EMS Codes
EMS codes. What on earth are these?
EMS (Easy Mind System) is a system created by Fédération Internationale Féline (International Cat Fancier Society - FIFe) in order to simplify the identification of pedigree cats. The EMS code describes the characteristics of cats such as the breed, colour, pattern, eye colour, ears and tail.
Menu:
1. Recognized breeds
2. Recognized colours
3. Recognized patterns
4. Tail codes
5. Recognized eye colours
6. Ear codes
Recognized Breeds
| Category I | |
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Exotic |
| Category II | |
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American Curl longhair American Curl shorthair Maine Coon Norwegian Forest Ragdoll Birman ("SBI" because breed name is actually Sacred Birman) Siberian Turkish Angora Turkish Van |
| Category III | |
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Abyssinian Bengal Burmilla British Burmese Chartreux Cornish Rex Cymric Devon Rex European German Rex Japanese Bobtail Kurilean Bobtail longhair Kurilean Bobtail shorthair Korat Manx Egyptian Mau Ocicat Russian Snowshoe Sokoke Somali Sphynx |
| Category IV | |
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Balinese Oriental longhair Oriental shorthair Siamese Seychellois longhair Seychellois shorthair |
Preliminary recognised breeds
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Don Sphynx Neva Masquerade PEB Peterbald |
Recognized Colours
The second part of the EMS code, which identifies a cat's colour, is always written in small (lower case) letters.
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blue chocolate lilac red cream black tortie blue tortie chocolate tortie lilac tortie caramel or apricot - for registration purposes only. The "m", when added to EMS-codes for diluted colour varieties indicates that the cat has been registered by another registriation body as caramel (blue, lilac, fawn + "m") or apricot (cream, blue-tortie, lilac-tortie or fawn-tortie + "m"). black ("n" comes from the French noir, meaning black) seal (in Himalayan-patterned cats, Burmese, Burmillas and Tonkinese) ruddy (in Abyssinians and Somalis). cinnamon (sorrel in Abyssinians) fawn cinnamon (sorrel) tortoiseshell fawn tortoiseshell silver white any unrecognized colour golden amber - applicable only to the Norwegian Forest Cat light amber - applicable only to the Norwegian Forest Cat |
Recognized Patterns
The second part of the EMS code, which identifies a cat's colour, is always written in small (lower case) letters.
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van harlequin bicolour mitted - applicable only to the Ragdoll snowshoe - applicable only to the Snowshoe unspecified amount of white shaded shell unspecified tabby pattern blotched tabby mackerel tabby spotted tabby ticked tabby Burmese shading pattern Tonkinese shading pattern Himalayan pointed pattern |
Tail Codes
Codes that apply to only the Manx and its longhaired counterpart, the Cymric to indicate the amount of tail.
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rumpy - no tail rumpy riser - a tiny rise in the bone at the end of the spine stumpy - a rudimentary tail not longer than 3-4 cm (1.2 to 1.6 inches) longie - a regular or near regular tail (these cats are used for breeding but may not be shown) |
Recognized Eye Colours
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blue eyed orange eyed odd eyed green Burmese eye colour Tonkinese eye colour Siamese eye colour |
Ear Codes
Codes that designate the ear type on two breeds. The first one being the American Curl in both short and long haired versions which although having a "curled ear" may produce straight eared offspring. The other breed, as yet unrecognised by FIFe, is the Scottish Fold - again in both short and long haired versions - which may produce straight eared offspring although it has a folded ear itself.
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straight ears curled ears folded ears |
Source: FIFe official website