Van Turco breed standards compared

Each column is one club's published standard. An empty cell means the club says nothing on that point in our records.

Clubs compared: TICA, CFA, FIFE, GCCF, WCF, ACFA, LOOF.

Conformation

Conformation
Form	TICA	CFA	FIFE	GCCF	WCF	ACFA	LOOF
Forma da cabeçaEm cunha	No ruling	Padrão (“Substantially broad wedge, with gentle contours”)	No ruling	Padrão (“Substantial broad wedge”)	No ruling	Padrão (“Substantially broad wedge, with gentle contours”)	No ruling
Forma da cabeçaLarga	No ruling	Padrão (“Substantially broad wedge”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Padrão (“Substantially broad wedge”)	No ruling
Forma da cabeçaEm cunha modificada	Padrão (“Modified wedge with rounded contours and high cheekbones”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Forma da cabeçaTriangular	No ruling	No ruling	Padrão (“Short, blunted triangle”)	No ruling	Padrão (“the shape of a blunt triangle of medium length”)	No ruling	Padrão (“forme un triangle aux contours arrondis”)
Perfil facialReto	Falta (“flat profile”)	Falta (“flat profile”)	No ruling	Padrão (“straight but with a barely perceptible dip in profile”)	Padrão (“The profile is almost straight”)	Falta (“flat profile”)	Falta (“Stop, profil droit”)
Perfil facialAcarneirado (convexo)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Padrão (“un nez légèrement busqué”)
Perfil facialQuebra nasal	Desqualificante (“Definite nose break”)	Desqualificante (“definite nose break”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Desqualificante (“definite nose break”)	Falta (“Stop, profil droit”)
Forma dos olhosOvais	No ruling	No ruling	Padrão (“Large and oval, set slightly oblique”)	Padrão (“Large and oval, alert and expressive”)	Padrão (“The eyes are large, oval”)	No ruling	No ruling
Forma dos olhosEm forma de noz	Padrão (“Large, walnut to peach pit shape”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Padrão (“les yeux en forme de noix”)
Forma dos olhosOblíquos	Padrão (“set slightly oblique”)	Padrão (“set at a slant”)	Padrão (“set slightly oblique”)	No ruling	Padrão (“set at a slight slant”)	Padrão (“set at a slant”)	Padrão (“légèrement placés de biais”)
Tamanho das orelhasMédias	No ruling	No ruling	Padrão (“Medium to large and well furnished”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Padrão (“De taille moyenne à grande”)
Tamanho das orelhasGrandes	Padrão (“Moderately large to large”)	Padrão (“Moderately large, in proportion to the body”)	Alternativo (“Medium to large and well furnished”)	Padrão (“Moderately large, well feathered”)	Padrão (“The ears are large, with a broad base”)	Padrão (“Moderately large to large”)	Alternativo (“De taille moyenne à grande”)
Inserção das orelhasAlta	Padrão (“set fairly high and well apart”)	Padrão (“set fairly high and well apart”)	No ruling	Padrão (“fairly close together and set high on head”)	Padrão (“straight set, rather high and upright on the skull”)	Padrão (“set fairly high and well apart”)	Padrão (“placées assez haut sur la tête”)
Inserção das orelhasMédia	No ruling	No ruling	Padrão (“placed medium high on the skull”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Ponta da orelhaArredondada	Padrão (“Tips are slightly rounded”)	Padrão (“Tips are slightly rounded”)	Padrão (“slightly rounded tips”)	No ruling	Padrão (“slightly rounded tips”)	Padrão (“Tips are slightly rounded”)	Padrão (“leur extrémité est arrondie”)
Porte das orelhasEretas (em pé)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Padrão (“straight set, rather high and upright on the skull”)	No ruling	No ruling
Tipo corporalLongo e robusto	Padrão (“Sturdy and long. Full chest and substantial musculature”)	Padrão (“moderately long, sturdy, broad, muscular and deep-chested”)	Padrão (“Long but sturdy, muscular, medium heavy type”)	Padrão (“Long and sturdy, broad, muscular and deep-chested”)	No ruling	Padrão (“Moderately long, sturdy, broad, muscular and deep chested”)	Padrão (“De format long et puissant, le corps est long, grand et fort”)
