Rangy: Long body.
Recessive: Gene not expressed unless both members of a specific gene pair are recessive.
Red: Cat color.
Rangy: A term used to describe a cat with long, slender legs.
Recognition: The official acceptance of a breed for show under the rules of a particular cat fancy organization.
Red: A coat color. Also known as orange, ginger or marmalade.
The rangy appearance is not dissimilar to the Cornish Rex greyhound look. There are clearly cat lovers who love this fragile look. But the modern Siamese is not fragile. These cats should be hard and muscular, in fine fettle with no flab1.
Cobby, rangy or tubular: deduct 1 to 10 points.
Neck short and thick or long and slender: deduct 1 point.
Legs too long or too short: deduct ½ to 5 points.
Splayed feet: deduct 5 points.
Tail too short or too long: deduct ½ to 5 points.
The body is medium in size, very muscular and heavy, with good bone structure, neither cobby nor rangy, having a more lithesome appearance then its Burmese ancestors. The back is level.
These medium to large cats have substantial boning and muscular, rangy bodies that gives them a rolling gait like a wild cat. They have long heavy legs, with the hind legs slightly longer than the front, and big paws with long thick toes.
The Bombay cat breed is a medium-sized, muscular cat that should be neither cobby nor rangy in type. They are surprisingly heavy for their size.
Note: It is particularly desirable to eliminate rangy, flat-sided, narrow-chested, spindle-legged, long-tailed cats, with long noses, large ears pointed and upright; eyes set on the bias or close together, receding chins, ...
Torso: Substantial and rangy, but with great depth. Medium to large in size. Females are proportionately smaller than males. Prominent shoulder blades producing a rolling gait.
Whereas the Burmese body presents a compact sturdy appearance, the Bombay body is of medium length, neither compact nor rangy, presenting a more lithesome appearance then its Burmese cousin.
This is a cat of of substantial size, tall and rangy type, but with great depth to the body. The shoulders and hipbones are very prominent, producing a rolling gait. Tail is short, extending only to the hock and may be flexible, knotted or kinked.
Medium in size, muscular in development, neither compact nor rangy. Allowance is to be made for larger size in males.
Legs
In proportion to the body and tail.
Medium in size; muscular; neither compact nor rangy; surprising weight for its size.
The body form of nonpurebreds varies from slender, rangy types with somewhat elongated heads to stocky, thickset animals with short heads that are somewhat like those of the Persian cats.
The ideal Bombay is a medium-sized cat with substantial bone structure, good muscular development, and having a surprising weight for its size. The body is medium-sized, neither cobby nor rangy.
OBJECTION: Rangy body, level back. Taillessness: The Manx cat should appear tailless. There is no penalty for a rise of bone or cartilage which does not stop the judges hand when the palm is stroked down the back and over the rump.
 See also: Cobby, TICA, Hybrid, Conformation, Cat Fancy
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