Which Chat breeds come in Chinchilla?

Club breed standards describe Chinchilla for the American Curl, American Shorthair, American Wirehair, Angora turc, Aphrodite Giant, Bobtail des Kouriles, British Longhair, British Shorthair, Burmilla, Cornish Rex, Cymric et Devon Rex, and 17 more breeds.

Chat 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 Chat 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
Angora turc	No ruling	Standard (“shell”)	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
Bobtail des Kouriles	No ruling	Standard (“shell”)	No ruling	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
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
Norvégien	Standard (“Chinchilla”)	Standard (“shell”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Oriental à poil court	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“tipped”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Oriental à poil long	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“tipped”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Persan (moderne)	Standard (“Chinchilla”)	Standard (“shell”)	No ruling	Standard (“Chinchilla / Tipped”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Persan (traditionnel)	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	Standard (“Chinchilla”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Rex allemand	No ruling	Standard (“shell”)	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
Sibérien (Sibérien des forêts, Neva Masquerade [variété colorpoint])	Standard (“Chinchilla / Shell”)	Standard (“shell”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling

Breeds where Chinchilla is disqualified or not accepted

Breed	FIFE
Bobtail japonais	Non reconnu (“shell”)

Color changes

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

Blancchanges toChinchilla
Pelage · Avec l'âge
Tabbychanges toChinchilla
Pelage · Avec l'âge · from 0 to 6 weeks

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