Van Kedisi 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
Baş şekliKama	No ruling	Standart (“Substantially broad wedge, with gentle contours”)	No ruling	Standart (“Substantial broad wedge”)	No ruling	Standart (“Substantially broad wedge, with gentle contours”)	No ruling
Baş şekliGeniş	No ruling	Standart (“Substantially broad wedge”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Standart (“Substantially broad wedge”)	No ruling
Baş şekliDeğiştirilmiş kama	Standart (“Modified wedge with rounded contours and high cheekbones”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Baş şekliÜçgen	No ruling	No ruling	Standart (“Short, blunted triangle”)	No ruling	Standart (“the shape of a blunt triangle of medium length”)	No ruling	Standart (“forme un triangle aux contours arrondis”)
Yüz profiliDüz	Kusur (“flat profile”)	Kusur (“flat profile”)	No ruling	Standart (“straight but with a barely perceptible dip in profile”)	Standart (“The profile is almost straight”)	Kusur (“flat profile”)	Kusur (“Stop, profil droit”)
Yüz profiliKoç burun (dışbükey)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Standart (“un nez légèrement busqué”)
Yüz profiliBurun kırılması	Diskalifiye edici (“Definite nose break”)	Diskalifiye edici (“definite nose break”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Diskalifiye edici (“definite nose break”)	Kusur (“Stop, profil droit”)
Göz şekliOval	No ruling	No ruling	Standart (“Large and oval, set slightly oblique”)	Standart (“Large and oval, alert and expressive”)	Standart (“The eyes are large, oval”)	No ruling	No ruling
Göz şekliCeviz biçimli	Standart (“Large, walnut to peach pit shape”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Standart (“les yeux en forme de noix”)
Göz şekliÇekik	Standart (“set slightly oblique”)	Standart (“set at a slant”)	Standart (“set slightly oblique”)	No ruling	Standart (“set at a slight slant”)	Standart (“set at a slant”)	Standart (“légèrement placés de biais”)
Kulak boyutuOrta	No ruling	No ruling	Standart (“Medium to large and well furnished”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Standart (“De taille moyenne à grande”)
Kulak boyutuBüyük	Standart (“Moderately large to large”)	Standart (“Moderately large, in proportion to the body”)	Alternatif (“Medium to large and well furnished”)	Standart (“Moderately large, well feathered”)	Standart (“The ears are large, with a broad base”)	Standart (“Moderately large to large”)	Alternatif (“De taille moyenne à grande”)
Kulak yerleşimiYüksek	Standart (“set fairly high and well apart”)	Standart (“set fairly high and well apart”)	No ruling	Standart (“fairly close together and set high on head”)	Standart (“straight set, rather high and upright on the skull”)	Standart (“set fairly high and well apart”)	Standart (“placées assez haut sur la tête”)
Kulak yerleşimiOrta	No ruling	No ruling	Standart (“placed medium high on the skull”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Kulak ucuYuvarlatılmış	Standart (“Tips are slightly rounded”)	Standart (“Tips are slightly rounded”)	Standart (“slightly rounded tips”)	No ruling	Standart (“slightly rounded tips”)	Standart (“Tips are slightly rounded”)	Standart (“leur extrémité est arrondie”)
Kulak duruşuDik (sivri)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Standart (“straight set, rather high and upright on the skull”)	No ruling	No ruling
Vücut tipiUzun ve iri	Standart (“Sturdy and long. Full chest and substantial musculature”)	Standart (“moderately long, sturdy, broad, muscular and deep-chested”)	Standart (“Long but sturdy, muscular, medium heavy type”)	Standart (“Long and sturdy, broad, muscular and deep-chested”)	No ruling	Standart (“Moderately long, sturdy, broad, muscular and deep chested”)	Standart (“De format long et puissant, le corps est long, grand et fort”)
Vücut tipiTıknaz (cobby)	Kusur (“Any evidence toward extremes (i.e., short cobbiness”)	Kusur (“any evidence toward extremes (i.e. short cobbiness”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Kusur (“Any evidence toward extremes, [i.e. short cobbiness”)	Kusur (“Format cobby ou foreign”)
Vücut tipiForeign (yabancı tip)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Kusur (“Format cobby ou foreign”)
Kemik yapısı ve kütleOrta	Standart (“Boning: Medium, well-muscled all over”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Kemik yapısı ve kütleİnce (hafif)	Kusur (“svelte, fine boning”)	Kusur (“svelte, fine-boning”)	No ruling	Diskalifiye edici (“Light-boned or undersized adults”)	No ruling	Kusur (“svelte, fine-boning”)	No ruling
Bacak uzunluğuUzun	No ruling	Standart (“Moderately long, muscular legs”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Standart (“Legs/Feet: Moderately long, muscular”)	No ruling
Bacak uzunluğuOrta	Standart (“Medium length forelegs with hind legs slightly longer”)	No ruling	Standart (“Legs: Medium long”)	Standart (“Legs well-boned and medium in length”)	Standart (“The legs have medium length”)	No ruling	Standart (“De longueur moyenne, les pattes”)
AyaklarKedi ayağı	Standart (“Neat, round feet with toes tufted”)	No ruling	Standart (“Dainty, round well tufted”)	Standart (“Feet neat, well rounded and tufted”)	Standart (“the paws are round”)	No ruling	Standart (“les pieds sont ronds”)
ParmaklarNormal	No ruling	Standart (“Toes, five in front, four behind”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Standart (“Five toes in front and four behind”)	No ruling
ParmaklarPolidaktil (fazla parmaklı)	No ruling	Diskalifiye edici (“incorrect number of toes”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Diskalifiye edici (“incorrect number of toes”)	No ruling
Kuyruk uzunluğuUzun	No ruling	Standart (“Long, but in proportion to the body, with a brush appearance”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Standart (“Long, but in proportion to the body, with a brush appearance”)	No ruling
Kuyruk uzunluğuOrta	Standart (“medium-length and in proportion to the cat”)	No ruling	Standart (“Tail: Medium long; well furnished”)	No ruling	Standart (“The tail is of medium length and well furnished”)	No ruling	Standart (“De longueur moyenne, la queue bien fournie”)
Kuyruk şekliSorguçlu	Standart (“The tail is a brush or plume”)	Standart (“with a brush appearance”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Standart (“with a brush appearance”)	Standart (“la queue bien fournie est portée en panache”)
Kuyruk şekliKırık	No ruling	Diskalifiye edici (“kinked or abnormal tail”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Diskalifiye edici (“kinked or abnormal tail”)	No ruling
Boyun uzunluğuOrta	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Standart (“De taille moyenne, l'encolure est bien musclée”)
Alın-burun geçişi (stop)Hafif	Standart (“Slight dip below eye level”)	Standart (“the nose has a slight dip below eye level”)	Standart (“Gently curved forehead, followed by a slight indentation”)	Standart (“straight but with a barely perceptible dip in profile”)	No ruling	Standart (“the nose has a slight dip below eye level”)	Standart (“une légère déclivité au niveau des yeux”)
IsırıkKerpeten ısırık	Standart (“Rounded somewhat, with an even bite”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
GöğüsGeniş	No ruling	Standart (“great breadth to the chest”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Standart (“great breadth to the chest”)	Standart (“La poitrine est particulièrement développée, large et ouverte”)
GöğüsDerin	No ruling	Standart (“muscular and deep-chested”)	No ruling	Standart (“Long and sturdy, broad, muscular and deep-chested”)	No ruling	Standart (“muscular and deep chested”)	No ruling
DeriGevşek	Alternatif (“Allow for loose skin between the back legs”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Göz boyutuBüyük	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Standart (“Large and oval, alert and expressive”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling

