SUGGESTED NAPOLEON BREED STANDARD

Revised for BOD Meeting in May 2010

POINT ALLOTMENT

HEAD 40 Points

Shape: 8 points
Ears: 5 points
Eyes: 5 points
Nose: 5 points
Profile: 10 points

Muzzle: 3 points

Chin: 2 points

Neck: 2 points

BODY 35 Points

Torso: 5 points

Legs: 10 points

Paws: 5 points

Tail: 5 points

Boning: 5 points

Musculature: 5 points

                            

COAT/COLOR/PATTERN 25 Points

Length: 5 points

Texture: 10 points

Color/Pattern: 10 points

           

DIVISIONS: All

COLOR: All

HEAD:

Shape: Round, broad, with well rounded contours when viewed from any angle. Cheeks moderately full and blend with the overall roundness of face. Overall a very sweet expression.  Jaws broad with good tooth occlusion.

Ears: Medium, with preference given to slightly smaller ears. Rounded tips. Set wide apart, but not extreme or flared.

Eyes: Large and round, with a straight bias, adding to the sweet expression of the face.  Moderately far apart to show breadth of nose, with a non-protruding brow ridge.  Deep brilliant eye color is preferred, which conforms to coat color.

Chin: Rounded within contour of head.  In alignment with nose.

Nose: Moderately short, broad, and straight with an obvious stop.  Top of nose leather cannot be equal to or higher than the lowest point of lower eye lid.  Not snub.

Muzzle: Moderately short and broad. Well developed, with rounded contours. 

Profile: Moderate stop.  No break. 

Neck: Moderately short.

BODY:

Torso:  Semi-Cobby.  Well rounded body.  Slight rise from the shoulders to the tail as the forelegs may be shorter than hind legs, with straight topline preferred. May appear moderately long in relation to legs.

Legs: Short, well developed with firm musculature. Outer upper thigh boning and musculature may be thick and pronounced due to short legs. Inner leg straight with no bowing.

Feet: Rounded and pointing forward.

Tail: In proportion to body length. Long hairs plumed.

Boning: Substantial. In front view, the forelegs should be short and straight from breadth of chest adding to sturdy appearance. When viewed from the rear, the legs should be straight.

Musculature: Substantial and rounded.

COAT/COLOR/PATTERN:

  Length (Long): Guard hairs long and straight. Thick, plush undercoat. Noticeable ruffs. Seasonal variations in coats shall be recognized.

Texture (Long): Soft. Not easily tangled or matted. Plush.

  Length (short): Short, may be slightly longer than other short hairs Seasonal variations in coats shall be recognized.

 Texture (Short): Dense, soft, and plush.

 

CONDITION AND BALANCE:

  Should reflect excellent health with good muscle tone. Other than the short legs, all parts of the body should be in proportion to each other.

 PERMISSIBLE OUTCROSSES:

Munchkin Breed Group and Persian Breed Group.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION:

  The Napoleon is a hybrid of the Persian Breed Group and the Munchkin Breed Group. The Napoleon’s distinctive short legs developed from a spontaneous autosomal dominant mutation. The short legs do not hamper mobility or survival ability. The ideal Napoleon is a medium sized, strong cat with nice boning and musculature. The face should be rounded and open with a pleasant sweet expression and large, round, expressive eyes. The Napoleon should be balanced physically and tempermentally; gentle and amenable to handling.

ALLOWANCES:

Females proportionately smaller than males. Heavy boning and musculature to the outer upper thigh. Allow for stud jowls in males.

PENALIZE:

Obvious break between the eyes. Snub nose. Wedge-shaped head; thin muzzle; incorrect bite; large, pointed or poorly set ears; poor muscle tone; small, close-set eyes; protruding eyes; excessive tearing of the eyes; inadequate nose leather and nasal apertures; excessively protruding sternum.

WITHHOLD WINS:

Eyes that are almond shaped, slanted, or heavy tearing. Legs that are bowed as determined by “inner” leg bone.

DISQUALIFY:

Tail faults. Severe malocclusion or asymmetry to the face structure. Crossed, slanted or improperly focusing eyes. Any evidence of lameness. Excessive bowing of legs.

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Temperament must be unchallenging; any sign of definite challenge shall disqualify. The cat may exhibit fear, seek to flee, or generally complain aloud but may not threaten to harm.

In accordance with Show Rules, ARTICLE SIXTEEN, the following shall be considered mandatory disqualifications:

a cat that bites (216.9),

a cat showing evidence of intent to deceive (216.10),

adult whole male cats not having two descended testicles (216.11),

cats with all or part of the tail missing , except as authorized by a board approved standard (216.12.1),

cats with more than five toes on each front foot and four toes on each back foot, unless proved the result of an injury or as authorized by a Board approved standard (216.12.2),

visible or invisible tail faults if Board approved standard requires disqualification (216.12.4),

crossed eyes if Board approved standard requires disqualification (216.12.5),

total blindness (216.12.6),

markedly smaller size, not in keeping with the breed (216.12.9),

depression of the sternum or unusually small diameter of the rib cage itself (216.12.11.1).

See Show Rules, ARTICLE SIXTEEN for more comprehensive rules governing penalties and disqualifications.

 

 

(* Wording in italics implies those additions or changes to the previous proposed standard of 2009.)