Breed Comparisons - Japanese Bobtail Shorthair

Japanese Bobtail Longhair
Japanese Bobtail Shorthair

Japanese Bobtail Shorthair

Breed Name	Japanese Bobtail Shorthair	Japanese Bobtail Shorthair				Japanese Bobtail Shorthair	Japanese Bobtail Shorthair	Japanese Bobtail Shorthair	Japanese Bobtail Shorthair
Recognition status	full	full	see Japanese Bobtail	see Japanese Bobtail	not recognized	full	full	full	full
Breed code	none					JBT	JBTS	JB	JBT
Allowable outcrosses	None – except Japanese Bobtail Longhair	None – except Japanese Bobtail Longhair				None – except Japanese Bobtail Longhair	None – except Japanese Bobtail Longhair	None – except Japanese Bobtail Longhair	None – except Japanese Bobtail Longhair
Recognised colours	white; black; red; Solid colours: tabby coat pattern (except marble and spotted) Broken colours (tortie and patched with white) Other Japanese Bobtail Colours: Include the following categories and any other colour or pattern or combination thereof except colouring showing the evidence of hybridisation resulting in the colours: chocolate, lavender, point-restricted (i.e., Siamese marking) or un-patterned agouti (i.e., Abyssinian colouring), or these combinations with white. "Patterned" categories denote and include any variety of tabby striping or spotting with or without areas of solid (unmarked) colour. OTHER SOLID COLOURS blue cream. TABBY COLOURS red tabby, brown tabby, blue tabby, cream tabby, silver tabby. PATCHED TABBY COLOURS brown patched tabby, blue patched tabby, silver patched tabby. OTHER PARTI-COLOURS blue-cream. Other Bi-Colours: blue and white cream and white. TABBY AND WHITE COLOURS brown tabby and white, blue tabby and white, cream tabby and white, silver tabby and white. PATCHED TABBY AND WHITE COLOURS brown patched tabby and white, blue patched tabby and white, silver patched tabby and white. PARTI-COLOR AND WHITE COLOURS tortoiseshell and white blue-cream and white. OTHER TRI-COLOURS Dilute Mi-ke (blue cream and white), Patterned Mi-Ke (spots of brown tabby and red tabby on white), Dilute Patterned Mi-Ke (spots of blue tabby and cream tabby on white).	All colours other than: chocolate, lilac, cinnamon fawn. all patterns other than: pointed or ticked tabby alone or in any combina-tion with/without white patching				white, black, red, black & white, red & white (including tabby). Mi-ke (Tri-colour) black, red, white, tortoiseshell: black, red cream. Other colours: Solid blue & cream. tabby: red, brown, blue, cream, silver patched tabby: brown, blue, silver Other parti-colours: blue-cream Other Bi-colours: blue & white, cream & white tabby & white: brown, blue, cream, silver Parti-colour & white: tortoiseshell & white, blue-cream & white Other Tri-colours; Dilute Mi-ke (blue crem & white), patterned Mi-ke (brown, red) Dilute patterned Mi-ke (blue-cream) silver patterned Mi=ke (silver tabby, red) Smoke Mi-ke (black, red & white)	Self colours (white, black, black tortie, blue, blue tortie, red, cream Shaded colours: smoke: black, blue, red, cream and all variations thereof. Patterned colours (tabby) patched colours: bi-colours and Mi-Ke (tri-colours) (black and blue bi-colour and calico including tabby calico and silver tabby calico) Not accepted: chocolate lilac, or un-patterned agouti (ie Abyssinian)	all	The colours chocolate and cinnamon, as well as their dilution (lilac and fawn) are not recognized in any combinations (bicolour, tricolour, tabby). The pointed pattern is also not recognized. All other colours and patterns are recognized. Any amount of white is permitted.
Breeding restrictions						none	none	none	none
Special notes		Short hair and long hair both fall under one breed standard, the only distinction being in the description of the coat.				Short hair and long hair both fall under one breed standard, the only distinction being in the description of the coat.	Short hair and long hair both fall under one breed standard, the only distinction being in the description of the coat.	The Japanese Bobtail Shorthair (JB) is part of the Japanese Bobtail Breed Group and can be bred with the Japanese Bobtail Longhair (JL) with resulting kittens being registered as the breed they are within the breed group.