Source: www.fifeweb.org
| Category II | SIB | Siberian Cat Standard |
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| General | Size | medium to large, females mostly smaller than males |
| Head | Shape | a little bit longer than broad, softly rounded, massive |
| Forehead | broad, just slightly rounded | |
| Cheeks | cheekbones well developed | |
| Nose | medium length, broad, in profile shows a slight indentation, but without stop | |
| Chin | slightly slanting back, in profile creating a curve from the upper line of the nose | |
| Ears | Shape | medium size, well open at the base, tips are rounded with well-developed hairs inside and tufts |
| Placement | with good width between, tilting slightly forward | |
| Eyes | Shape | large, slightly oval shaped. A bit oblique, set widely apart |
| Colour | Any colour is permitted. Regardless of coat colour. Clear eye colour is desirable. |
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| Body | Structure | well boned and muscled, powerful neck, broad chest, body in proportion to create a rectangular appearance |
| Legs | medium high, to form a rectangle with the body, strong | |
| Paws | large, round, well tufted between toes | |
| Tail | of medium length, thick, rounded tip. Covered on all sides by dense hair with no hairs trailing down | |
| Coat | Structure | semi-long, well developed, very dense, undercoat not lying flat, overcoat water repellent, slightly hard to touch summer coat is distinctly shorter than the winter coat the winter coat shows a well-developed shirtfront, full frill and knickerbockers |
| Colour | all colour varieties are permitted, including all colour varieties with white; except pointed patterns and chocolate and lilac, cinnamon and fawn any amount of white is allowed, i.e. a white blaze, white locket, white chest, white on the belly, white on the paws, etc. |
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| Faults | General | too small or too finely built |
| Head | long and narrow, straight profile, too round head (Persian type) | |
| Ears | too large or too high set | |
| Eyes | round eyes | |
| Legs | too long or too thin | |
| Tail | too short tail | |
| Coat | too fine or silky, lying flat, lack of coat (except in summer) |