Markings

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

Van Kedisi colors and patterns

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

Breed standards describe the Van Kedisi in Siyah, Beyaz, Mavi, Leylak, Gümüş, Kahverengi, Çikolata, Tarçın, Kırmızı, Krem ve Fawn. Standard patterns: Tek renk, Tekir, Uskumru tekir, Klasik tekir, Benekli tekir, Tikli tekir, Kaplumbağa kabuğu, Calico, Tekir kaplumbağa, Van deseni, Dumanlı ve Tekir calico.

Kürk: rulings by club
Color or pattern	TICA	CFA	FIFE	GCCF
Siyah	Standart	Standart (“Black”)	Standart (“black”)	Standart (“Black”)
Beyaz	Standart (“Solid white”)	Standart (“chalk-white”)	Standart (“chalk white”)	Standart (“Chalk white”)
Mavi	Standart	Standart (“Blue”)	Standart (“blue”)	Standart (“Blue”)
Leylak	Standart	Tanınmıyor (“lilac”)	No ruling	No ruling
Gümüş	Standart (“Silver”)	Standart (“silver tabby”)	No ruling	No ruling
Kahverengi	Standart	Standart (“Brown Tabby”)	Standart (“black tabby”)	Standart (“Brown Tabby”)
Çikolata	Standart	Tanınmıyor (“chocolate”)	No ruling	No ruling
Tarçın	Standart	Standart	No ruling	No ruling
Kırmızı	Standart	Standart (“Red”)	Standart (“Auburn”)	Standart (“Auburn”)
Krem	Standart	Standart (“Cream”)	Standart (“cream”)	Standart (“Cream”)
Fawn	Standart	Standart	No ruling	No ruling
Patterns
Tek renk	Standart (“Solid”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Tekir	Standart (“Tabby/white”)	Standart (“Tabby”)	Standart (“tabby”)	Standart (“Tabby”)
Uskumru tekir	No ruling	No ruling	Standart (“mackerel”)	No ruling
Klasik tekir	No ruling	No ruling	Standart (“blotched”)	No ruling
Benekli tekir	No ruling	No ruling	Standart (“spotted”)	No ruling
Tikli tekir	No ruling	No ruling	Standart (“ticked”)	No ruling
Kaplumbağa kabuğu	No ruling	Standart (“Tortoiseshell”)	Standart (“tortie”)	Standart (“Tortoiseshell”)
Calico	Standart (“Tortie/white”)	Standart (“Tortoiseshell & White”)	Standart (“tortie with white”)	No ruling
Tekir kaplumbağa	No ruling	Standart (“Patched Tabby”)	Standart (“tortie tabby”)	Standart (“Tortie Tabby”)
Van deseni	Standart (“Van pattern”)	Standart (“Van”)	Standart (“van”)	Standart (“van patterning”)
Dumanlı	Standart (“Smoke/white”)	Standart (“smokes”)	No ruling	No ruling
Tekir calico	Standart (“Tortie/white”)	Standart (“Tortoiseshell & White”)	Standart (“tortie with white”)	No ruling
İki renk	Diskalifiye edici (“bicolor pattern”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Uç renkli	Tanınmıyor	Tanınmıyor (“Himalayan pattern”)	No ruling	No ruling
Vizon	Tanınmıyor	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Sepya	Tanınmıyor	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling

