Oriental Longhair Breed Numbers and Colours

With such a wide range of colours and patterns in a single breed of cat, the numbers on a pedigree can be very confusing.

This is a list of breed numbers for all the recognised colours of Oriental Longhair. The basic breed number is 62. To define the pattern and colour, this is followed by a further number and letter(s) which are based mainly on the numbers used for British Shorthairs, with additions where the pattern or colour does not exist in that breed. (This system is also used for other breeds with multiple patterns & colours, such as Main Coons, Norwegian Forest Cats and Rexes.) It looks chaotic, but it does have a kind of logic!

All patterns of Tabby (Ticked, Spotted, Mackerel and Classic) share a single breed number for each colour because the actual tabby pattern is not a very important feature of the breed.

Non-agouti - Self, Tortie & Smoke			Agouti - Tabby & Shaded
Colour	Breed No		Colour	Tabby Breed No	Shaded Breed No
White Self, blue-eyed	62 14
White Self, odd-eyed	62 14b
White Self, green-eyed	62 14c
Black Self	62 15		Brown (Black)	62 20	62 43
Blue Self	62 16		Blue	62 20a	62 43a
Chocolate Self	62 15b		Chocolate	62 20b	62 43b
Lilac Self	62 15c		Lilac	62 20c	62 43c
Red Self	62 15d		Red	62 20d	62 43d
Cream Self	62 17		Cream	62 20f	62 43f
Apricot Self	62 15fn		Apricot	62 20fn	62 43fn
Cinnamon Self	62 15k		Cinnamon	62 20k	62 43k
Caramel Self	62 15n		Caramel	62 20n	62 43n
Fawn Self	62 15r		Fawn	62 20r	62 43r
Tortie (black)	62 21		Tortie (black)	62 20e	62 43e
Blue Tortie	62 28		Blue Tortie	62 20g	62 43g
Chocolate Tortie	62 21b		Chocolate Tortie	62 20h	62 43h
Lilac Tortie	62 21c		Lilac Tortie	62 20j	62 43j
Cinnamon Tortie	62 21k		Cinnamon Tortie	62 20m	62 43m
Caramel Tortie	62 21n		Caramel Tortie	62 20p	62 43p
Fawn Tortie	62 21r		Fawn Tortie	62 20y	62 43y
Black Smoke	62 36		Black Silver	62 18	62 43s
Blue Smoke	62 36a		Blue Silver	62 18a	62 43as
Chocolate Smoke	62 36b		Chocolate Silver	62 18b	62 43bs
Lilac Smoke	62 36c		Lilac Silver	62 18c	62 43cs
Red Smoke	62 36d		Red Silver	62 18d	62 43ds
Cream Smoke	62 36f		Cream Silver	62 18f	62 43fs
Apricot Smoke	62 36fn		Apricot Silver	62 18fn	62 43fns
Cinnamon Smoke	62 36k		Cinnamon Silver	62 18k	62 43ks
Caramel Smoke	62 36n		Caramel Silver	62 18n	62 43ns
Fawn Smoke	62 36r		Fawn Silver	62 18r	62 43rs
Tortie Smoke (black)	62 36e		Tortie Silver	62 18e	62 43es
Blue Tortie Smoke	62 36g		Blue Tortie Silver	62 18g	62 43gs
Chocolate Tortie Smoke	62 36h		Chocolate Tortie Silver	62 18h	62 43hs
Lilac Tortie Smoke	62 36j		Lilac Tortie Silver	62 18j	62 43js
Cinnamon Tortie Smoke	62 36m		Cinnamon Tortie Silver	62 18m	62 43ms
Caramel Tortie Smoke	62 36p		Caramel Tortie Silver	62 18p	62 43ps
Fawn Tortie Smoke	62 36y		Fawn Tortie Silver	62 18y	62 43ys

Pointed Oriental Longhairs

Non-agouti - Self & Tortie				Tabby
Colour	Self Breed No	Tortie Breed No		Breed No	Tortie Breed No
Seal	62 40 1	62 40 6		62 40 11	62 40 16
Blue	62 40 2	62 40 8		62 40 12	62 40 18
Chocolate	62 40 3	62 40 9		62 40 13	62 40 19
Lilac	62 40 4	62 40 10		62 40 14	62 40 20
Red	62 40 5			62 40 15
Cream	62 40 7			62 40 17
Apricot	62 40 33			62 40 34
Caramel	62 40 25	62 40 26		62 40 27	62 40 28
Cinnamon	62 40 21	62 40 22		62 40 23	62 40 24
Fawn	62 40 29	62 40 30		62 40 31	62 40 32

followed by the letter s for smoke or silver tabby points

Variants have the appropriate breed number for their pattern and colour, followed by the letter v.
e.g. A Chocolate Tortie Silver Shaded Oriental Longhair Variant is 62 43hsv.

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