Bengal Cat Marbled Pattern

The marble bengal cat has four official types reduced horizontal flow horizontal flow chaos pattern and sheet marble patterns.

Bengal cat marbled pattern.

When marble kittens are born they are mainly a solid color with just a few specs of a contrasting color. This is often called a marbled pattern variation. Bengal coats also come in a marbled pattern. It was due to the overwhelming popular demand of cat show judges and audiences clamoring to see this amazing marble kitten in madison square garden and all over the country that jean mill began campaigning to add the marbled pattern to the bengal breed standard.

The marbled coat pattern is derived from blotched tabby stripes that swirl. Forrest was only two weeks old in this photo. Pictured below are photos of one of our black and brown gold marble patterned bengal kitten. We have compiled photos of several different wild cats that help show the patterns and wild look that bengal breeders are working towards in the above photo album.

While most commonly seen in the brown spotted tabby pattern they may also be found in the marbled pattern classic tabby. The bengal cat is a domesticated cat breed created from hybrids of domestic cats especially the spotted egyptian mau with the asian leopard cat prionailurus bengalensis the breed name comes from the leopard cat s taxonomic name. A bengals coat can have hairs with an iridescent sheen making it look as if it has been sprinkled with glitter. Bengal cats also have a striped black tipped tail.

Because of the fluid body movements of the bengal cat this pattern gives a striking wild look. Notice the large athletic build. They have an athletic build and very rarely develop the saggy belly that many other cat. Next is the marbled bengal.

His name is forrest. Bengal cats are usually quite large and lean. Originally her intent had only been to produce a domestic spotted bengal cat. While there are only two patterns under which bengals cats are shown spotted or marble there are descriptive terms used to define the types of pattern seen.

Bengals have a wild appearance. Their golden shimmer comes from their leopard cat ancestry and their coats may show spots rosettes arrowhead markings or. As we all know the very first bengal originated from a cross between the asian leopard cat alc with the domestic shorthair tabby. The ideal marble bengal cat has a horizontally flowing random asymmetrical pattern made up of swirls of two or more colors.

The marbled bengal can come in either the traditional brown colors silver or snow coloring and even in the unrecognized colors. The goal of each subsequent breeding is to perpetuate desirable traits as much as possible such as a horizontally aligned pattern whether spotted or marbled smaller ears thicker tails with black tips solid bone structure egg shaped heads black paw pads.