Πρότυπο της φυλής σύμφωνα με την FIFe

General : medium in size

Head : shape:strong bone
forehead: slightly rounded
cheeks: full, somewhat rounded
nose: of medium length without stop, but with a slight indentation
chin: firm

Ears : shape: rather small with rounded tips
placement: set slightly tipped, not too upright on the skull with good width between

Eyes : shape: not quite round, slightly oval
colour: deep blue

Body : structure: slightly long body. Males must be more massive than females

Legs : short and strong
paws: rounded
gloves: the special feature of the Sacred Birman is the white feet, called "gloves", on both the front and hind feetthese gloves must be absolutely pure whitethey should stop at the articulation or at the transition of toes to metacarpals, over which they should not extendslightly longer white gloves on the hind feet can be toleratedon the back of the hind feet the white gloves end in pointsthe ideal "gauntlets" end in inverted "V" and extend 1/2 to 3/4 of the way up the hocklower or higher gauntlets are acceptable but should not go beyond the hockit is important that the gloves are equally long and show a symmetry of white, on either the two front or two hind feet, or even better, on all four feet.

Tail : of medium length, forming a plume

Coat : structure: long to semi-long, according to the actual parts of the body: short on the face, gradually growing longer on the cheeks to a full frill, long on the back and the flanks. silky texture. little undercoat. colour: shows all characteristics known from the colourpointed cats, but all four feet are white (gloves)the points include the face, ears, legs, tail and genitalsthe points shall be even and in good contrast to the body colourthe body colour and colour of the belly is a very pale eggshell; the back is golden beige in all varietiesonly in adult cats the colour of the points and the body colour are fully developed

Remarks : the Sacred Birman shows a special morphology, which is unique for the breed

Faults : coat: pure white or coloured patches on the chest or the belly

Faults precluding the certificate : nose: incompletely pigmented nose leather
legs: creeping up of the white on the sides or the reverse sides of the gloves of front and/or hind feet (known as "runners"); absence of "gauntlets" on the hind feet
coat: white patching in the coloured areas or the reverse; a white patch on the genitals