Burmese cats tend to be of average height and weight and live approximately thirteen years. Their coats come in a variety of colors: brown (seal brown), blue (soft blue-gray with a silver sheen), chocolate (milk chocolate), lilac (dove gray with a pinkish cast), red (tangerine), cream, brown tortie (brown with shades of red), blue tortie (blue with shades of cream), chocolate tortie (chocolate with shades of red), and lilac tortie (lilac with shades of cream).
Burmese ketsap dumako sa maaari ng karaniwan taas at timbang at buhay halos labintatlo taon. kanila balutan lumapit di a pagkakaiba-iba ng kulayan: tustahin (selyuhan tustahin), bughaw (malambot bughaw- abuhin kumuha a pilak kintab), kending tsokolate (gatasan kending tsokolate), lilac (kalapati abuhin kumuha a rosas na mura ihulog), pula (tangerine), kakanggata, tustahin pasikut-sikot (tustahin kumuha liliman ng pula), bughaw pasikut-sikot (bughaw kumuha liliman ng kakanggata), kending tsokolate pasikut-sikot (kending tsokolate kumuha liliman ng pula), at lilac pasikut-sikot (lilac kumuha liliman ng kakanggata).