HEAD (35 POINTS)

Round, broad and full cheeked with round under  -lying bone structure. Short, thick neck. Forehead rounded with slightly curved top of head.

Muzzle of medium width with well padded whisker pads giving a rectangular impression and is clearly visible beyond the cheeks when viewed in profile.

Whiskers are curly or broken. Nose short, broad & straight with a downward slant. In profile the nose can appear to have a convex curve. The nose break is neither too pronounced nor too shallow. Chin firm and well developed. The bite must be level & the tip of the chin should line up with the tip of the nose in the same vertical plane.

EARS 

Medium sized - Broad at base & may be tufted. Set well apart & should fit into the head  contours.

EYES

  Large, round and well-opened. Set wide apart with no tendency to Oriental shape nor squint. All eye colours allowed  

TAIL

Thick, of medium length, thicker at the base with a rounded tip. 

LEGS & PAWS

Legs are medium length and substantially boned. Paws round and firm

BODY

Cobby type with a level back and may have slight rise to the heavy hindquarters.

The muscular torso is more rectangular than square, but not long.

The body is equally broad across the shoulders and the rump. A Selkirk Rex is a medium to large cat with heavy boning that gives the cat surprising weight and an impression of power.

Females may be less massive than males but should not be dainty in appearance.

COAT (35 POINTS)

 The coat is thick and dense with no bare or sparsely covered areas on the body. The coat stands out from the body and should not appear flat or close-lying. It is a random, unstructured coat arranged in loose, individual curls giving an “untidy” appearance with an overall soft, plush feel. Ideally the entire coat should show the effect of the rex gene, but curliness may be most evident on the neck, belly and tail. Allowance may be made for less curl on kittens and young adults, especially females.

79L: The coat is semi-long, the tail curls are plumy and stand out away from the tail. The ruff hairs are longer and frame the face. The curls are tousled and random.

79S: The coat is of fairly uniform length over the entire body. The ruff and tail fur are a similar length to the rest of the coat with tail curls that are plush and lie compactly around the tail. n.b.The shorthaired Selkirk Rex coat is normally longer than that desired in a British Shorthair.

ALL COAT COLOURS, PATTERNS AND COLOUR COMBINATIONS ARE ACCEPTABLE – THERE ARE NO POINTS FOR COLOUR