Marble Bengal Coat Development

P p 14 p p marbled cats reach sexual maturity at 21 or 22 months of age and have lived for up to 12 years in captivity.

Marble bengal coat development. P our bengals are more than just breeding cats felis longicaudata proposed by henri marie ducrotay de blainville in 1843 was a zoological specimen from india or cochinchina. No rib bars clear coat gorgeous golden clouded outlined rosettes. 2 the marbled cat was once considered to belong to the pantherine lineage of cats. A unique characteristic of the bengal is a distinct glitter effect over their fur.

Cosmo is an example of a snow marbled tabby the snow color is categorized in three colors. Bengal coats also come in a marbled pattern. Their history genetics development and evolution from foothill felines bengals in sacramento ca. These are seal lynx seal sepia and seal mink tabby the lynx tabby has blue eyes the mink has aqua or green eyes and the sepia has gold or green eyes all snows have an ivory background with a contrasting pattern.

Their golden shimmer comes from their leopard cat ancestry and their coats may show spots rosettes arrowhead markings or. Bengals have a wild appearance. While most commonly seen in the brown spotted tabby pattern they may also be found in the marbled pattern classic tabby. These markings are 1800 to 2400 range.

Refer to the example below to see sven s development. These markings are in the. As with a spotted bengal the tail tip and paw pads must be black and the belly must be patterned. Proudly presented by hdw enterprises foothill felines bengals.

Marble or marbled 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. The marble bengal cat has four official types reduced horizontal flow horizontal flow chaos pattern and sheet marble patterns. A bengals coat can have hairs with an iridescent sheen making it look as if it has been sprinkled with glitter.

Marbled kittens start with blackish grey coats with small streaks of lighter colored fur scattered about their coat. This first marble kitten was a female and her coloring was very soft. This is andia s darker clouded rosetted kitten mango in her development stages. This is an example of an exceptional tri tone marble.

Non ticked coat with very large dark spots and a cat named torchbearer. The blue and the silver both come in spotted or marbled patterns. Dob 2013 a clouded rosetted bengal kitten development stages. Kittens that have a closed pattern such as this are known as sheet marbles and their patterns open up as they mature.

One or more colors swirled into the background color.