Marbled Tabby Bengal

My motto about a bengal cat is be prepared and read up on this breed.

Marbled tabby bengal. The majority of cats actually have what is referred to as ticked fur rather than fur which is all a solid color and in the majority of cases the ticked fur alternates with solid color fur in a pattern which is called tabbying. Marbled bengal cats are quite often somewhat symmetrical. Kinda like you stretched out the bullseye and made it long and broken now with the ocicat the spotting on the sides should resemble a bullseye but not a definate one. 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 this article we re going to be more specific about what makes bengals different to the other cats we ve mentioned. 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. If it is a bengal people won t except it without papers. The marbled pattern occurs nowhere else in nature while called a brown marbled look for the tricolor marbled kitten.

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. Tabby cats and bengal cats can often look very similar. The marbled tabby is a long horizonal type of marking. To identify a bengal cat look for a spotted coat since all bengal cats have one.

The ideal marble bengal cat has a horizontally flowing random asymmetrical pattern made up of swirls of two or more colors. Without a bill of sale. The marbled coat pattern is derived from blotched tabby stripes that swirl. A cat may have spots or marbled fur but that doesn t necessarily make it a bengal cat.

Here is a little more background information and detail about the marble pattern in the bengal cat which is genetically referred to as a tabby. The marble bengal cat has four official types reduced horizontal flow horizontal flow chaos pattern and sheet marble patterns. And quite a few marbled breeds like the marbled manx cats the marbled british shorthairs. I took a stray cat in last july 2013 i thought t was a tabby but in fact was a marbled bengal confirmed by two vets and a expert cattery owner.

Also take a look at the cat s physical build. Domestic seal point tabby cat by cassie j originally posted to flickr as troubles this version from wikimedia commons.