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Burmese

Page history last edited by PBworks 15 years, 8 months ago

Burmese

 

Description

 

Burmese is a color which originated in the UK, and has since been imported several times into the United States. It has been spread pretty well throughout the country by several breeders, and now fanciers in almost every state can work with them. Burmese rats, like Colorpoint rats, come in a multitude of shades and tones, depending on what other color in interacting with them. Sable, Russian Blue Burmese, Dove Burmese, Mink Burmese, and other colors have all appeared. Generally speaking, a Burmese rat should be a brown rat, with the deepness of color and shade dependant on what else is working on the body color, with darker brown points. It is very much like an Applehead Siamese cat, rather than a rat, with a brown body rather than pale shading to very dark points. The eyes should be black.

 

Genetics

 

Bu/bu or bu/bu

 

There have been many discussions and arguements over the expression of these new genes, as they are very recent and have now been so widespread through the fancy that controlling what they are bred to and the selection process is impossible. However, it has been fairly well determined by Estelle Sanford of Alpha Centauri rattery in the UK, that Burmese works with the colorpoint gene in the same general way that Pearl works with the Mink gene - it expresses with colorpoint, but is not on the colorpoint locus.

 

In the UK, a single Burmese gene makes a standard Burmese, two Burmese genes create a Sable Burmese, and an Agouti Burmese is known as a Wheaton Burmese.

 

There is a very good article on these colors and genetic interaction in the UK's Pro-Rat-A magazine, linked here.

 

Standards

 

AFRMA (Unstandardized)

 

"To be an even, rich mid-brown, devoid of dinginess, silvering, or patches, with darker points of the same shade. There is to be a strong contrast between the points and body colour. Eyes black."

 

RSA (Provisional)

Burmese

"Color: To be an even, rich medium brown, devoid of dinginess, silvering, or patches with darker points on the feet, tail, nose and ears of the same color.  There is to be a strong contrast between the points and body color.

Disqualifications: white markings, no points

Eye Color: Black"

 

Sable Burmese

"Color: To be a warm, dark brown with subtle darker points on the feet, tail, nose and ears.  Devoid of dinginess, silvering or patches.  Contrast between points and body color not to be overstated.  Any suggestion of black in the points to be penalized.

Disqualifications: white markings, no points

Eye Color: Black"

 

RatsPacNW

Burmese

"Mid-brown with darker points in the same shade.  There should be contrast between points and body.  Black eyes.

Fault: marked toes

DQ: blaze, stripes"

 

Sable Burmese

"Dark brown with darker brown points.  It may be difficult to see points on a dark sable.

Black eyes

Fault: marked toes

DQ: blaze, stripes, marked feet"

 

URS (provisional)

Burmese

"Color to be medium sepia, absent of any dinginess, silvering, or patches. Points of dark sepia to be located on the feet, tail, nose and ears. Strong contrast between point color and body color is very apparent. Eyes: Black.

Faults: white markings, no points"

 

Sable Burmese

"Color to be a rich, dark brown with points in a darker shade of the same color on the feet, tail, nose and ears. Absent of any dinginess, silvering or patches. Contrast between points and body color is to be definite but not exaggerated. Eyes: Black.

Faults: white markings, no points, black points"

 

 

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