The head should be round, broad and full-cheeked in both males and females. Round underlying bone structure with no flat planes. The muzzle should be of medium
width. .
Body, Legs and Feet
The body should be medium to large and well-balanced. The substantial muscular torso should be rectangular, but not long. Back is straight with a slight rise to
the hindquarters. Shoulders and hip should appear to be the same width. The legs are medium to long and should be in proportion to the body. The feet are large, round, and firm. The cat has five toes in
front, four in the back. The tail should be of medium length, proportionate to body.
Ears
The ears are of medium in size, broad at the base, tapering, set well apart. Should fit into
(without distorting) the rounded contour of the head. Furnishings, if present, are curly.
Eyes
The eyes are large, rounded, set well apart. The eyes should not appear almond or oval-shaped and
inside and outside corner of eyes are in the same level horizontal plane.
Coat
Coat length: two lengths - short and long. The differences in coat length are most obviously seen on the tail and
ruff. On the shorthairs the tail hair is the same length as the coat (approximately 1"-2") and tail curls are plush and lie compactly around the tail. The ruff is the same length as the coat fur.
On the longhairs, the tail curls are plumy and stand out away from the tail. The ruff hairs are also longer and frame the face.
SHORTHAIR
The coat texture is soft, plushy, full and obviously
curly. Density: the coat is dense and full with no bald or thinly covered areas of the body. The coat stands out from the body and should not appear flat or close-lying. Curl: this is a random, unstructured
coat, arranged in loose, individual curls. The curls appear to be in "clumps" rather than as an all over wave. Although curl varies by hair length, sex and age in an individual, the entire coat
should show the effect of the rex gene. Curliness may be evident more around the neck, on the tail and the belly. Allowance should be made for less curl on younger adults and kittens.
LONGHAIR
The coat texture is soft, full, and obviously curly. It does not feel or appear to be as plush as the shorthair coat, however, should not appear to be thin. Density: the coat is dense and full with no bald
or thinly covered areas of the body. The coat may stand out from the body but may appear and feel less than plush, but not close-lying. Curl: this is a random, unstructured coat, arranged in loose,
individual curls. The curls appear to be in "clumps" or "ringlets" rather than as an all over wave. Although curl vaires by hair length, sex and age in an individual, entire coat should
show the effect of the rex gene. Curliness may be evident more around the neck, on the tail and the belly.
