The Ocicat Standard

The following is an excerpt of the officiel standard for the ocicat. For at Danish explanation please refer to Jakobscat's excellent description. You can also find a good guide to the colours here. Felis Danica also have a commented standard and history of the ocicat.
The complete standard from Fife is available here..

Category III	OCI	Ocicat Standard
General	Appearance	the Ocicat is a medium to large, well-spotted agouti cat of moderate type. It displays the look of an athletic animal: well muscled and solid, graceful and lithe, yet with a fullness of body and chest. It is alert to its surroundings and shows great vitality this powerful, athletic, yet graceful, spotted cat is particularly noted for its "wild appearance"
Size	medium to large
Head	Shape	the skull is a modified wedge showing a slight curve from the muzzle to the cheeks, with a visible, but gentle rise from the bridge of the nose to the brows
	Muzzle	broad and well defined with a suggestion of squareness and in profile shows good length
	Chin Jaw	strong with a firm jaw with a proper bite
	Whisker pads	the moderate whisker pinch is not too severe
Ears	Shape	alert, moderately large when present ear tufts extending vertically from the tips of the ears are a bonus
	Placement	set so as to corner the upper, outside dimensions of the head if an imaginary horizontal line is drawn across the brow the ears should be set at a 45° angle, i.e. neither too high nor too low
Eyes	Shape	large, almond in shape, and angled slightly upwards towards the ears, with more than the length of an eye between the eyes
	Colour	all eye colours except blue are allowed there is no correspondence between eye colour and coat colour intensive colour is preferred
Neck		fhe head is carried gracefully on an arched neck
Body	Structure	rather long-bodied, solid, with depth and fullness but never coarse. substantial bone and muscle development, yet with an athletic appearance there should be some depth of chest with ribs slightly sprung the back is level to slightly higher on the rear, and the flanks are reasonably level
Legs		medium long, of good substance and well muscled; powerful and in good proportion to the body
	Paws	oval and compact, with size in proportion to the legs
Tail		fairly long, medium slim with only a slight taper and with a dark tip
Coat	Structure	short, smooth and satiny in texture with a lustrous sheen; tight, close lying and sleek, yet long enough to accommodate the necessary bands of colour there should be no suggestion of woolliness and length
	Colour	all colours should be clear and pleasing the lightest colour is usually found on the face around the eyes, on the chin and lower jaw the darkest colour is found on the tip of the tail to decide the correct coat colour, the colour of the tail tip is binding contrast is scored separately ticking: all hairs except the tip of the tail are banded within the markings hairs are tipped with a darker colour, while hairs in the ground colour are tipped with a lighter colour markings: distinctive markings should be clearly seen from any orientation those on the face, legs and tail may be darker than those on the torso ground colour may be darker on the saddle and lighter on the underside, chin and lower jaw penalties should be given if spotting is faint and blurred, though it must be remembered that pale colour varieties will show less contrast than darker ones. For colour varieties refer to the following tables
Remarks		the Ocicat is medium to large in size; it should be noted that females are generally smaller than males an allowance is made for jowls in mature males the Ocicat should have surprising weight for its size the overall structure and quality of this cat should be of greater consideration than merely the size alone preference is given to the athletic, powerful and lithe, and objection made to the bulky or coarse
Faults	Body	bulky and coarse
	Coat	faint and blurred markings elongated spots following a mackerel pattern
Disqualification	Eyes	blue eyes
	Coat	white anywhere other than around the eyes, nostrils, chin and upper throat - except white agouti ground in silvered colour varieties