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EARS: fold forward and downward. Small, the smaller, tightly folded ears prefered over a loose fold and large ear. The ears should be set in a caplike fashion to expose a rounded cranium. Ear tips should be rounded. The ears should be somewhat soft and flexible with easy movement.
EYES: wide open with a sweet expression. Large, well rounded, and separated by a broad nose. Eye color to correspond with coat color. Blue-eyed & odd-eyed are allowed for all white, bi-color, parti-color, and van patterns. Other eye colors include gold, copper, and green.
NOSE: nose to be short with a gentle curve. A brief stop is permitted. Profile is moderate in appearance.
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LONGHAIR COAT: medium-long to long hair length. Full coat on face and body desirable but short hair permissible on face and legs. Britches, tail blume, toe tuffs, and ear furnishings should be clearly visible with a ruff being desirable. Longhair Scottish Folds do NOT have the same type of coat as the Persian's which is longer with a thick cottony undercoat, thus making the Scottish Fold coat easier to groom and maintain.
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HEAD: well rounded with a firm chin and jaw. Muzzle to have well rounded whisker pads. Head should blend into a short neck. Prominent cheeks with a jowly appearence in males.
BODY: medium, rounded, and even from shoulder to pelvic girdle. The cat should stand firm with a well padded body. There must be no hint of thickness or lack of mobility in the cat due to short coarse legs. Toes to be neat and well rounded with five in front and four behind. Overall appearence is that of a well rounded cat with medium bone. Females may be slightly smaller than males.
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SHORTHAIR COAT: dense, plush, even. Short to medium-short in length. Soft in texture. Full of life. Standing away from body due to density; not flat or close-lying. Coat texture may vary due to color and/or regional/seasonal changes.
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TAIL: tail should be medium to long but in proportion to the body. Tail should be flexible and tapering. Longer, tapering tail prefered. Disqualify for a kinked and/or foreshortened tail. Tail that is lacking in flexibility due to abnormally thick vertebrae is disqualified.
COLORS: a wide array of colors in the solid, shaded, tabby, parti-color and bi-color patterns. CFA....any and all colors possible with the exception of those showing evidence of hybridization resulting in the colors chocolate, lavender, the Himalayan pattern, or a combination of these and white.
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Scottish Folds come in two types: folded ear and perk (straight/normal) ear. The folded ear is produced by an incomplete dominant gene and is the result of a spontaneous mutation. For health reasons, a breeder should never breed two folded ear cats together; but rather, to a British SH, American SH or straight ear Fold. Thus, there will be both Perk and Fold ear kittens in a litter. Scottish Fold kittens are born with straight ears. At about three to four weeks of age, their ears fold....or they don't! It is usually around 11 to 12 weeks of age that a breeder can determine the quality (pet, breeder or show). Presently, only folded ear cats of Scottish lineage are permitted in the show ring for CFA scoring. Although, the perk ear cats have been shown in the HHP (House Hold Pet) Class.
Perk ear Scottish Folds have the same look and temperment as their folded ear littermates with the ear type being the only difference and are invaluable to the breeding program.
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