Tipo corporalCobby	Falta (“Any evidence toward extremes (i.e., short cobbiness”)	Falta (“any evidence toward extremes (i.e. short cobbiness”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Falta (“Any evidence toward extremes, [i.e. short cobbiness”)	Falta (“Format cobby ou foreign”)
Tipo corporalForeign	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Falta (“Format cobby ou foreign”)
Ossatura e substânciaModerada	Padrão (“Boning: Medium, well-muscled all over”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Ossatura e substânciaFina (leve)	Falta (“svelte, fine boning”)	Falta (“svelte, fine-boning”)	No ruling	Desqualificante (“Light-boned or undersized adults”)	No ruling	Falta (“svelte, fine-boning”)	No ruling
Comprimento das patasLongas	No ruling	Padrão (“Moderately long, muscular legs”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Padrão (“Legs/Feet: Moderately long, muscular”)	No ruling
Comprimento das patasMédias	Padrão (“Medium length forelegs with hind legs slightly longer”)	No ruling	Padrão (“Legs: Medium long”)	Padrão (“Legs well-boned and medium in length”)	Padrão (“The legs have medium length”)	No ruling	Padrão (“De longueur moyenne, les pattes”)
PésPé de gato	Padrão (“Neat, round feet with toes tufted”)	No ruling	Padrão (“Dainty, round well tufted”)	Padrão (“Feet neat, well rounded and tufted”)	Padrão (“the paws are round”)	No ruling	Padrão (“les pieds sont ronds”)
DedosNormais	No ruling	Padrão (“Toes, five in front, four behind”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Padrão (“Five toes in front and four behind”)	No ruling
DedosPolidactilia (dedos extras)	No ruling	Desqualificante (“incorrect number of toes”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Desqualificante (“incorrect number of toes”)	No ruling
Comprimento da caudaLonga	No ruling	Padrão (“Long, but in proportion to the body, with a brush appearance”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Padrão (“Long, but in proportion to the body, with a brush appearance”)	No ruling
Comprimento da caudaMédia	Padrão (“medium-length and in proportion to the cat”)	No ruling	Padrão (“Tail: Medium long; well furnished”)	No ruling	Padrão (“The tail is of medium length and well furnished”)	No ruling	Padrão (“De longueur moyenne, la queue bien fournie”)
Forma da caudaEm penacho	Padrão (“The tail is a brush or plume”)	Padrão (“with a brush appearance”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Padrão (“with a brush appearance”)	Padrão (“la queue bien fournie est portée en panache”)
Forma da caudaQuebrada	No ruling	Desqualificante (“kinked or abnormal tail”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Desqualificante (“kinked or abnormal tail”)	No ruling
Comprimento do pescoçoMédio	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Padrão (“De taille moyenne, l'encolure est bien musclée”)
StopLeve	Padrão (“Slight dip below eye level”)	Padrão (“the nose has a slight dip below eye level”)	Padrão (“Gently curved forehead, followed by a slight indentation”)	Padrão (“straight but with a barely perceptible dip in profile”)	No ruling	Padrão (“the nose has a slight dip below eye level”)	Padrão (“une légère déclivité au niveau des yeux”)
MordeduraMordedura em torquês	Padrão (“Rounded somewhat, with an even bite”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
PeitoLargo	No ruling	Padrão (“great breadth to the chest”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Padrão (“great breadth to the chest”)	Padrão (“La poitrine est particulièrement développée, large et ouverte”)
PeitoProfundo	No ruling	Padrão (“muscular and deep-chested”)	No ruling	Padrão (“Long and sturdy, broad, muscular and deep-chested”)	No ruling	Padrão (“muscular and deep chested”)	No ruling
PeleSolta	Alternativo (“Allow for loose skin between the back legs”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Tamanho dos olhosGrandes	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Padrão (“Large and oval, alert and expressive”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling

