Black Marble Bengal Cat

When marble kittens are born they are mainly a solid color with just a few specs of a contrasting color.

Black marble bengal cat.

In the same way that spotted bengal cats have asymmetrical markings marbled bengal cats do too. Bengals have a wild appearance. I kept one of the babies and it has unusual bengal markings on the back of the head and back. Notice the large athletic build.

His name is forrest. I have a black marble bengal cat that came to me with 5 yet to be born kittens. One or more colors swirled into the background color. 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.

This makes it quite easy if you re wondering whether or not your marbled fur baby is a bengal. The marbled coat pattern is derived from blotched tabby stripes that swirl. Their golden shimmer comes from their leopard cat ancestry and their coats may show spots rosettes arrowhead markings or. 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.

Sometimes the spots link together to resemble more of a striped patterns but these are still considered bengal cats. 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. How would tell a regular black cat from a black bengal cat. This is often called a marbled pattern variation.

Spot the bengal says. The ideal marble bengal cat has a horizontally flowing random asymmetrical pattern made up of swirls of two or more colors. Two of them were either muted calico bengal mix or tortie bengal mix. The face is half red blonde and the other half grey to black and both are tabby type striped.

Pictured below are photos of one of our black and brown gold marble patterned bengal kitten. Forrest was only two weeks old in this photo. He has a rosetted or marbled pattern like other bengal cats but we do not really see much because the. Bengal cats also have a striped black tipped tail.

Bengal spots also vary in color from rust or cocoa and chocolate brown to charcoal or black. Bengal coats also come in a marbled pattern. We call the black bengal cat a melanistic bengal. April 28 2013 at 8 47 pm good.

The spotted pattern is the most common but the marble pattern is lovely too. A black bengal cat is the most beautiful imitation of the black panther. The marble bengal cat has four official types reduced horizontal flow horizontal flow chaos pattern and sheet marble patterns. They note 10 000 as one of the highest prices and there are reports of a british woman paying 50 000 for a bengal cat.