Marble Bengal Pattern Development

Although the marble pattern itself is derived from the bengal s domestic ancestors the appearance of the pattern of top bengal marbles needs to be strongly influenced by the wild asian leopard cat s genepool which means the horizontal flow which is especially evident when the cat is stretched.

Marble bengal pattern development. A seal sepia bengal can be so darkly. Standard open marble and sheeted also known as fuller marble pattern. Bengal kittens change a lot over their kitten hood and can improve in appearance up till a year old. While most commonly seen in the brown spotted tabby pattern they may also be found in the marbled pattern classic tabby.

You will find this pattern in many shades and the marking of this pattern is very unique. Seal mink bengals are usually born with a pattern already showing and it will also darken as they mature. Bengal coats also come in a marbled pattern. One or more colors swirled into the background color.

The seal mink cs cb bengal is a bit darker overall than the seal lynx point bengal and will have aqua colored eyes as an adult. Some brown bengal kittens are shades of gray when they are born. The pattern should have no similarity to a bulls eye and the more random the pattern the better. They warm up starting around 6 weeks and can continue to warm up for months.

Forrest was only two weeks old in this photo. The most common pattern is the spotted and the swirly marble pattern and it is tri colored. These markings are 1800 to 2400 range. The marble bengal cat has four official types reduced horizontal flow horizontal flow chaos pattern and sheet marble patterns.

A tricolored pattern is preferred to a pattern that only displays a single color. There are two main patterns present in the fur. The marbled coat pattern is derived from blotched tabby stripes that swirl. 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.

The tri color is very unique and each spot is outlined with the darker color. Pictured below are photos of one of our black and brown gold marble patterned bengal kitten. The marbled bengal can come in either the traditional brown colors silver or snow coloring and even in the unrecognized colors. When marble kittens are born they are mainly a solid color with just a few specs of a contrasting color.

The colors and the patterns. Some marble patterns are so broken. The spotted pattern is the most common but the marble pattern is lovely too. The ideal marble bengal cat has a horizontally flowing random asymmetrical pattern made up of swirls of two or more colors.

This is andia s darker clouded rosetted kitten mango in her development stages. His name is forrest. A bengals coat can have hairs with an iridescent sheen making it look as if it has been sprinkled with glitter.