Markings

Markings
Marking	TICA	CFA	FIFE	GCCF	WCF	ACFA	LOOF
Lista larga	Padrão (“A blaze (a white streak up the nose) ... is desirable.”)	No ruling	Padrão (“on the face with a white blaze”)	Padrão (“should be separated by a vertical white blaze”)	Padrão (“which are separated by a white flame”)	Padrão (“A blaze [a white streak up the nose] ... is desirable.”)	Padrão (“Les taches sur la tête doivent dessiner deux flammes sur le front”)
Ponta da cauda branca	Alternativo (“you may also see white patches ... or a small white tail tip”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Falta (“Bout de la queue blanc (sauf chez le blanc).”)

Van Turco colors and patterns

What each club's breed standard says about every Van Turco color and pattern. Point at a ruling to see the club's own wording.

Breed standards describe the Van Turco in Preto, Branco, Azul, Lilás, Prateado, Marrom, Chocolate, Canela, Vermelho, Creme e Fulvo. Standard patterns: Sólido, Tabby, Tabby tigrado, Tabby clássico, Tabby pintado, Tabby tiqueado, Escaminha, Cálico, Tabby escaminha, Van, Fumê e Tabby escaminha e branco.

Pelagem: rulings by club
Color or pattern	TICA	CFA	FIFE	GCCF
Preto	Padrão	Padrão (“Black”)	Padrão (“black”)	Padrão (“Black”)
Branco	Padrão (“Solid white”)	Padrão (“chalk-white”)	Padrão (“chalk white”)	Padrão (“Chalk white”)
Azul	Padrão	Padrão (“Blue”)	Padrão (“blue”)	Padrão (“Blue”)
Lilás	Padrão	Não reconhecido (“lilac”)	No ruling	No ruling
Prateado	Padrão (“Silver”)	Padrão (“silver tabby”)	No ruling	No ruling
Marrom	Padrão	Padrão (“Brown Tabby”)	Padrão (“black tabby”)	Padrão (“Brown Tabby”)
Chocolate	Padrão	Não reconhecido (“chocolate”)	No ruling	No ruling
Canela	Padrão	Padrão	No ruling	No ruling
Vermelho	Padrão	Padrão (“Red”)	Padrão (“Auburn”)	Padrão (“Auburn”)
Creme	Padrão	Padrão (“Cream”)	Padrão (“cream”)	Padrão (“Cream”)
Fulvo	Padrão	Padrão	No ruling	No ruling
Patterns
Sólido	Padrão (“Solid”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Tabby	Padrão (“Tabby/white”)	Padrão (“Tabby”)	Padrão (“tabby”)	Padrão (“Tabby”)
Tabby tigrado	No ruling	No ruling	Padrão (“mackerel”)	No ruling
Tabby clássico	No ruling	No ruling	Padrão (“blotched”)	No ruling
Tabby pintado	No ruling	No ruling	Padrão (“spotted”)	No ruling
Tabby tiqueado	No ruling	No ruling	Padrão (“ticked”)	No ruling
Escaminha	No ruling	Padrão (“Tortoiseshell”)	Padrão (“tortie”)	Padrão (“Tortoiseshell”)
Cálico	Padrão (“Tortie/white”)	Padrão (“Tortoiseshell & White”)	Padrão (“tortie with white”)	No ruling
Tabby escaminha	No ruling	Padrão (“Patched Tabby”)	Padrão (“tortie tabby”)	Padrão (“Tortie Tabby”)
Van	Padrão (“Van pattern”)	Padrão (“Van”)	Padrão (“van”)	Padrão (“van patterning”)
Fumê	Padrão (“Smoke/white”)	Padrão (“smokes”)	No ruling	No ruling
Tabby escaminha e branco	Padrão (“Tortie/white”)	Padrão (“Tortoiseshell & White”)	Padrão (“tortie with white”)	No ruling
Bicolor	Desqualificante (“bicolor pattern”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Colorpoint	Não reconhecido	Não reconhecido (“Himalayan pattern”)	No ruling	No ruling
Vison	Não reconhecido	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Sépia	Não reconhecido	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling

