Marble Pattern Cat

A bengal cat is a cross between a domestic cat and asian leopard cat.

Marble pattern cat.

This is used to describe when you see the marble pattern flowing from the upper shoulder along the body to the back of the cat in a horizontal fashion. Pictured below are photos of one of our black and brown gold marble patterned bengal kitten. The marble bengal cat has four official types reduced horizontal flow horizontal flow chaos pattern and sheet marble patterns. They have been in competition in the shows for a several years now.

We do not breed classic tabbies we only breed bengals. This affect is much like the markings on a boa constrictor. High acreage or reduced pattern. The ideal marble bengal cat has a horizontally flowing random asymmetrical pattern made up of swirls of two or more colors.

The classic tabby has bold swirling patterns along his sides much like a marble cake. The patterns on both tabbies pictured are both symmetrical. These swirls are usually quite random and resemble a marble cake. When marble kittens are born they are mainly a solid color with just a few specs of a contrasting color.

The spotted pattern is the most common but the marble pattern is lovely too. 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. This pattern resembles the skeleton of a fish hence the name. The pattern of.

Jean mill is the creator of this wonderful breed of cats. The marbled cat was once considered to belong to the pantherine lineage of cats. His name is forrest. This style of marbling is highly desired in the marble pattern.

Forrest was only two weeks old in this photo. Mackerel tabby featured image credit. This tabby is called a blotched tabby in some regions. Sometimes called a tiger cat mackerel tabbies have one solid dark stripe along their spine with more stripes branching off.

The 5 tabby cat patterns. The marbled cat pardofelis marmorata is a small wild cat native from the eastern himalayas to southeast asia where it inhabits forests up to 2 500 m 8 200 ft altitude as it is present in a large range it has been listed as near threatened on the iucn red list since 2015. They have come a long way in the past 20 years.