBLE OUTCROSSES: COAT/COLOR:
American Shorthair, British Shorthair, Texture: Fine, dense, wavy.
European Shorthair, Burmese,
Bombay, Sphynx, Siamese. (Full-bodied, rexed appearing to be
without guard hairs).
HEAD:
Shape: Modified wedge, with Length: Coat is short on the
back, sides, upper legs, and tail. It is
very full cheeks. In the front view, very short on the head, ears, neck,
the wedge is delineated by a paws, chest, and abdomen. Kittens
narrowing series of three (3) distinct may have very short fur all over;
convex curves: outer edge of ear even if not long enough to wave, it
lobes, cheekbones, and whisker must cover the kitten evenly, so that
pads Forehead curving from stop to no bare patches are evident.
flat skull. Head comparatively small
in size.

Profile: Strongly marked stop.
Muzzle: Short, well-developed,
with a strong muzzle break with
prominent whisker pads.
Chin: Strong, well-developed.

Revised 006/18/08 Devon Rex Breed Standard, 05/01/2008

Density: The cat is well-covered PENALIZE: Narrow, long or
with fur, with the greatest density domestic head. Ears that are small
occurring on the back, sides, tail, or set too high. Misaligned bite.
legs, face, and ears. Slightly less Short, bare or bushy tail. Straight or
density is permitted on the top of shaggy coat; bare patches.
head, neck, chest, and abdomen.
Bare patches are a fault in kittens WITHHOLD ALL AWARDS (WW):
and a serious fault in adults; Extensive baldness.
however, the existence of down on
the underparts of the body should not DISQUALIFY (DQ): Weak hind legs.
be misinterpreted as bareness.
Sparse hair on the temples (area in
front of the ears) is not a fault.

Waviness: A rippled wave effect
should be apparent when the coat is
smoothed with one's hand. The
wave is most evident where the coat
is the longest, on the body and tail.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION: The –––––
Devon is a breed of unique Temperament must be unchallenging; any
appearance. Its large eyes, short sign of definite challenge shall disqualify. The
muzzle, prominent cheek-bones and cat may exhibit fear, seek to flee, or generally
huge low-set ears create a complain aloud but may not threaten to harm.
characteristic elfin look. A cat of In accordance with Show Rules, ARTICLE
medium frame, the Devon is well- SIXTEEN, the following shall be considered
covered with short, full-bodied, wavy mandatory disqualifications: a cat that bites
fur; the fur is of a distinctive texture, (216.9), a cat showing evidence of intent to
as the mutation causing its wavy coat deceive (216.10), adult whole male cats not
is found in no other breed. Devons having two descended testicles (216.11), cats
may have down on underparts of the with all or part of the tail missing , except as
body; this is not bareness. authorized by a board approved standard
Allowances may be made for lack of (216.12.1), cats with more than five toes on
full coat development on kittens with each front foot and four toes on each back
very good type, over fully coated foot, unless proved the result of an injury or as
lesser type. Devon males may be up authorized by a Board approved standard
to 25 percent larger than females. (216.12.2), visible or invisible tail faults if
This is not a fault so long as proper Board approved standard requires
proportion is maintained. The Devon disqualification (216.12.4), crossed eyes if
is alert and active and shows a lively Board approved standard requires
interest in its surroundings. disqualification (216.12.5), total blindness
(216.12.6), markedly smaller size, not in
ALLOWANCES: Lockets. keeping with the breed (216.12.9), and
depression of the sternum or unusually small
diameter of the rib cage itself (216.12.11.1).
See Show Rules, ARTICLE SIXTEEN for
more comprehensive rules governing
penalties and disqualifications.

Revised 006/18/08 Devon Rex Breed Standard, 05/01/2008

Revised 006/18/08 Devon Rex Breed Standard, 05/01/2008