Bengal Cat Marbled Markings

We do not breed classic tabbies we only breed bengals.

Bengal cat marbled markings.

These marbled bengals are often referred to as tri colored marbles. This makes it quite easy if you re wondering whether or not your marbled fur baby is a bengal. All the other breeds we mentioned have a symmetrical pattern on both of their sides but bengals don t and this is unique to. Bengal cats come in a variety of colors including silver brown black cinnamon blue and torbie.

Odds are most of the bengal cats you ve seen in real life or photos are of the spotted pattern. I e background color the marble markings and another color outlining the markings. Bengal cats were originally created by the cross breeding of the domestic cat with the asian leopard cat. The blue bengal s pattern and markings will never turn black.

It seems that each generation of marble bengals just keeps getting better. Look at coat colors and markings. A desirable bengal marbled pattern will look similar to a classic but it is stretched out along the spine and sides of the kitten cat with asymmetrical markings using the spine as the axis. Also take a look at the cat s physical build.

They also tend to have markings that make them look like their wild cousins including spots or rosettes. Most associations that have a bengal breed standard do give preference to marbles that have three or more shades. Spotted variants were the first recognized pattern type with marbled cats coming soon after. There are different types of spotted pattern but one of the most common and most prized is the large random two toned rosetted markings.

This is a small wild cat. The spotted pattern is the most common pattern in the bengal cat. The patterns on both tabbies pictured are both symmetrical. In the same way that spotted bengal cats have asymmetrical markings marbled bengal cats do too.

This is the spotted form that makes bengal. In 1987 jean mill millwood cattery produced the first marbled bengal kitten in a cat named millwood painted desert. This colour tends to have a buttery peachy toned background colour with bluish gray spotted or marbled pattern. The reason they were bred was so they could have a cat that had the temperament of a domesticated cat but the beautiful and somewhat wild markings of the wild asian leopard.

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. This dilute colour is not found in the wild cat species and therefore currently not considered for inclusion in the breed.