Marble Pattern Cat

The spotted pattern is the most common but the marble pattern is lovely too.

Marble pattern cat.

The pattern of. High acreage or reduced pattern. The marble bengal cat has four official types reduced horizontal flow horizontal flow chaos pattern and sheet marble patterns. The 5 tabby cat patterns.

The marbled cat was once considered to belong to the pantherine lineage of cats. Mackerel tabby featured image credit. 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. The ideal marble bengal cat has a horizontally flowing random asymmetrical pattern made up of swirls of two or more colors.

His name is forrest. This style of marbling is highly desired in the marble pattern. A bengal cat is a cross between a domestic cat and asian leopard cat. 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.

Forrest was only two weeks old in this photo. Pictured below are photos of one of our black and brown gold marble patterned bengal kitten. They have been in competition in the shows for a several years now. This affect is much like the markings on a boa constrictor.

This pattern resembles the skeleton of a fish hence the name. These swirls are usually quite random and resemble a marble cake. The patterns on both tabbies pictured are both symmetrical. Jean mill is the creator of this wonderful breed of cats.

This tabby is called a blotched tabby in some regions. We do not breed classic tabbies we only breed bengals. A desirable bengal marbled pattern will look similar to a classic but it is stretched out along the spine and sides of the kitten cat with asymmetrical markings using the spine as the axis. The classic tabby has bold swirling patterns along his sides much like a marble cake.

When marble kittens are born they are mainly a solid color with just a few specs of a contrasting color. 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. They have come a long way in the past 20 years.