Balinese

Oriental

Coat

Solid:
Tabby: Any of the tabby combinations except golden tabby.
Tortoishell: Any of the tortie combinations.
Torbie: Any of the torbie combinations.
Smoke/Shaded/Chinchilla: Any of the above colours in the smoke pattern.
Colourpoint/Himalayan: All of the above must always be in the colourpoint pattern (Strict).

Eyes

or

Nose

Matches surrounding coat.

Faults

Eyelids that match the body coat colour are lightly faulted. Eyelids that don\\\'t match either the body or the points are more heavily faulted.
Wrong accepted nose colour.

Disqualifications

None

Varieties

None

Notes

The Balinese is a svelte cat with long, tapering lines and a lithe yet strong appearance. Its elegant refinement is enhanced by the soft, silky coat that softens the extreme lines of its parent breed, the Siamese. Despite their regal bearing and aristocratic appearance, the Balinese is a clown with a big heart—and happily for their owners, a softer voice than the Siamese. They were naturally developed from the occasional longhaired kittens born in Siamese litters. Their name has nothing to do with their place of origin—rather, their graceful plumes reminded early breeders of dancers from Bali. They were accepted in four colours in 1970; in 1979, the remaining colours were accepted under the name Javanese and it was only in 2008 that the CFA breed councils voted to merge the two breeds in order to bring them in line with other organizations. Today the Balinese is a regular on the show bench, graceful and elegant and captivating judges worldwide.

Type & judging remarks
The body is long and tubular throughout. Body colour is even, with subtle shading allowed, but there must be a definite contrast between points and body.

Breed Files

Filename: SN Balinese
Offset: 2274
Base: Siamese
SCP:
Accepted: July 11, 2014
Notes: Version 2 of the Supernova file. Addballz tail (four variations) and two ruff variations.

Filename: Oriental Longhair
Offset: 2843
Base: Siamese
SCP: B + W Shorthair
Accepted: March 21, 2014
Notes: Updated version with SCP changed to B+W Shorthair, updated linez, smoothed tail and updated file name/offset.

Filename: Siamese
Offset: 1004
Base: Siamese
SCP: Siamese
Accepted: September 19, 2011
Notes: Longhair version of PF Magic file.

Filename: SJavanese
Offset: 2786
Base: Russian Blue
SCP: B+W Shorthair
Accepted: March 14, 2007
Notes: Addball tails (four variations), addballs in ears, face, and feathering.

Filename: SN Balinese
Offset: 2274
Base: Siamese
SCP: B+W Shorthair
Accepted: November 6, 2006
Notes: Addballz ears and tail, includes four tail carriage variations.

Filename: BalineseP
Offset: AB87
Base: Russian Blue
SCP: Russian Blue
Accepted: January 5, 2006
Notes: Colour shown isn't present in the file, the file has an addballz tail.

Filename: Balinese VPZ
Offset: 5305
Base: Siamese
SCP: Siamese
Accepted: January 5, 2006
Notes: Includes 3 different body lengths.

Filename: Sun Balinese
Offset: F10F
Base: Russian Blue
SCP: Russian Blue
Accepted: January 31, 2004
Notes: