Antipodean (New Zealand Shorthair) basic information

The Antipodean cat is a medium bodied, solidly built, muscular cat, neither foreign nor cobby in type. Well rounded ample chest, well developed shoulders, straight level back, equally broad from shoulder to hip.

Medium long to medium short legs, proportional to body, medium boned, heavy muscle. Legs straight, paws firm and forward facing. Medium tail, proportional to body, heavier at base, tapering to gently rounded tip. Muscular neck. Medium to large head, slightly truncated triangular wedge, gently rounded contours or angular contours complementing bone structure.

Full cheeks, well developed jawline, gently rounded forehead, obvious dip and straight or slightly downwards curving nose (marked nose break or absent nose break is a fault). Rounded muzzle, firm chin, broad jaw indicating powerful bite.

Open expression. Medium size ears, slightly rounded at tips, not unduly open at base. Flared, pointed, cupped or small ears are faults.

Large, lustrous wide-set eyes intermediate between round and almond shaped (slightly flattened top-line), at slight angle, but no oriental slant. Intense eye colour complements coat colour, all eye colours accepted including green, aqua, yellow, gold, copper; includes blue/odd eyed whites.

Antipodean Shorthair cats have short, lustrous, moderately thick coats; dense but not plush or double coated. Semi-longhairs have soft, silky coat with moderate "lift".

Complete List
Felis catus	American Bobtail	American Keuda	Angora (British Angora) renamed Oriental Longhair in 2002	Asian Semi-longhair (or Tiffanie)
Balinese	Birman	British Longhair	Chantilly/Tiffany cat	Cherubim (or Honeybear)
Colourpoint Longhair	Exotic cat	Himalayan	Javanese	Maine Coon
Nebelung	Neva Masquerade	Norwegian Forest Cat	Oriental Longhair	Persian
Ragdoll (and Ragamuffin)	Siberian	Snow Cat	Somali	Sterling
Turkish Van	Turkish Angora	York Chocolate cat	Abyssinian	American Shorthair
Antipodean (New Zealand Shorthair)	Australian Mist (or Spotted Mist)	Bombay	British Shorthair	Brazilian Shorthair
Burmese	Burmilla	Chartreux	Colorpoint Shorthair	Cornish Rex
Egyptian Mau	European Shorthair	Havana Brown	Jungala	Khao Manee
Korat	Kucing Malaysia	Malayan Burmese	Oriental Shorthair	Russian Blue
Savannah	Siamese (and Traditional Siamese or Applehead Siamese)	Tonkinese	American Curl	American Ringtail
American Wirehair	Bengal cat	California Spangled Cat	Chausie	Cymric
Desert Lynx	Devon Rex	Don Sphynx	Foldex Cat	German Rex
Japanese Bobtail	Kurilian Bobtail Shorthair	LaPerm	Manx	Mojave Spotted
Munchkin	Ocicat	Ojos Azules	Peterbald	Pixie-bob
Selkirk Rex	Serengeti	Singapura	Sphynx	Scottish Fold
Snowshoe	Sokoke	Suqutranese	Thai	Toyger
Ussuri	Wild Abyssinian