Topi Rats

These are the varieties of fancy rats that I have had in my home. With some colors and coat color mutations they will quite often look very different as babies then they do as adults, as well as through out their life and different molts. I have put baby pics to adults for all the rats I can. I will continue adding as new colors and varieties come along. I will add markings soon.
 

Agouti Based Rats

Agouti

                                                                                                           (The 1st rat on the left is a cinnamon)

AFRMA Breed Standard "The color to be a rich chestnut with dark slate at the base of the hair. Coat is evenly ticked with black guard hairs. Belly color will be silver gray. Eye color is black."

Fawn (Red eyed dilute of agouti)

AFRMA Breed Standard "Color is a rich, golden orange, as deep as possible. Belly color will be of a slightly lighter shade. Eye color is dark ruby."

AFRMA Breed Standard "Color to be medium slate at the base of the hair with a yellow-tan band on top. Coat is evenly ticked with blue guard hairs. Belly color will be silver blue. Eye color is black."

Cinnamon

AFRMA Breed Standard "Color is similar to agouti, except the color is a warm russet brown, with medium slate at the base of the hair. Coat is evenly ticked with chocolate. Belly color to be as agouti, but of a lighter shade. Eye color is ruby or black."

Cinnamon Pearl

AFRMA Breed Standard "Coat to consist of three bands of color from the base up – cream, blue, orange, with silver guard hairs, to give an overall golden appearance with a silver sheen. Belly color pale silver gray. Eyes black."

Black Based Colors/ Non-Agouti

Black

AFRMA Breed Standard "Color is a good solid black throughout, showing no rustiness or white hairs. Eye color is black."

Beige

From the AFRMA "BEIGE - "Color is a warm grayish-tan, not too dark. Eye color is dark ruby."

Mink

AFRMA Breed Standard "To be an even mid gray-brown devoid of dinginess, silvering or patches, and having a distinct bluish sheen. Foot color to match top color. Eyes black."

Lilac

From the AFRMA

Russian Blue

AFRMA Breed Standard "Color to be similar to the blue mice or blue cats, a very dark slate blue color with dark ticking throughout. Eyes black."

American Blue

AFRMA Breed Standard "Color is a slate blue, as dark as possible showing no brown patches or silvering. Eye color is dark ruby or black." 

Russian Silver

RSA (provisional) "Color: To be a pale blue-gray. Faint light speckling or a subtle ticked effect (heathering) is usual for this variety and is not a fault. Color to be level throughout. Belly color to match top. Undercolor to be as pale as possible. Brown, yellow or pinky tinges to be faulted. Eye Color: Black."

Shaded Varieties

Burmese

NFRS Breed-unstandardised "To be a rich medium seal brown, devoid of silvering and pale patches, shading to a dark seal on the points. Belly and foot colour to match top. Eyes Black."

Black Eyed Siamese

RSA Breed Standard "Body color to be medium beige, gradually and evenly shaded over saddle and hindquarters towards the belly, being darkest at the base of the tail. There should be no white or very pale areas anywhere on the body, feet or tail. Tail color to extend down the length of the tail. Belly to be light beige. Points to be as dark as possible and shade evenly into the body color. Eyes black. Seal Point Siamese: body color to be a medium beige gradually and evenly shaded over saddle and hindquarters towards the belly, being the darkest at base of tail. Points to be a rich, dark sepia and to shade evenly into the body color."

Black Eyed Himilayen

NFRS Breed Standard -unstandardised "Body colour to be white with beige points on the nose, feet and root of the tail. Beige shading not to extend above the eyes on the face, beyond the elbow on the forelegs or beyond the hocks on the hindlegs. Ears and tail to be lightly pigmented. Eyes Black."

Aurora's / Chinchillated Colors

Chinchilla

From Hawthorn Breed Standard : Top colour grey, caused by the intermingling of black guard hairs over a pearl white ground. The whole to give a sparkling appearance. Undercolour dark slate blue, intermediate portion pearl, tips black. All the underside to be white with a clear demarcation between top colour and belly. Head markings may be present or absent. Where present either a blaze or a spot to be acceptable. The standard for both is as follows: Head spot. Head spots to be centrally placed on the rat's forehead and no bigger than the rat's eye. Blaze. This is to be a wedge shaped symmetrical blaze of white starting at the nose and extending up the face to the forehead. The blaze to cover the whisker bed and to taper to a fine point midway between the eyes and the ears. Markings not to extend onto the cheeks or the eyes.Forelegs to be white to half their length, back feet white to the ankle (hock or tarsal bone). Tails to be pied. Faults: drags, yellow or brown tinge to the top colour, skewed or misshapen blazes, uneven or over large head spots.

This is the chinchillated version of Agouti.

Lynx

Lynx Breed Standard (From Eva's Rats)
Overall impression: A Lynx rat shall have a rich orange band colour and lilac ticking evenly dispersed over the body. There shall be an even demarcation between top colour and belly colour.
White markings and/or white hairs anywhere on the body shall be considered as faults.
Under colour: Shall be lilac.
Band colour: Shall be as strong, deep and warm orange as possible.
Ticking: Has to be clearly lilac, not light.
Belly colour: Belly shall have as dark under colour as possible with a silvery grey band and no ticking.
Feet: Colour of feet to look as top colour.
Eye colour: Black or Ruby.
Genetics: (bbdd).
Known since: Not in standards in any rat club, occasional individuals exist, showed up in Sweden for the first time in 1996. (The d gene was imported in 1995.)

Any Other Color/ Any Other Color Pattern

Pearl & Pearl Merle

                                             (He is a double odd-eye)

Pearl AFRMA Breed Standard "To be palest silver, shading to creamish undercolor. Each hair to be delicately tipped with gray evenly over the whole animal. Belly fur pale silver gray. Foot color to match top. Eyes black."

Merle AFRMA Breed Standard "Merle rats may be shown in any recognized color. The unique feature is a pattern of dark splash-spots distributed evenly throughout the entire lighter background color so as to resemble a merle dog. The splash-spots should be numerous and distinct. Splash-spots will be less prominent on a non-silvered background color. Eye color to correspond to the body color."

Black Eyed White (BEW)

AFRMA Breed Standard "To be as white as possible, devoid of creamy tinge or staining. Any colored hairs to be severely penalized. Eyes black."

Russian Fawn

URS (provisional) "Top color a warm golden orange, ticked evenly with silver to silver-blue guard hairs. Parting the coat should reveal a distinctive blue cast close to the skin. Belly and throat to be cream. Feet matching or slightly lighter than top color. Some heathering is acceptable. Eyes to be any shade of red to ruby.

Faults: Pink eyes, patchy color, color too pale, lack of ticking, lack of blue undercolor."

Manx/Tailless

AFRMA Breed Standard "Tailless rats may be shown in any recognized color, marking, or variety. The distinct feature is the complete absence of a tail. Tailless rats may have a cobbier body and will have a rounded rump."

Odd-Eye

                                                                                                                                                         (He is a double odd-eye)

AFRMA Breed Standard "Odd-eye rats may be shown in any recognized color. The unique feature is one eye pink and one eye dark ruby or black. The markings, if any, to be judged at the judge’s discretion and may be in a recognized or unrecognized pattern."