The Japanese Bobtail is a medium-sized breed with a delicate and slender appearance. It has a triangular head and large, slightly slanted oval eyes that can be green, orange, blue, or multicolored. Its front legs are shorter than its hind legs. The fur of this breed is short, soft, and silky. The most popular color for female cats is tortoiseshell, while tricolor males are rare. The breed can also be completely white, black, red, black and white, red and white, or tortoiseshell. The original short-haired Japanese Bobtail has two-tone color patterns such as black and white, red and white, and tortoiseshell. There is also a longhair variety with a soft and silky medium to long coat that gradually lengthens towards the rump.
A unique characteristic of the Japanese Bobtail is its tail stump, which it carries erect while moving and tucked when resting. The tail is made up of fused vertebrae, with the bony structure hidden by the ruffled and fairly long hairs that cover it.
