Marble Bengal Markings

The marble bengal cat has four official types reduced horizontal flow horizontal flow chaos pattern and sheet marble patterns.

Marble bengal markings.

All the other breeds we mentioned have a symmetrical pattern on both of their sides but bengals don t and this is unique to the bengal breed. Sparbling isn t really an official pattern category but in breeder lingo it is used to describe bengals who possess both rosettes and marble markings or spotted bengals with marble ish patterns. To identify a bengal cat look for a spotted coat since all bengal cats have one. Jean mill produced several of these cats in 1987 and 1988 that were very different from classic tabbies.

This makes it quite easy if you re wondering whether or not your marbled fur baby is a bengal. Enter the sparble pattern where spots and marble collide. Silvers have pewter to jet black markings on a clear silver background. A silver bengal should be free of tarnish a yellowing or browning of the coat color or pattern.

They too can be either spotted rosetted or marbled and again as with all bengal cats a high degree of contrast is most desirable. Describes when there are three definite colours present the background the marble markings and the center like seen in a spotted doughnut rosette pattern. Also take a look at the cat s physical build. The ideal marble bengal cat has a horizontally flowing random asymmetrical pattern made up of swirls of two or more colors.

I e background color the marble markings and another color outlining the markings. 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. In the same way that spotted bengal cats have asymmetrical markings marbled bengal cats do too. It seems that each generation of marble bengals just keeps getting better.

Tarnish can and often does diminish contrast. The marble pattern is the term used to describe the appearance of the blotched tabby sometimes called classic or bull s eye pattern in the bengal cat. And quite a few marbled breeds like the marbled manx cats the marbled british shorthairs and marbled oriental and asian tabbies. The marbled coat pattern is derived from blotched tabby stripes that swirl.

Most associations that have a bengal breed standard do give preference to marbles that have three or more shades. These marbled bengals are often referred to as tri colored marbles.