The Khao Manee is a solid white, odd eyed, or even eyed, medium sized cat of robust type, with medium bone structure, good muscular development, possessing a solid look along with balance and proportion. They are very strong. The neck, legs, body and tail are neither short nor elongated. They are not extreme in any way. Males will be powerful, more massive, and proportionately larger than females. The skin is pink in color.
The head, whether viewed from the front or in profile, is a wide, heavy wedge, neither excessively round nor pointed, without flat planes whether viewed from the front or side. The brow, cheek and profile all show clean, strong contours. In profile there is a slightly convex contour to the forehead, from the top of the head to just below the eyes, where a very slight curve or smooth dip gently leads into the straight profile of the top of the nose. Thinly haired patches exist between the eyes and the base of the ears. The female has a more delicate head shape.
The ears are medium to slightly large in size, alert, cupped forward, broad at the base and rounded at the tips. Hair on the back of the ears is very short and close lying and velvet in texture.
The eyes are large, rounded almond in shape, dominating the face with their extraordinary color and luminosity. The outer corners are slightly higher than the inner corners. The. distance between the eyes is slightly more than the width of one eye. The eyes are set directly forward on the face, not to the sides. Around the pupil is a starburst pattern, which gives the eyes a "diamond cut" look, which appears and is visible only in natural light. In any artificial light the "diamond cut" appears not to be present at all. The Khao Manee is either odd-eyed, has each eye of different shades of the same color, or has both eyes of the same color. Eye colors are: pale ice blue to blue, deep vivid blue, light yellow to yellow or amber, and light green to green to bright, vivid emerald. The odd eyed cat has each eye of two different colors or each eye of two different shades of the same color. True eye color develops after 3 to 5 months of age. The skin around the eyes is pink.
The nose is quite prominent. A slight, curve or smooth dip just below eye level, gently leads to full straight profile of the top of the nose The tip of the nose is blunt, slightly rounded in bone structure and in a straight line with the chin. Length is in proportion to the head. The nose leather is pink.
The muzzle is blunt, slightly rounded, not pointed, and medium in bone structure in proportion to the head. In profile it is squared. The tip of the well defined chin lines up with the tip of the nose in the same vertical plane. The lips and skin around the eyes are pink. The chin and jaw are neither receding nor unduly massive.
The body is medium to moderately large in size, solidly built, muscular in development, and presenting a well proportioned. balanced, moderate, solid appearance with good width in bone structure from chest to buttock, giving the appearance of well developed athletic shoulders, chest and hind quarters. They are graceful and symmetrical in appearance. The broad back is level from the shoulders to the base of the tail. The abdomen is well muscled with slightly loose belly skin. Adult males have muscular necks and. shoulders and are proportionately larger than females.
The neck is medium in length, lithe, muscular and strong, but not bulky in proportion with the body. Males have a more muscled neck than females.
The legs are proportionate in length to the body, muscular and strong.
The paws are proportionate to the legs and. body and at maturity fairly large. They are rounded in shape, with the normal number of toes-five in front and four behind. The paw pads are pink in color.
The tail is of medium to robust bone structure, proportionate to the body neither long or short, slightly broader at the base, tapering and straight.
The coat is white in color shiny, thick, satiny, but not tight. When aroused or agitated the hair stands up and comes together in a center line along the spine.
