{"topic_id":"companion_breed_standard_american_shorthair_cat","category":"companion-breed-standard","context":"---\ntopic_id: companion_breed_standard_american_shorthair_cat\ncategory: companion-breed-standard\ntitle: \"American Shorthair — breed standard (CFA & TICA: size, coat, temperament, type)\"\nlang: en\nsource: \"CFA (Cat Fanciers' Association) & TICA (The International Cat Association) official breed-standard factual data for American Shorthair, extracted verbatim (field values + section outline) from source_file; C1 substring-verified. Pulled 2026-08-02.\"\nsource_file: pdf-raw/breed-standard/american_shorthair_combined.txt\ndate_parsed: 2026-08-02\ntokens_estimated: 0\nrecovered: false\npath: companion-breed-standard/companion_breed_standard_american_shorthair_cat/01_companion_breed_standard_american_shorthair_cat.md\nsource_document: \"CFA (Cat Fanciers' Association) & TICA (The International Cat Association)\"\ncitation:\n  authority: \"CFA (Cat Fanciers' Association) & TICA (The International Cat Association)\"\n  title: \"American Shorthair — breed standard (CFA & TICA: size, coat, temperament, type)\"\n  url: \"https://www.cfa.org\"\n  retrieved: \"2026-08-02\"\n  ref: \"Official breed standards (factual data points + section outline extracted verbatim)\"\n  doc_type: \"official kennel-club breed standards\"\n  needs_review: false\nverification:\n  method: paraphrase\n  claims: 5\n  passed: 5\n  date: 2026-08-05\nlicense: paraphrase\ncopyright_note: \"Sources (CFA & TICA breed-standard texts) are not openly licensed; per COPYRIGHT_POLICY §3 every claim is a paraphrased derived fact summary (numbers and proper nouns preserved, sentences rewritten), not a verbatim quotation.\"\nauthority_tier: T1\nauthority_tier_basis: \"T1:kennel-club-breed-standard\"\nauthority_tier_date: 2026-08-05\n---\n\n# companion_breed_standard_american_shorthair_cat\n\n## Claims\n\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* The American Shorthair is a medium to large cat, slightly longer than tall, with conformation indicating power, endurance, and agility (CFA).\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* The head is large with a full-cheeked face, and the ears are medium size and slightly rounded at the tips (CFA).\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* The coat is short, dense, and hard, suited to a working cat (CFA).\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* Eye color is generally gold, though odd-eyed whites should show one blue and one gold eye of equal depth (CFA).\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* Disqualifications include evidence of hybridization yielding chocolate, sable, lavender, lilac, or point-restricted colors; a kinked or abnormal tail; a locket or button; an incorrect number of toes; an undershot or overshot bite; and obesity or emaciation (CFA).\n","sources":["companion-breed-standard — American Shorthair — breed standard (CFA & TICA: size, coat, temperament, type) (retrieved 2026-08-02)"],"source":{"authority":"companion-breed-standard","title":"American Shorthair — breed standard (CFA & TICA: size, coat, temperament, type)","url":"https://www.cfa.org","retrieved":"2026-08-02","ref":"","doc_type":"official PDF","source_document":"CFA (Cat Fanciers' Association) & TICA (The International Cat Association)","verification_file":"pdf-raw/breed-standard/american_shorthair_combined.txt"},"source_document":"CFA (Cat Fanciers' Association) & TICA (The International Cat Association)","source_file":"pdf-raw/breed-standard/american_shorthair_combined.txt","trust":{"authority_tier":"T1","fidelity":"paraphrase","license":"paraphrase","display_grade":"C"},"tokens_estimated":418,"generated_at":null,"tip":"Use /api/v1/topics to discover more topics. /api/v1/nutrient for precise single-point queries. /api/v1/cross_compare for 2-3 standard comparisons."}