Marble Bengal Cats Characteristics

Domestic seal point tabby cat by cassie j originally posted to flickr as troubles this version from wikimedia commons.

Marble bengal cats characteristics.

The bengal cat is a hybrid breed formed by crossing the local cat with an asian leopard cat. The ideal marble bengal cat has a horizontally flowing random asymmetrical pattern made up of swirls of two or more colors. A cat may have spots or marbled fur but that doesn t necessarily make it a bengal cat. To this end the first hybridization of the asian leopard cat and domestic tabby cats were undertaken in the early 1960s in the united states.

From this list here we have reviewed the common characteristics traits of the bengal cat personality. Bengal cat personality is wonderful and has such a wild beauty that we could spend hours contemplating it. 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. Their fur is amazingly soft.

Bengal cats are hybrids of domestic cats and asian leopard cats. Also take a look at the cat s physical build. The beauty of wild cats has always been attractive to people so efforts were made to breed one of the wild cats to a domestic cat in order to have a wild appearing but gentle tempered domestic cat. The desire of such cross breeding is to make a domestic cat looks like a wild feline but has the temperament of a local cat.

To identify a bengal cat look for a spotted coat since all bengal cats have one. Some bengals even have a layer of glitter. Plus they re cute and unlike larger exotic cats they probably can t cause any super serious injuries to humans. The marble bengal cat has four official types reduced horizontal flow horizontal flow chaos pattern and sheet marble patterns.

Regular tabby cats can have these characteristics too. 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. Bengal cats are so sought after that a british woman paid over 50 000 for her bengal cat in 1990 dubbing them the rolls royce of feline companions. The marbled coat pattern is derived from blotched tabby stripes that swirl.