EMS CODE
For all breeds recognized by one WCC Member
(International organizations CFA -FIFE - TICA; national organizations ACF - CCCA - GCCF - NZCF - SACC) For all breeds recognized by a WCF Cooperation partner (LOOF)
BREED NAME | CODE | RECOGNIZED BY |
CATEGORY 1 - LONGHAIR |
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Chinchilla Longhair | CHL | SACC |
British Longhair | BLH | WCF - FIFE - TICA - GCCF - SACC - LOOF |
Colourpoint Himalayan | PER33 | ALL |
Deutsch Langhaar | DLH | WCF |
Highland Fold (Scottish Fold Longhair) | SFL | WCF - CFA - TICA - ACF - CCCA - NZCF - SACC - LOOF |
Highland Straight (Scottish Straight Longhair) | SFL71 | CFA - TICA - ACF - CCCA - NZCF - SACC - LOOF |
Minuet Longhair | MIL | WCF - TICA |
Original Longhair | TLH | WCF |
Persian | PER | ALL |
Selkirk Rex Longhair | SRL | ALL |
CATEGORY 2 - SEMILONGHAIR |
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American Bobtail | ABL | WCF - CFA - TICA - LOOF |
American Curl Longhair | ACL | WCF - CFA - FIFE - TICA - ACF - CCCA - NZCF - LOOF |
Aphrodite's Giant | APL | WCF - ACF |
Asian Longhair | ALH | GCCF - NZCF - SACC - LOOF |
Bengal Longhair (Cashmere) | CAM | WCF - TICA - NZCF |
Burmese Longhair (Tiffany) | TIF | NZCF - SACC |
Burmilla Longhair | BML | TICA - ACF - NZCF - SACC |
Cornish Rex Longhair (Californian Rex) | CLX | LOOF |
Cymric | CYM | WCF - FIFE - TICA - ACF - CCCA - NZCF - SACC - LOOF |
Japanese Bobtail Longhair | JBL | WCF - TICA - ACF - CCCA - NZCF - SACC - LOOF |
Karelian Bobtail Longhair | KAL | WCF |
Kurilian Bobtail Longhair | KBL | WCF - FIFE - TICA - LOOF |
LaPerm Longhair | LPL | WCF - FIFE - TICA - ACF - CCCA -GCCF - SACC - LOOF |
Maine Coon | MCO | ALL |
Maine Coon Polydactyl | POL | TICA |
Munchkin Longhair | MNL | WCF - TICA - CCCA - SACC - LOOF |
Nebelung (Russian Blue Longhair) | NEB | WCF - TICA - GCCF - LOOF |
Neva Masquerade | SIB33 | ALL |
Norwegian Forest Cat | NFO | ALL |
Pixiebob Longhair | PXL | WCF - TICA - ACF - LOOF |
Ragamuffin | RGM | WCF - CFA - GCCF |
Ragdoll | RAG | ALL |
Sacred Birman | SBI | ALL |
Siberian Cat | SIB | ALL |
Somali | SOM | ALL |
Turkish Angora | TUA | WCF - CFA - FIFE - TICA - ACF - CCCA - NZCF - LOOF |
Turkish Van | TUV | ALL |
Ural Rex Longhair | URL | WCF |
York Chocolate | YOR | WCF - LOOF |
CATEGORY 3 - SHORTHAIR |
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Abyssinian | ABY | ALL |
American Bobtail | ABS | WCF - CFA - TICA - LOOF |
American Curl | ACS | WCF - CFA - FIFE - TICA - ACF - CCCA - SACC - LOOF |
American Shorthair | ASH | WCF - CFA - TICA - ACF - CCCA - SACC - LOOF |
American Wirehair | AWH | WCF - CFA - TICA - SACC - LOOF |
Anatoli | ANA | WCF |
Aphrodite's Giant Shorthair | APS | WCF - ACF |
Arabian Mau | ARM | WCF |
Asian | ASI | GCCF - SACC - LOOF |
Australian Mist | AUM | WCF - TICA - ACF - CCCA - GCCF - SACC |
Aztek | AZT | GCCF |
Bengal | BEN | ALL |
Bombay | BOM | WCF - CFA - TICA - ACF - CCCA - NZCF - LOOF |
Brasilian Shorthair | BSH | WCF |
British Shorthair | BRI | ALL |
Burmese American | AMB | WCF - CFA - TICA - LOOF |
Burmese European | BUR | WCF - CFA - FIFE - ACF - CCCA - GCCF - NZCF - SACC- LOOF |
Burmilla | BML | CFA - FIFE - TICA - ACF - CCCA - NZCF - SACC - LOOF |
Celtic / European Shorthair | KKH | WCF - FIFE (EUR) - LOOF |
Ceylon | CEY | WCF - LOOF |
Chartreux | CHA | WCF - CFA - FIFE - TICA - LOOF |
