AFRMA Fancy Rats - Unstandardized

AFRMA FANCY RATS

NON-RECOGNIZED COLORS, MARKINGS, & COATS

Some miscellaneous colors and markings of rats that have been produced by breeders but never standardized.

See the AFRMA Official Color Standards Rat book for more.

Note: The pictures on this page are not meant to be true representatives of the animal’s color. Because of differences in monitors (CRT/LCD) and how the monitor is adjusted, the colors may be different. Seeing in person is always best.

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AGOUTI POINT SIAMESE - An agouti version of Seal Point Siamese but with agouti points rather than rich dark sepia points. Eye color is red.

Genetics: A– c^h c^h

Note: At quick glance they look like a Seal Point Siamese but on close inspection they lack the foot color due to the agouti color. Used with Agouti Burmese breedings. This is a color that will not be standardized.

APRICOT - Color is a rich, golden orange, as deep as possible. Belly color will be of a slightly lighter shade. Eye color is red. (is a P.E. Fawn)

Genetics: A– pp Rr? or A– bb pp Rr? or A– mm pp Rr?

SILVER - Color to be an off white with a cool ice blue cast, not to be confused with Beige or Champagne. Color is genetically a P.E. Blue. Eye color is red.

Genetics: aa gg pp

SILVER BLUE AGOUTI - A blend of light blue grey ticking over a warm creamy fawn ground. Undercolor light silver grey down to the skin. Belly color pale silver. Pinky tinge to be a fault. Eyes black. (Agouti form of Silver Blue)

Genetics: A– dd gg or A– gg mm

RUSSIAN CINNAMON - To be Cinnamon combined with Russian Blue.

Genetics: A– dd mm

RUSSIAN PLATINUM - Body color to be a light gray similar to platinum paint with a slight Russian Blue cast and to have the distinctive ticking and coat of the Russian Blue colors. Eye color to be dark ruby or black.

Genetics: aa dd gg mm or aa bb dd gg

RUSSIAN SILVER - Body color to be a light icy silver-gray with just a hint of a Russian Blue overtone. To have the distinctive ticking and coat of the Russian Blue colors. Eye color to be red or light ruby.

Genetics: aa dd gg pp

The right side of the rat showing her beige/burmese colored hairs above the drawn line.

IVORY/B.E. CREAM - Body colour to be very pale creamy white all over with no odd coloured hairs or patches. Ears and tail to be pink. Eyes black. (English, N.F.R.S.) (originating color of B.E. Siamese and Burmese colors.)

Genetics: cⁱc* (appeared in 1998 in Edinburgh University, Scotland. Prone to “Beige/Burmese colored” hairs/spots like the Ivory mice.)

* Code by Nichole Royer (see the article “Burmese Rat Genetics” in the 2007 WSSF newsletter or the “AFRMA Rat Genetics” book; similar to the Extreme Dilute gene in mice (Ivory/Beige/Reverse Siamese colors)

RUSSIAN BLUE BURMESE - Body color 20, feet 10, tail 10, nose and ears 10
To be a warm, mid-grey with blue tones, devoid of dinginess, silvering, or patches, with distinctly darker points of the same shade. Faint light speckling or a subtle ticked effect (heathering) is usual for this variety and is not a fault. Eyes black or very dark ruby. (English, N.F.R.S.). Russian Blue Burmese to be shown only in AOCP class. (Russian Blue plus Burmese).

[Accepted into Unstandardized 9-19-09; removed from Accepted Proposed Unstd. 12-1-12 and moved to Non-Recognized due to lack of entries.]

SABLE BURMESE - Body color 20, feet 10, tail 10, nose and ears 10
To be a warm dark otter brown with subtle darker points on the feet, tail, face, and ears. Devoid of dinginess, silvering, or patches. Contrast between points and body colour not to be overstated. Any suggestion of black in the points to be penalised. Eyes black. (English, N.F.R.S.) Sable Burmese to be shown only in AOCP class.

[Accepted into Unstandardized 9-19-09; removed from Accepted Proposed Unstd. 12-1-12 and moved to Non-Recognized due to lack of entries.]

SILVER CINNAMON - Color is a warm russet brown, with medium slate at the base of the hair. Coat is evenly ticked with chocolate. Belly color to be as agouti, but of a lighter shade. The coat should contain equal numbers of silvered and non-silvered hairs. Each silvered hair to have as much of its length white as possible–a colored tip to be allowed. Silvering to give an overall sparkling appearance. Eye color is black.

Genetics: A– mm

Note: Usually seen in Cinnamon Pearl breedings that then lose all their silvering in adulthood.

MARKINGS

BALDIE - Color Pattern 15, Triangle 15, Color Fading 10, Color 10
Baldie rats may be shown in any recognized color. Markings will be similar to Capped rats with a colored top of head and the rest of the body a pure clean white free from spots or brindling. The colored area to be clear of the nose tip and jaw line, extending a short way behind the ears. They will have a large white triangle between the eyes with a white line running from the point of the triangle to the white on the neck. Baldies are from Essex rats and color fading is normal.

[Accepted into Unstandardized 4-28-07; removed from Accepted Proposed Unstd. 12-1-12 and moved to Non-Recognized due to lack of entries.]

BANDED - To have a white band circling the body similar to Banded mice.

Genetics: from Hooded stock

CAPPED-STRIPE - To have a cap and stripe of color down the spine broken at the neck. Stripe to be of moderate width and even in shape.

Genetics: h^reh?

COLLARED - Markings to consist of a white ring encircling the body just behind the neck and just before the shoulders.

Genetics: ?? (usually from Dalmatian breedings)

ROAN - Roan rats to be shown in any recognized color and come in Berkshire or Blaze Berkshire markings. To be judged on evenness and symmetry of Roaning, not amount of Roaning, as older animals will have more white hairs. White hairs shall be evenly distributed throughout the coat, though a darker center line down the spine is acceptable but not desired. Roan not to be confused with silvered animals. Eye color to match base color.

Clearly distinct from existing varieties, Roans are born a solid color. During the first moult, juvenile animals start to exhibit roaning. This is a steady increase in the amount of white hairs intermingling with the solid color, starting with the sides, face, and tail root, then working up to the nape of the neck and back. With each individual moult, the rat becomes progressively lighter, the final effect not fully complete until well into adulthood, at which point the animal is almost completely white.

Faults: Patchiness, brindling, uneven or insubstantial roaning.

Genetics: bred as a recessive

SNOWFLAKE - To have small numerous spots of white on the belly with as many spots of white on the backside as possible.

Genetics: unknown, doesn’t breed as normal dominant or recessive

Note: Appeared in Helen Pembrook’s rattery, Viking Rat & Mouse Nest (VRMN), in 2004. Has appeared in other ratteries since.

COATS

VELVET - Coat 30, color 20
The coat to be soft, short, and plush similar to Rex rabbits. Russian Blue came from these rats; Blue-Beige, Silver Blue, Russian Fawn, Russian Silver, Russian Platinum came from Russian Blue; these colors have ticking/heathering and a different feel to their coats. Eye color to match base color.

[Accepted into Unstandardized 7-18-09; removed from Accepted Proposed Unstd. 12-1-12 and moved to Non-Recognized due to lack of entries.]

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Updated February 19, 2013

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