Which Cat breeds come in Chinchilla?

Club breed standards describe Chinchilla for the American Curl, American Shorthair, American Wirehair, Aphrodite Giant, British Longhair, British Shorthair, Burmilla, Cornish Rex, Cymric, Devon Rex, Exotic Shorthair, and Foldex, and 17 more breeds.

Cat pattern

Chinchilla

The lightest tipping: only the very ends of the hairs colored over a white or golden undercoat, a sparkling look; shell or tipped in some registries. As a color, chinchilla is a rabbit and cavy gray.

30 Cat breeds list Chinchilla. It is in a club standard for 29 breeds.

Breeds whose standards accept Chinchilla

Breed	CFA	FIFE	ACFA	GCCF	TICA	CCA	WCF
American Curl	Standard (“Chinchilla / Shell”)	Standard (“shell”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
American Shorthair	Standard (“Chinchilla / Shell”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
American Wirehair	Standard (“Shell”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Aphrodite Giant	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“Chinchilla”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
British Longhair	No ruling	Standard (“shell”)	No ruling	Standard (“Tipped”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
British Shorthair	Standard (“Chinchilla”)	Standard (“shell”)	No ruling	Standard (“Tipped”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Burmilla	Standard (“Chinchilla”)	Standard (“shell”)	No ruling	Standard (“tipped effect”)	Standard (“Chinchilla”)	No ruling	No ruling
Cornish Rex	Standard (“Chinchilla”)	Standard (“shell”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Cymric	Standard (“Chinchilla”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Devon Rex	Standard (“Chinchilla”)	Standard (“shell”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Exotic Shorthair	Standard (“Chinchilla / Shell”)	Standard (“shell”)	No ruling	Standard (“Tipped”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Foldex	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“Chinchilla / Shell”)	No ruling
German Rex	No ruling	Standard (“shell”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Kurilian Bobtail	No ruling	Standard (“shell”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
LaPerm	Standard (“Chinchilla”)	Standard (“shell”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Lykoi	No ruling	Standard (“shell”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Maine Coon	Standard (“Chinchilla”)	Standard (“shell”)	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“chinchilla”)	No ruling	No ruling
Manx	Standard (“Chinchilla”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Norwegian Forest Cat	Standard (“Chinchilla”)	Standard (“shell”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Oriental Longhair	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“tipped”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Oriental Shorthair	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“tipped”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Persian (modern)	Standard (“Chinchilla”)	Standard (“shell”)	No ruling	Standard (“Chinchilla / Tipped”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Persian (traditional)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“Shell”)
Peterbald	No ruling	Standard (“shell”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Ragamuffin ( Liebling)	Standard (“Chinchilla”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Scottish Fold	Standard (“Chinchilla”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Selkirk Rex	Standard (“Chinchilla”)	Standard (“shell”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Siberian ( Siberian Forest, Neva Masquerade [colorpoint variety])	Standard (“Chinchilla / Shell”)	Standard (“shell”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Turkish Angora	No ruling	Standard (“shell”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling

Breeds where Chinchilla is disqualified or not accepted

Breed	FIFE
Japanese Bobtail	Not recognized (“shell”)

Color changes

How Chinchilla can appear or change over an animal's life.

Whitechanges toChinchilla
Coat · With age
Tabbychanges toChinchilla
Coat · With age · from 0 to 6 weeks

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