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| Breed Name | Maine Coon | Maine Coon | Maine Coon | Maine Coon | Maine Coon | Maine Coon | Maine Coon | Maine Coon | Maine Coon |
| Recognition status | full | full | full | full | full | full | full | Championship status since 1979 | full |
| Breed code | MCO | MCO | MCO | MCO | MC | ||||
| Allowable outcrosses | none | none | none | none | none | none | none | ||
| Recognised colours | All except those indicating hybridization with Siamese or Abyssinian. Divided into Agouti; Agouti & white Non-agouti; Non-agouti and white. |
All recognized colours except chocolate, lilac, cinnamon, fawn, caramel and apricot. All patterns except the Himalayan pattern. |
All colours and patterns except those showing hybridization resulting in the colours chocolate, lavender, the Himilayan pattern, the unpatterned agouti on the body (i.e. Abysinian type ticked tabby) or those combinations with white. |
All colours and patterns except chocolate, lilac, cinnamon or fawn or any pointed patterns with or without white. |
Any recognized colour or combination of colour except chocolate, lilac, cinnamon or fawn. Any recognized pattern except colourpoint pattern. When there is white spotting or patching the amount is immaterial. |
All colours and patterns acceptable, excluding chocolate variations and all pointed patterns. Self coloured cats should conform to the standard as for All Breeds. |
Category: traditional Division: all Colors: all |
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| Breeding restrictions | none | none | No cat with polydactyl in pedigree may be registered on the Active Register. DNA testing for MC HCM, SMA, PKdef will be require for registration on the Active Register from 1.1.24. Imports require the above listed tests plus they need to test clear of polydactyly, chocolate, and cinnamon. Before the registration of any White Maine Coon on the Active Register, a BAER certificate of freedom from deafness for the cat must be supplied to the GCCF. |
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| Special notes | none | NZCF recognizes polydactyly (this is a gene with variable expression and may produce anything from an extra dew claw to extra digits on each paw. Any of these expressions is acceptable and there is no preference for more rather than fewer additional toes). Maine Coons are shown together (whether normal toed or polydactyl. |
none | Polydactyly Maine Coons are recognized in championship and are part of the MC breed group |
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