American Curl

Semi-Foreign

Coat

Solid:
Tabby: Any of the tabby combinations in any of the patterns, including golden tabby. Heavy tabby is accepted in longhairs only.
Tortoishell: Any of the tortoiseshell combinations.
Torbie: Any of the torbie combinations of the allowed tabby combinations.
Smoke/Shaded/Chinchilla: Any of the above listed colours in any of the patterns on a silver or gold base.
Colourpoint/Himalayan: Any of the colourpoint combinations.
Mink: Any of the mink combinations.
Burmese: Any of the burmese combinations.
White Patterns: Any of the above colours can come with or without in any amount.

Eyes


Colourpoints have
Minks have
Catz with at least 75% white spotting may have one or two
Solid white catz may have any of the above.

Nose

Matches surrounding coat.

Faults

Wrong nose colour.

Disqualifications

Heavy tabby on a shorthair.

Varieties

Shorthair, Longhair

Notes

This breed’s curled-back ears make it unique among cat breeds. The first American Curl, a black longhaired female named Shulamith, was discovered in California in 1981. Curls are elegant, well-balanced, slender cats with an alert, active, yet gentle disposition. They are born with straight ears, with the curl developing at about 3-5 days and achieving its adult position at around sixteen weeks of age. Initially, breeding was hesitant as there was a fear that the curled ear was related to the gene that causes folded ears, but in December 1989 a report was published proving conclusively that American Curls are safe to breed, and their popularity has grown since. Their development, like other American breeds, has relied on domestic outcrosses rather than combining pedigreed breeds; the American Curl sought not to emulate any other breed but to become its own, modelled closely on the type of its founder, Shulamith.

Type & judging remarks
The ear must appear flexible and rounded, with no stiff sections. The rest of the cat is moderate and smooth, neither foreign nor cobby and yet consistent and identifiably American Curl.

Breed Files

Filename: American Curl Shorthair
Offset: 0103
Base: Persian
SCP: Russian Blue
Accepted: May 6, 2010
Notes: Addballz ears and tail (three carriage variations).

Filename: American Curl
Offset: 0099
Base: Persian
SCP: Russian Blue
Accepted: March 20, 2010
Notes: Addballz ears and tail (three carriage variations)

Filename:
Offset: 8AC0
Base: Maine Coon
SCP: Maine Coon
Accepted: December 21, 2005
Notes: Updated outlines, jowls and feet.

Filename: AmeriCurlP
Offset: 8AC0
Base: Maine Coon
SCP: Maine Coon
Accepted: December 24, 2003
Notes: Comes in three coat lengths (one short and two variations of long). Has an addballz ruff and ears, sometimes the ears don't pass on to 2nd+ generations correctly. Also, the jaw appears enlarged when catz meow.

Filename:
Offset:
Base:
SCP:
Accepted: December 24, 2003
Notes: Shorthair variety.