{"topic_id":"companion_breed_standard_kurilian_bobtail_cat","category":"companion-breed-standard","context":"---\ntopic_id: companion_breed_standard_kurilian_bobtail_cat\ncategory: companion-breed-standard\ntitle: \"Kurilian Bobtail — breed standard (TICA: size, coat, temperament, type)\"\nlang: en\nsource: \"TICA (The International Cat Association) official breed-standard factual data for Kurilian Bobtail, paraphrased derived fact summary (per COPYRIGHT_POLICY §3) from source_file; Pulled 2026-08-02.\"\nsource_file: pdf-raw/breed-standard/kurilian_bobtail_combined.txt\ndate_parsed: 2026-08-02\ntokens_estimated: 0\nverification:\n  method: paraphrase\n  claims: 5\n  passed: 5\n  date: 2026-08-05\nrecovered: false\npath: companion-breed-standard/companion_breed_standard_kurilian_bobtail_cat/01_companion_breed_standard_kurilian_bobtail_cat.md\nsource_document: \"TICA (The International Cat Association)\"\ncitation:\n  authority: \"TICA (The International Cat Association)\"\n  title: \"Kurilian Bobtail — breed standard (TICA: size, coat, temperament, type)\"\n  url: \"https://www.tica.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\nlicense: paraphrase\ncopyright_note: \"Sources (TICA (The International Cat Association)) 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# Kurilian Bobtail — breed standard (TICA: size, coat, temperament, type)\n\n## Claims\n\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* The Kurilian Bobtail is a natural breed recognised by TICA in two coat-length versions: the shorthaired KB and the semi-longhaired KBL.\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* The bobbed tail's palpated length is 1.5 to 8 cm for the shorthair and up to 13 cm for the semi-longhair; a tail longer than 6 inches or lacking a kink is disqualified.\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* The shorthair coat is short; the semi-longhair coat is semi-long with britches and a plumed tail.\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* All traditional colours are accepted, including any amount of white.\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* The breed is described as affectionate and active, a capable hunter and fish-catcher, with a temperament that must be unchallenging.\n\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* The breed traces its ancestry to the Russian Kamchatka peninsula, the Kuril Islands and the island of Sakhalin.\n","sources":["companion-breed-standard — Kurilian Bobtail — breed standard (TICA: size, coat, temperament, type) (retrieved 2026-08-02)"],"source":{"authority":"companion-breed-standard","title":"Kurilian Bobtail — breed standard (TICA: size, coat, temperament, type)","url":"https://www.tica.org","retrieved":"2026-08-02","ref":"","doc_type":"official PDF","source_document":"TICA (The International Cat Association)","verification_file":"pdf-raw/breed-standard/kurilian_bobtail_combined.txt"},"source_document":"TICA (The International Cat Association)","source_file":"pdf-raw/breed-standard/kurilian_bobtail_combined.txt","trust":{"authority_tier":"T1","fidelity":"paraphrase","license":"paraphrase","display_grade":"C"},"tokens_estimated":419,"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."}