Varieties of Fancy Rats - Any Other Varieties
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To be a rich, golden fawn evenly ticked with silver guard hairs. Undercolour to
be pale blue/grey carried down to the skin. Belly fur to be creamy silver. Top colour
to be even carried well down the sides with clear differentiation between belly
and top colour. Any tendency to sootiness or greyness of the top colour to be penalised.
Eyes to be dark ruby (as dark as possible). Genetics: AArr or AAbbrr |
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 Rivendell Ready or Not. Owned by Halcyon Stud |
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| Silver Fawn | |||||||||||||||
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To be a rich orange fawn, evenly ticked with silver guard hairs. Belly fur to be
white. The demarcation between the top colour and white belly to be sharp and clear
cut, devoid of irregularities and brindling. Eyes red. Genetics: AApp |
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 Rivendell John Brown. Owned by Rivendell Stud |
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| Silver | |||||||||||||||
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To be of a recognised coat colour, the coat containing equal numbers of silver and
non-silver guard hairs. Each silver hair to have as much of its length white as
possible. A coloured tip to be allowed. Silvering to give an overall sparkling appearance.
It should not be possible to confuse a Silver with a Pearl or a Self. Foot colour
to match top. Belly colour on silvered agoutis or cinnamons to be adjusted as per
agouti and cinnamon standards. Belly colour on other silvered varieties to match
top. Genetics: This is not due to a silvering gene but selection for white hairs. |
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 Silver chocolate owned by Mary Giles |
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| Agouti | |||||||||||||||
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To be a rich ruddy brown, evenly ticked with black guard hairs. Base fur dark grey
to black. Belly fur to be silver grey. Foot colour to match top. Eyes black. Genetics: ABCDPRM. Rats heterozygous for B, M and P sometimes have better colour. Rats heterozygous for R may be insipid while rats heterozygous for D are dull. |
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| Cinnamon | |||||||||||||||
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To be a warm russet brown, evenly ticked with chocolate guard hairs. Base fur mid-grey.
Belly fur as Agouti but of a lighter shade. Foot colour to match top. Eyes black.
Genetics: A-mm |
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 Owned by Halycon Stud |
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| British Blue Agouti | |||||||||||||||
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An attractive blend of mid-blue ticking over a medium fawn ground. Undercolour to
be blue down to the skin. Belly colour silver. Feet dove grey. Ears and tail to
be covered with blue hairs. A brown tinge will be judged as a fault. Eyes black. Genetics: A-dd |
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| Lilac Agouti | |||||||||||||||
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To be an attractive blend of dove grey ticking over a medium fawn ground. Undercolour
pale grey down to the skin. Belly colour silver. Feet dove grey. Ears and tail to
be covered in grey hairs. Pinky tinge desirable, blue tinge a fault. Eyes very dark
ruby to black. Genetics: A-bbRrmm |
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| Pearl (Shown in Pearl / Cinnamon Pearl Class) | |||||||||||||||
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To be palest silver, shading to creamish undercolour. Each hair to be delicately
tipped with grey evenly over the whole animal. Belly fur to be creamy silver. Foot
colour to match top. Eyes black. Genetics: aammPepe (pearl is a dominant lethal gene) |
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 Owned by Alpha Centauri Stud |
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| Cinnamon Pearl (Shown in Pearl / Cinnamon Pearl Class) | |||||||||||||||
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Coat to consist of three bands of colour from the base up - cream, blue and orange,
with silver guard hairs, to give an overall golden appearance with a silver sheen.
Belly fur pale silver grey. Foot colour to match top. Eyes black. Genetics: A-mmPepe (pearl is a dominant lethal gene) |
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