Chausie | CHS | WCF - TICA |
Cornish Rex | CRX | ALL |
Devon Rex | DRX | ALL |
Egyptian Mau | MAU | CFA - FIFE - TICA - ACF - CCCA - GCCF - NZCF - SACC - LOOF |
Exotic Shorthair | EXO | ALL |
German Rex | GRX | WCF - FIFE - LOOF |
Japanese Bobtail | JBT | WCF - CFA - FIFE - TICA - ACF - CCCA - NZCF - SACC - LOOF |
Kanaani | KAN | WCF |
Karelian Bobtail | KAS | WCF |
Korat | KOR | WCF - CFA - FIFE - TICA - ACF - CCCA - SACC - LOOF |
Kurilian Bobtail | KBS | WCF - FIFE - TICA - LOOF |
La Perm | LPS | ALL |
Lykoi | LYS | WCF - CFA - TICA - ACF – CCCA - LOOF |
Manx | MAN | ALL |
Minuet | MIS | WCF - TICA |
Munchkin | MNS | WCF - TICA - CCCA - SACC - LOOF |
Ocicat | OCI | WCF - CFA - FIFE - TICA - ACF - CCCA - GCCF - NZCF - LOOF |
Pixiebob | PXS | WCF - TICA - ACF - LOOF |
Russian Blue | RUS | blue: ALL / white & black: only WCF - ACF–CCCA–GCCF–NZCF |
Savannah | SAV | WCF - TICA |
Scottish Fold | SFS | WCF - CFA - TICA - ACF - CCCA - NZCF - SACC - LOOF |
Scottish Straight | SFS71 | WCF - CFA - TICA - ACF - CCCA - NZCF - SACC - LOOF |
Selkirk Rex | SRX | ALL |
Singapura | SIN | WCF - CFA - FIFE - TICA - ACF - CCCA - NZCF - SACC - LOOF |
Snowshoe | SNO | WCF - FIFE - TICA - ACF - CCCA -GCCF - LOOF |
Sokoke | SOK | FIFE - GCCF - LOOF |
Toyger | TOY | WCF - TICA - GCCF - NZCF |
Ural Rex | URX | WCF |
CATEGORY 4 - ORIENTAL GROUP |
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Colourpoint Shorthair | COS | CFA |
Foreign White Shorthair (Siam) | SIAw67 | WCF - ACF - CCCA |
Foreign White Longhair (Balinese) | BALw67 | WCF - ACF - CCCA |
Havana (Suffolk / Havana Brown) | HAV | WCF - TICA - GCCF(SUF) – LOOF (HAV) |
Khao Manee | KAM | WCF - CFA - TICA |
Mekong Bobtail | MBT | WCF |
Oriental Longhair (Mandarin) | OLH | ALL |
Oriental Shorthair | OSH | ALL |
Siamese | SIA | ALL |
Siamese Longhair (Balinese) | BAL | WCF - CFA - FIFE - TICA - ACF - CCCA - NZCF - SACC - LOOF |
Thai | THA | WCF - FIFE - TICA - GCCF - LOOF |
Tonkinese | TON | WCF - CFA - TICA - ACF - CCCA - GCCF - NZCF – SACC - LOOF |
Tonkinese Longhair (Tibetan) | TOL | LOOF |
Toy Bob | TOB | WCF |
CATEGORY 5 - HAIRLESS |
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Don Sphynx (Donskoy) | DSX | WCF - FIFE - TICA - SACC - LOOF |
Peterbald | PBD | WCF - FIFE - TICA - ACF - CCCA - SACC - LOOF |
Sphynx Canadian | SPH | ALL |
CATS WITHOUT PEDIGREE |
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Household Pet Shorthair | HPS |
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Household Pet Longhair | HPL |
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NON RECOGNIZED BREEDS |
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non recognized Longhair | XLH |
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non recognized Shorthair | XSH |
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non recognized Hairless | XHL |
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BASIC COLOURS |
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COLOUR | CODE | DESCRIPTION |
black | n | seal - brown - ruddy - sable - ebony |
blue | a |
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chocolate | b | havanna |
lilac | c | lavender |
red | d |
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cream | e |
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black tortie | f | patched - tortoiseshell based on black |
