I e background color the marble markings and another color outlining the markings.
Marbled bengal cat markings.
A silver bengal should be free of tarnish a yellowing or browning of the coat color or pattern.
The marble bengal cat has four official types reduced horizontal flow horizontal flow chaos pattern and sheet marble patterns.
These marbled bengals are often referred to as tri colored marbles.
Most associations that have a bengal breed standard do give preference to marbles that have three or more shades.
You ll find the most common terms below.
Within the marble pattern you will hear descriptive terms referring to the type of marble pattern a cat or kitten might have.
The background colour the outline of the markings and the inside of the markings.
Bengals have a wild appearance.
Giving the cat three different colours in the coat.
Describes when there are three definite colours present the background the marble markings and the center like seen in a spotted doughnut rosette.
N the late summer of 1993 a large group of bengal kittens awaited judging in king of prussia pennsylvania at the largest tica the international cat association of the year.
This makes it quite easy if you re wondering whether or not your marbled fur baby is a bengal.
It seems that each generation of marble bengals just keeps getting better.
Among the bengal kittens an array of the breed s unique qualities were visible to those who saw them.
Also take a look at the cat s physical build.
The patterns on both tabbies pictured are both symmetrical.
You should also note the color of the coat which is typically brown or gold in bengal cats but sometimes also gray charcoal silver or blue.
Their golden shimmer comes from their leopard cat ancestry and their coats may show spots rosettes arrowhead markings or.
The marbled coat pattern is derived from blotched tabby stripes that swirl.
The ideal marble bengal cat has a horizontally flowing random asymmetrical pattern made up of swirls of two or more colors.
In the same way that spotted bengal cats have asymmetrical markings marbled bengal cats do too.
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.
Of course marble bengals are also bengals so you d expect to see puffy whisker pads small ears long body thick tail and a demanding active personality.
The beginnings of rosetted markings in the bengal cat.
None of these are mine btw.
Silvers have pewter to jet black markings on a clear silver background.
A desirable bengal marbled pattern will look similar to a classic but it is stretched out along the spine and sides of the kitten cat with asymmetrical markings using the spine as the axis.
