Cat Marbled Pattern

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.

Cat marbled pattern.

And it happens to be the most common of all the feline coat. Marbled bengals also come in all three snow variations the seal sepia the seal mink and the seal lynx point who also have deep blue eyes. Sometimes called a tiger cat mackerel tabbies have one solid dark stripe along their spine with more stripes branching off. People sometimes call the average domestic cat a tabby but tabby is not a cat breed it is actually the pattern of kitty s coat.

Distinct color patterns with one color predominating. This is when a cat has vertical stripes running from its spine to its belly. His name is adore cats lightening. The marble bengal cat has four official types reduced horizontal flow horizontal flow chaos pattern and sheet marble patterns.

A classic tabby also known as a blotched tabby. The marbled pattern occurs nowhere else in nature. The photo below is of one of our adult marble patterned bengal cats fyi he is forrest s father. Mackerel tabby featured image credit.

This is the most common coat type in cats around the world. This pattern resembles the skeleton of a fish hence the name. Patterns should be symmetrical on both sides of the body and the pattern should swirl and flow around the body like the colours in a glass marble. The tabby pattern occurs naturally and is connected both to the coat of the domestic cat s direct ancestor and to those of their close relatives.

The color marbling is random. The african wildcat felis lybica lybica the european wildcat felis silvestris silvestris and the asiatic wildcat felis lybica ornata all of which have similar coats both by pattern and coloration. This is when there is a swirly pattern creating a marbled effect. As you can see he has contrasting pattern on his legs tummy around his neck and his mouth and chin is white.

There are 4 variations of a tabby. A striped tabby also known as a mackerel tabby. The marbled coat pattern is derived from blotched tabby stripes that swirl. These swirls are usually quite random and resemble a marble cake.