Red Marble Bengal Cat

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

Red marble bengal cat. This fella looks mesmerizing in bright sunlight. The bengal cat is a domesticated cat breed created from hybrids of domestic cats especially the spotted egyptian mau with the asian leopard cat prionailurus bengalensis the breed name comes from the leopard cat s taxonomic name. Regular tabby cats can have these characteristics too. Their eye colours are green or golden.

Marbled bengal cats are quite often somewhat symmetrical it s more that the pattern on each side has that horizontal flow and not the circular bullseye pattern that you get in classic tabbies. 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. A cat may have spots or marbled fur but that doesn t necessarily make it a bengal cat. People adopt them for their eye catching colors.

Cream tawny honey taupe buff tan beige caramel or red. Mostly bengal cats have red grey blue ticked and brown coats or markings. That s because there s no such thing as an orange marble bengal. It s called red and there s no red marble bengals.

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. Their golden shimmer comes from their leopard cat ancestry and their coats may show spots rosettes arrowhead markings or. Bengals have a wild appearance. The marbled coat pattern is derived from blotched tabby stripes that swirl.

Bengal cats are adored for their striking coat patterns and their soft fur. Orange isn t even a cat colour. The ideal marble bengal cat has a horizontally flowing random asymmetrical pattern made up of swirls of two or more colors. Domestic seal point tabby cat by cassie j originally posted to flickr as troubles this version from wikimedia commons.

You also aren t going to find mixes with bengal. The bengal is an expensive hybrid breed of cat and kittens are sold altered and crossbreeding never allowed. They note 10 000 as one of the highest prices and there are reports of a british woman paying 50 000 for a bengal cat. It really does depend on the cat how chaotic or strong the marbled pattern is.

Also take a look at the cat s physical build. The brown bengal will have black or deep brown spotted or marble pattern. The bengal cat club notes that prices depend on the location the breeder gender quality and generation removed from the asian leopard cat. Their fur is very short and there is a glittery shine in it.