blue tortie | g | patched - tortoiseshell based on blue |
chocolate tortie | h | patched - tortoiseshell based on chocolate |
lilac tortie | j | patched - tortoiseshell based on lilac |
cinnamon | o | sorrel |
fawn | p |
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cinnamon tortie | q | patched - tortoiseshell based on cinnamon |
fawn tortie | r | patched - tortoiseshell based on fawn |
white | w |
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unrecognized colour in certain breeds | x |
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COLOUR VARIETIES ADDITIONAL TO BASIC COLOUR |
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silver | s | white banding (in red/cream = cameo; for all colours without tabby = smoke) |
amber | t | only for NFO |
sunshine | u | only for SIB |
golden | y | apricot banding |
AMOUNTS OF WHITE |
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van | 01 | 1/8 colour only head and tail 7/8 white |
harlequin | 02 | 1/6 colour 5/6 white |
bicolour | 03 | 1/3 till 1/2 white |
mitted | 04 | only for RAG |
snowshoe | 05 | only for SNO |
medaillon - locket – bikini - toes | 09 | in breeds where any amount of white is permitted |
AGOUTIS |
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shaded | 11 | 2/3 silver 1/3 tipped |
shell | 12 | 7/8 silver 1/8 tipped chinchilla |
tabby | 21 | if the markings cannot be specified, only in 01/02/32/33 and SPH, DSX, PBD |
classic | 22 | blotched – marbled |
mackerel | 23 | stripes |
spotted | 24 | rosetted |
ticked | 25 | each hair banded |
grizzled ticked | 26 | only for CHS |
POINTED |
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sepia | 31 | Burmese pointed |
mink | 32 | Tonkinese pointed |
himalayan | 33 | Siamese pointed |
EYE COLOUR |
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blue eyed | 61 |
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orange eyed | 62 |
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odd eyed | 63 | one blue – the other green, yellow or orange |
green eyed | 64 |
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golden (to orange) | 65 | Burmese eye colour |
aquamarine/turquoise | 66 | Tonkinese eye colour |
dark blue | 67 | Siamese eye colour |
BREED SPECIFIC |
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rumpy | 51 | Manx without tail |
rumpy riser | 52 | Manx with tail approach |
stumpy | 53 | Manx with short tail (less than 3 cm) |
longie* | 54 | Manx with tail (more than 3 cm) |
straight ears | 71 | only for Scottish/Highland breed |
longhair* | 81 | only DSP - PBD |
shorthair* | 82 | only DSP - PBD |
brushed coat* | 83 | only DSP - PBD |
straight coat* | 84 |
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velour coat | 85 | only DSP - PBD |
normal toes | 90 | only PIX /POL |
polydactyl front paws | 91 | only PIX /POL |
polydactyl hind paws | 92 | only PIX /POL |
polydactyl all 4 paws | 93 | only PIX /POL |
long legs* | 97 | only MNS/MNL |
* not for show - no championship status - only to create the pedigree correct |
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Please note:
Individual EMS codes will always be separated from each other by a space, unless specifically indicated otherwise, individual numerical EMS codes are always to use in ascending order.
Actualized 2021-09-01
