Black Marble Bengal Cat

Some bengal coats have striking rosettes or spots made up of more than one color usually a secondary color forming a dark outlining to the spot.

Black marble bengal cat.

The marbled coat pattern is derived from blotched tabby stripes that swirl. Notice the large athletic build. Bengal cats also have a striped black tipped tail. Here is a little more background information and detail about the marble pattern in the bengal cat which is genetically referred to as a tabby.

This makes it quite easy if you re wondering whether or not your marbled fur baby is a bengal. April 28 2013 at 8 47 pm good. Bengals have a wild appearance. He has a rosetted or marbled pattern like other bengal cats but we do not really see much because the.

How would tell a regular black cat from a black bengal cat. When marble kittens are born they are mainly a solid color with just a few specs of a contrasting color. He has the appearance of a big wild cat but with the behavior and the size allowing him to walk in your living room. Their golden shimmer comes from their leopard cat ancestry and their coats may show spots rosettes arrowhead markings or.

The ideal marble bengal cat has a horizontally flowing random asymmetrical pattern made up of swirls of two or more colors. Spot the bengal says. His name is forrest. A black bengal cat is the most beautiful imitation of the black panther.

In the same way that spotted bengal cats have asymmetrical markings marbled bengal cats do too. The majority of cats actually have what is referred to as ticked fur rather than fur which is all a solid color and in the majority of cases the ticked fur alternates with solid color fur in a. I kept one of the babies and it has unusual bengal markings on the back of the head and back. The face is half red blonde and the other half grey to black and both are tabby type striped.

This is often called a marbled pattern variation. Two of them were either muted calico bengal mix or tortie bengal mix. One or more colors swirled into the background color. Bengal spots also vary in color from rust or cocoa and chocolate brown to charcoal or black.

The marble bengal cat has four official types reduced horizontal flow horizontal flow chaos pattern and sheet marble patterns. Bengal coats also come in a marbled pattern. Pictured below are photos of one of our black and brown gold marble patterned bengal kitten. Sometimes the spots link together to resemble more of a striped patterns but these are still considered bengal cats.

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. Forrest was only two weeks old in this photo. I have a black marble bengal cat that came to me with 5 yet to be born kittens. The spotted pattern is the most common but the marble pattern is lovely too.