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| Points | ||
|---|---|---|
| Update June 2009 | ||
| Head, Eyes & Ears | Head to be short and broad, with a gently curving profile. | 10 |
| Muzzle to be of good width and rounded at the nostrils. | ||
| Eyes to be large, bright and bold and set with good width between. | ||
| Ears to be large and drooping, and set with good width between. | ||
| Body Shape | To have short, cobby body with good width across shoulders and body. | 10 |
| To be fit and of good substance, with plenty of firm flesh. | ||
| To have good size appropriate to age. | ||
| Markings | To have solid base colour all over the body except for tan areas that must be solid, | |
| clearly defined and distinct, both from the base colour and from each other: | 50 | |
| of which | ||
| Nostril, Jowls, | Nostril area, jowls and chest to be tan. | (15) |
| Chest & Throat | There should be a clear band of base colour across the throat. | |
| Eye Circles, | Tan eye circles to be clearly distinguishable. | (15) |
| Pea-Spots | On the forehead beside each ear should be clear tan markings, known as ‘pea-spots’. | |
| These should not run into the ears. | ||
| Belly, | Belly to be tan, with minimal darker undercolour showing and with belly colour only | (10) |
| Legs | just visible when viewed from the side. | |
| The inside of each leg should be tan, with base colour on the outside. | ||
| Sides | Sides, including sides of hips, to be thickly laced with long tan-tipped ticking. | (10) |
| Colour | Base colour to conform to ESCC requirements, be even, with glossy sheen and carried | 25 |
| down to the skin. | ||
| Tan ideally to incline to red or mahogany, with minimal undercolour showing. | ||
| Eye colour to match requirements of relevant ESCC base colour. | ||
| Toenail pigmentation to match ESCC requirements appropriate to toe colour. | ||
| Coat | To be soft, clean and groomed free of guard hairs, other than on flanks where | 5 |
| grooming may remove the desirable tan markings. | ||
| 100 | ||
Tan cavies are only recognised in the following standardised base colours:
The Tan is a smooth-coated solid coloured cavy with sharply defined tan markings around the face, chest and belly, with tan-tipped ticking on the sides. It is important that tan areas must not run into each other.
Hairs inside the ears may be either of base colour or white.
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