Olhos: rulings by club
Color or pattern	TICA	CFA	FIFE	GCCF
Azul	Padrão (“blue”)	Padrão (“blue”)	Padrão (“deep blue”)	Padrão (“Blue-eyed”)
Laranja	No ruling	No ruling	Padrão (“copper or deep orange”)	Desqualificante (“Orange”)
Cobre	No ruling	No ruling	Padrão (“copper or deep orange”)	Desqualificante (“copper”)
Âmbar	Padrão (“amber”)	Padrão (“amber”)	No ruling	Padrão (“Light to medium amber”)
Verde	No ruling	No ruling	Padrão (“green”)	No ruling
Patterns
Olhos díspares	Padrão (“odd eyed”)	Padrão (“odd-eyed”)	Padrão (“odd eyed”)	Padrão (“Odd-eyed”)

Nariz: rulings by club
Color or pattern	TICA	CFA	FIFE	GCCF
Rosa	Padrão (“pink”)	Padrão (“pink”)	Padrão (“pink”)	Padrão (“pink”)

Almofadas das patas: rulings by club
Color or pattern	TICA	CFA	FIFE	GCCF
Rosa	Padrão (“pink”)	Padrão (“pink”)	Padrão (“pink”)	Padrão (“pink”)

What the rulings mean

Padrão: Described by the club's breed standard.
Desqualificante: The club's breed standard disqualifies an animal of this color or pattern.
Não reconhecido: The club does not accept this color or pattern for the breed.

Color changes

How a Van Turco's colors can change over its life.

Marromchanges toCopal
Pelagem · Com a idade · from 0 to 52 weeks
Pretochanges toMarrom-avermelhado
Pelagem · Progressivo
Tabbychanges toSólido
Pelagem · Com a idade · from 0 to 39 weeks
Brancochanges toSombreado
Pelagem · Com a idade
Brancochanges toChinchila
Pelagem · Com a idade
Tabbychanges toSombreado
Pelagem · Com a idade · from 0 to 6 weeks
Tabbychanges toChinchila
Pelagem · Com a idade · from 0 to 6 weeks
Azulchanges toEscaminha
Pelagem · Com a idade
Pretochanges toMarrom
Pelagem · Com a condição corporal · can change back
Pretochanges toMarrom
Pelagem · Ao sol · can change back
Pretochanges toMarrom
Pelagem · Progressivo
Brancochanges toColorpoint
Pelagem · Com a idade · from 1 to 52 weeks
Sólidochanges toFumê
Pelagem · Com a idade · from 3 to 104 weeks
Azulchanges toVerde
Olhos · Com a idade · from 4 to 17 weeks
Azulchanges toAmarelo
Olhos · Com a idade · from 4 to 17 weeks
Azulchanges toDourado
Olhos · Com a idade · from 4 to 17 weeks
Azulchanges toCobre
Olhos · Com a idade · from 4 to 17 weeks
Azulchanges toLaranja
Olhos · Com a idade · from 4 to 17 weeks
Azulchanges toAvelã
Olhos · Com a idade · from 4 to 17 weeks
Azulchanges toÂmbar
Olhos · Com a idade · from 4 to 17 weeks
Rosachanges toSeal
Nariz · Com a idade · from 1 to 52 weeks
Rosachanges toAzul
Nariz · Com a idade · from 1 to 52 weeks
Rosachanges toChocolate
Nariz · Com a idade · from 1 to 52 weeks
Rosachanges toLilás
Nariz · Com a idade · from 1 to 52 weeks
Rosachanges toSeal
Almofadas das patas · Com a idade · from 1 to 52 weeks
Rosachanges toAzul
Almofadas das patas · Com a idade · from 1 to 52 weeks
Rosachanges toChocolate
Almofadas das patas · Com a idade · from 1 to 52 weeks
Rosachanges toLilás
Almofadas das patas · Com a idade · from 1 to 52 weeks

Sources

Each ruling comes from the club's published breed standard or color list.

Published standards

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