Gözler: rulings by club
Color or pattern	TICA	CFA	FIFE	GCCF
Mavi	Standart (“blue”)	Standart (“blue”)	Standart (“deep blue”)	Standart (“Blue-eyed”)
Turuncu	No ruling	No ruling	Standart (“copper or deep orange”)	Diskalifiye edici (“Orange”)
Bakır	No ruling	No ruling	Standart (“copper or deep orange”)	Diskalifiye edici (“copper”)
Kehribar	Standart (“amber”)	Standart (“amber”)	No ruling	Standart (“Light to medium amber”)
Yeşil	No ruling	No ruling	Standart (“green”)	No ruling
Patterns
Farklı renkli gözler	Standart (“odd eyed”)	Standart (“odd-eyed”)	Standart (“odd eyed”)	Standart (“Odd-eyed”)

Burun: rulings by club
Color or pattern	TICA	CFA	FIFE	GCCF
Pembe	Standart (“pink”)	Standart (“pink”)	Standart (“pink”)	Standart (“pink”)

Pati yastıkçıkları: rulings by club
Color or pattern	TICA	CFA	FIFE	GCCF
Pembe	Standart (“pink”)	Standart (“pink”)	Standart (“pink”)	Standart (“pink”)

What the rulings mean

Standart: Described by the club's breed standard.
Diskalifiye edici: The club's breed standard disqualifies an animal of this color or pattern.
Tanınmıyor: The club does not accept this color or pattern for the breed.

Color changes

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

Kahverengichanges toKopal
Kürk · Yaşla · from 0 to 52 weeks
Siyahchanges toPas kahvesi
Kürk · İlerleyici
Tekirchanges toTek renk
Kürk · Yaşla · from 0 to 39 weeks
Beyazchanges toGölgeli
Kürk · Yaşla
Beyazchanges toŞinşilla
Kürk · Yaşla
Tekirchanges toGölgeli
Kürk · Yaşla · from 0 to 6 weeks
Tekirchanges toŞinşilla
Kürk · Yaşla · from 0 to 6 weeks
Mavichanges toKaplumbağa kabuğu
Kürk · Yaşla
Siyahchanges toKahverengi
Kürk · Vücut durumuyla · can change back
Siyahchanges toKahverengi
Kürk · Güneşte · can change back
Siyahchanges toKahverengi
Kürk · İlerleyici
Beyazchanges toUç renkli
Kürk · Yaşla · from 1 to 52 weeks
Tek renkchanges toDumanlı
Kürk · Yaşla · from 3 to 104 weeks
Mavichanges toYeşil
Gözler · Yaşla · from 4 to 17 weeks
Mavichanges toSarı
Gözler · Yaşla · from 4 to 17 weeks
Mavichanges toAltın
Gözler · Yaşla · from 4 to 17 weeks
Mavichanges toBakır
Gözler · Yaşla · from 4 to 17 weeks
Mavichanges toTuruncu
Gözler · Yaşla · from 4 to 17 weeks
Mavichanges toEla
Gözler · Yaşla · from 4 to 17 weeks
Mavichanges toKehribar
Gözler · Yaşla · from 4 to 17 weeks
Pembechanges toFok kahvesi
Burun · Yaşla · from 1 to 52 weeks
Pembechanges toMavi
Burun · Yaşla · from 1 to 52 weeks
Pembechanges toÇikolata
Burun · Yaşla · from 1 to 52 weeks
Pembechanges toLeylak
Burun · Yaşla · from 1 to 52 weeks
Pembechanges toFok kahvesi
Pati yastıkçıkları · Yaşla · from 1 to 52 weeks
Pembechanges toMavi
Pati yastıkçıkları · Yaşla · from 1 to 52 weeks
Pembechanges toÇikolata
Pati yastıkçıkları · Yaşla · from 1 to 52 weeks
Pembechanges toLeylak
Pati yastıkçıkları · Yaşla · 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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