Bengal Marbled Tabby

The ideal marble bengal cat has a horizontally flowing random asymmetrical pattern made up of swirls of two or more colors.

Bengal marbled tabby. The marbled coat pattern is derived from blotched tabby stripes that swirl. It starts with the asian leopard cat. The marbled pattern occurs nowhere else in nature while called a brown marbled look for the tricolor marbled kitten. In this article we re going to be more specific about what makes bengals different to the other cats we ve mentioned.

To identify a bengal cat look for a spotted coat since all bengal cats have one. The bengal breed has an interesting history. Marbled british shorthair marbled oriental tabby marbled manx tabby on our bengal cat facts page we explain lots of different facts about us bengals which may help you if you want further information about the breed. While most commonly seen in the brown spotted tabby pattern they may also be found in the marbled pattern classic tabby.

Domestic seal point tabby cat by cassie j originally posted to flickr as troubles this version from wikimedia commons. A bengals coat can have hairs with an iridescent sheen making it look as if it has been sprinkled with glitter. Regular tabby cats can have these characteristics too. One or more colors swirled into the background color.

Without a bill of sale some sort of registration pedigree papers from the breeder or more information from whoever surrendered the cat in. The marble bengal cat has four official types reduced horizontal flow horizontal flow chaos pattern and sheet marble patterns. A tabby cat is not a breed. The 5 tabby cat patterns.

A cat may have spots or marbled fur but that doesn t necessarily make it a bengal cat. Learn the differences between tabby cat patterns right here. Bengal coats also come in a marbled pattern. Patterns should be symmetrical on both sides of the body and the pattern should swirl and flow around the body like the colors in a glass marble.

The leopard cat is a small wild cat found throughout the forests and jungle areas of asia hence the name asian leopard cat or alc there are many subspecies of the leopard cat. 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.