Marbled Cat Fur

It has thick soft fur which varies from brownish gray through yellow to reddish brown in color and is covered in large blotches which are paler in the center.

Marbled cat fur.

The marbled coat pattern is derived from blotched tabby stripes that swirl. The ideal marble bengal cat has a horizontally flowing random asymmetrical pattern made up of swirls of two or more colors. In the same way that spotted bengal cats have asymmetrical markings marbled bengal cats do too. Domestic seal point tabby cat by cassie j originally posted to flickr as troubles this version from wikimedia commons.

Originally her intent had only been to produce a domestic spotted bengal cat. It was due to the overwhelming popular demand of cat show judges and audiences clamoring to see this amazing marble kitten in madison square garden and all over the country that jean mill began campaigning to add the marbled pattern to the bengal breed standard. The marbled cat can be seen as a miniature clouded leopard. Its fur is thick and soft and varies in color from brownish gray to yellow to reddish brown covered in large patches which are paler in the middle.

The marbled cat is like a miniature version of the clouded leopard weighing between 9 18 pounds and reaching lengths of 32 46 inches. A cat may have spots or marbled fur but that doesn t necessarily make it a bengal cat. The marbled cat is similar in size to a domestic cat but has rounded ears and a very long tail that is as long as the cat s head and body. The marble bengal cat has four official types reduced horizontal flow horizontal flow chaos pattern and sheet marble patterns.