Standards

General  

The Balinese is a long, elegant, slender semilonghair cat producing a stylized extreme impression. 

Points 

Head:  

25 

Shape  

Top of head 

Wedge-shaped and long. The wedge starts at the nose and broadens on both sides in unbroken lines to the ear base. Top of head is slightly convex or almost flat viewed from the front. 

8 

Muzzle and chin 

The cheek bones are high set and narrow, the cheeks flat. The muzzle is fine, without expressed whisker pads.  

7 

Profile  

The profile is a long straight line or a slightly convex line from the top of the head to the tip of the nose 

10 

Eyes 

The eyes are almond-shaped, set wide apart and not deep. The distance between the eyes is not less than one eye width. The eyes are set at a slant, with the outer corners set clearly higher than the inner corners.  

The eye set and aperture harmoniously match the wedge shape of the head and produce the typical oriental look of the breed. 

The colour is an intense dark blue, the deeper the better. 

10 

Ears 

Very large, set wide apart and wide open.  

The inner edges are firm, not hanging. They run both up and sidewise, without lying horizontally, continuing the lines of the wedge 

The tips are in fact slightly rounded but appear to be pointed. They point far to the sides. The outer ear edges are firm without visible bends. They run down slantwise as low as not to distort the ear shape.  

10 

Body: 

20 

Size and boning 

Medium to large sized but elegant, slender and muscular.  

6 

Torso 

Tubular, elongated: the contours of the back and the belly are straight, almost parallel.  

The rib cage and the shoulders are not wider than the hips.  

7 

Neck 

Long and slender, slightly curved (swan neck). 

2 

Legs and paws 

The legs are long and slender, straight set.  

The paws are dainty and oval.  

5 

Tail 

The tail is very long, whippy, thin at the base and ends in a pointed tip. It is furnished with fine medium long hair like a plume. 

5 

Coat: 

25 

Length 

Medium long, shorter on the shoulders and legs. Ruff and knickerbockers can be present, but are not obligatory. 

5 

Texture  

Silky, fine, almost without undercoat, close lying to the body. 

10 

Colour 

All pointed colours and combinations with white are recognized.   

10 

Condition  

See general part 

5 

Total  

100 

Special breed faults 

Unharmonious broken lines of the profile and of the head.
Ears in the shape of a butterfly wing. 
Small eyes.
Rounded eyes.
Triangular eyes
Straight set eyes
Short strong neck.
Sidewise flat and deep rib cage, breast line clearly lower than belly line.
Visible skin flap in the groin region.
Too strong boning.
Short legs.
Cow hocks.
Short tail.
More yellow than green pigmentation in the eye colour  

Without certificates 

Weak hanging ears (with the exception of kittens).
Concave lumbar part and other clear signs of weak ligaments
Too much undercoat.
Yellow eye colour
Too long coat  

Disqualify 

White lockets and white spots on cats registered without white.
Cross-eyed.
Too deep set of eyes.
Pigmentation In the eye colour.
Lack of flexibility in the tail 

Remarks 

Slow development of points to be taken into consideration in kittens or juniors.  

Outcross 

SIA, OSH, OLH