Burmilla
Coat
Smoke/Shaded/Chinchilla: Any shaded or chinchilla combination except for those including cinnamon/fawn, in silver or golden base.
Burmese Shaded/Chinchilla: Burmilla-specific colour created by combining shaded/chinchilla with Burmese/sepia colouring.
Visible point pattern is optional; the shaded/chinchilla pattern overrides the Burmese patterns, so if there is tipping, it would follow the Burmese pattern, but if there isn't tipping, there is no visible Burmese pattern.
Silver Shaded/hinchilla
Seal Burmese Silver Shaded/Chinchilla:
base with
or
/
,
/
pointed tipping.
Blue Burmese Silver Shaded/Chinchilla:
base with
or
/
pointed tipping.
Chocolate Burmese Silver Shaded/Chinchilla:
base with
or
/
pointed tipping.
Lilac Burmese Silver Shaded/Chinchilla:
base with
or
/
,
/
pointed tipping.
Red Burmese Silver Shaded/Chinchilla:
base with
or
/
,
/
pointed tipping.
Cream Burmese Silver Shaded/Chinchilla:
base with
or
/
pointed tipping.
Seal Burmese Tortie Silver Shaded/Chinchilla:
base with
and
tipping.
Blue Burmese Tortie Silver Shaded/Chinchilla:
base with
and
tipping.
Chocolate Burmese Tortie Silver Shaded/Chinchilla:
base with
and
tipping.
Lilac Burmese Tortie Silver Shaded/Chinchilla:
base with
and
tipping.
Gold Shaded/hinchilla
Seal Burmese Gold Shaded/Chinchilla:
base with
or
/
,
/
pointed tipping.
Blue Burmese Gold Shaded/Chinchilla:
base with
or
/
pointed tipping.
Chocolate Burmese Gold Shaded/Chinchilla:
base with
or
/
pointed tipping.
Lilac Burmese Gold Shaded/Chinchilla:
base with
or
/
,
/
pointed tipping.
Red Burmese Gold Shaded/Chinchilla:
base with
or
/
,
/
pointed tipping.
Cream Burmese Gold Shaded/Chinchilla:
base with
or
/
pointed tipping.
Seal Burmese Tortie Gold Shaded/Chinchilla:
base with
and
tipping.
Blue Burmese Tortie Gold Shaded/Chinchilla:
base with
and
tipping.
Chocolate Burmese Tortie Gold Shaded/Chinchilla:
base with
and
tipping.
Lilac Burmese Tortie Gold Shaded/Chinchilla:
base with
and
tipping.
For all torties,
is only allowed as a base colour if not used as a tipping colour.
Comes in longhair and shorthair varieties.
Eyes
Nose
Matches surrounding coat.
Faults
Wrong nose colour.
Disqualifications
White spotting.
Solid, tortie, and Burmese (non-shaded/chinchilla).
Any other colour or pattern, including tabby and smoke.
Notes
An elegant cat of foreign type, the Burmilla originates from an accidental mating between a European Burmese and a Chinchilla Persian. The kittens produced (shorthaired silvers tipped with deep brown, or sable chinchilla silvers) were so striking that a breed was soon developed. Today’s Burmilla is a young breed that is still in development, and so the breed is constantly undergoing changes and improvements. Some breeders push for allowing a full rainbow of colours, claiming that there are several hundred genetically possible colours in the breed, whereas others are much stricter and only support the showing of a select number of classic Burmilla colours. As with many new breeds, other colours will likely be accepted over time.
Type & Judging Remarks
Type is moderate, closely resembling the European Burmese. Excessive, Persian-style cobbiness is undesirable. Tipping as even as possible. Shaded and chinchillas must be clearly distinct from each other.
Breed Files
Long Way Home (Longhair)
Filename: Burmilla Longhair LWHOffset: 4502
Base: Russian Blue
SCP: Russian Blue
Accepted: January 22, 2015
Notes: Longhair variety. Five tail variations, 3 coat thickness variations, optional ear hair and ear tufts.
Long Way Home (Shorthair)
Filename: Burmilla Shorthair LWHOffset: 4501
Base: Russian Blue
SCP: Russian Blue
Accepted: November 16, 2014
Notes: Shorthair variety. Addball tail (5 variations).
VPZ
Filename: Tiffanie VPZOffset: 9405
Base: Tabby
SCP: Russian Blue
Accepted: December 26, 2005
Notes: Longhair variety, previously called Tiffanie.