{"topic_id":"companion_breed_standard_savannah_cat","category":"companion-breed-standard","context":"---\n\ntopic_id: companion_breed_standard_savannah_cat\ncategory: companion-breed-standard\ntitle: \"Savannah — breed standard (TICA: size, coat, temperament, type)\"\nlang: en\nsource: \"TICA (The International Cat Association) official breed-standard factual data for Savannah, extracted verbatim (field values + section outline) from source_file; C1 substring-verified. Pulled 2026-08-02.\"\nsource_file: pdf-raw/breed-standard/savannah_combined.txt\ndate_parsed: 2026-08-02\ntokens_estimated: 0\nverification:\n  method: paraphrase\n  claims: 3\n  passed: 3\n  date: 2026-08-05\nrecovered: false\npath: companion-breed-standard/companion_breed_standard_savannah_cat/01_companion_breed_standard_savannah_cat.md\nsource_document: \"TICA (The International Cat Association)\"\ncitation:\n  authority: \"TICA (The International Cat Association)\"\n  title: \"Savannah — 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 (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# Savannah — breed standard (TICA: size, coat, temperament, type)\n\n## Claims\n\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* The Savannah is a TICA Traditional-category breed in the Solid, Tabby and Silver/Smoke divisions, descended from the African Serval and resembling it in a smaller stature with a long neck, long legs and tall ears.\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* The coat is short to medium, of good substance and slightly coarse, with coarser guard hairs over a softer undercoat; the spots feel softer than the guard hairs, and the coat lies fairly flat and is not overly dense.\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* Only a spotted pattern is accepted: the spots are bold and solid, in dark brown to black, and may be round, oval or elongated, arranged with parallel stripes from behind the head over the shoulders and back; smaller spots appear on the legs, feet and face, and black Savannahs may show ghost spotting.\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* Accepted colours are black, black silver spotted tabby, brown (black) spotted tabby and black smoke, with no preference for ground colour in the brown spotted tabby; lips are black and tear-duct lines prominent, with nose-leather colour varying by division.\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* The head forms an equilateral triangle with a small size relative to the body, very large high upright ears with rounded tips, small-to-medium hooded eyes, a wide nose with low nostrils, and a long lean neck; the torso is long, lean and well muscled with prominent shoulder blades, longer-than-average legs (hind slightly longer) and an oval medium foot.\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* Temperament should be confident, alert, curious and friendly; a cat that shows definite challenge is disqualified, while fear or fleeing is allowed but threatening is not, and extra toes are also a disqualification.\n","sources":["companion-breed-standard — Savannah — breed standard (TICA: size, coat, temperament, type) (retrieved 2026-08-02)"],"source":{"authority":"companion-breed-standard","title":"Savannah — 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/savannah_combined.txt"},"source_document":"TICA (The International Cat Association)","source_file":"pdf-raw/breed-standard/savannah_combined.txt","trust":{"authority_tier":"T1","fidelity":"paraphrase","license":"paraphrase","display_grade":"C"},"tokens_estimated":595,"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."}