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A Comparison of Individual Breeds among the member organisations

Burmilla Shorthair
Breed Name	Burmilla Shorthair	Burmilla Shorthair	Burmilla	Burmilla	See Asian Shorthair	Burmilla Shorthair	See Asian Shorthai	Burmilla Shorthair	Burmilla Shorthair
Recognition status	full	full	recognised for registration and showing in miscellaneous classes	full	See Asian Shorthair	full	See Asian Shorthair	registration only	full
Breed code	BMS	none	none	BML		BML		BM
Allowable outcrosses	Burmese (“European”) with consequent reversion to Gen 1 status.	Burmilla Longhair otherwise none, unless in a recognised registered Experimental breeding program, when ‘old fashioned’ chinchilla Persian, and Burmese of the four basic colours can be used.		Burmese		First cross is Burmese and either chinchilla or shaded silver Persian Subsequently Burmese, Mandalay, Tiffany, chinchilla and shaded silver Persian.
Recognised colours	silver only, tipped or shaded. Black, brown (cbcb), blue, chocolate, lilac, caramel (blue and lilac based), cream, red, apricot (blue and lilac based) and tortie in any of those colours.	Shaded and tipped silver in black, brown, blue, chocolate and lilac		Only silver shaded or silver tipped in the following colours: Black blue chocolate lilac cinnamon fawn red cream Tortie		silver either tipped or shaded in Black/seal blue chocolate lilac red cream tortoiseshell (all recognized combinations)
Breeding restrictions	Progeny from matings with Burmese may not be used other than in a Burmilla programme	Currently the O gene, red,  torties and cream not recognised. American Burmese may not be used as Foundation stock.
Special notes	Accepted in full and Burmese (cbcb) colour expression. Chinchilla Persian allowed as an original outcross to acquire colour and pattern.			Accepted in full and Burmese (cbcb) colour expression		Persians used in the programme should be DNA tested for PKD